Comprehensive Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents on Primary Care of Patients Identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-7-2020
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Significant gaps remain in the training of health professionals regarding the care of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT). Although curricula have been developed at the undergraduate medical education level, few materials address the education of graduate medical trainees. The purpose of this curriculum was to develop case-based modules targeting internal medicine residents to address LGBT primary health care.
METHODS: We designed and implemented a four-module, case-based, interactive curriculum at one university's internal medicine residency program. The modules contained facilitator and learner guides and addressed four main content areas: understanding gender and sexuality; performing a sensitive history and physical examination; health promotion and disease prevention; and mental health, violence, and reproductive health. Knowledge, perceived importance, and confidence were assessed before and after each module to assess curricular effectiveness and acceptability. General medicine faculty delivered these modules.
RESULTS: Perceived importance of LGBT topics was high at baseline and remained high after the curricular intervention. Confidence significantly increased in many areas, including being able to provide resources to patients and to institute gender-affirming practices (
DISCUSSION: This resource provides an effective curriculum for training internal medicine residents to better understand and feel confident addressing LGBT primary health care needs. Despite limitations, this is an easily transferable curriculum that can be adapted in a variety of curricular settings.
Volume
16
First Page
10875
Last Page
10875
ISSN
2374-8265
Published In/Presented At
Ufomata, E., Eckstrand, K. L., Spagnoletti, C., Veet, C., Walk, T. J., Webb, C., Gutiérrez, E. J., Imming, C., Guhl, E., Jeong, K., Rubio, D., & Hasley, P. (2020). Comprehensive Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents on Primary Care of Patients Identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, 16, 10875. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10875
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
32051853
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article