2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.11.002
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Health Care Providers' Comfort With and Barriers to Care of Transgender Youth

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“…Our results dovetail with existing research findings that highlight ongoing barriers to providing quality transgender-specific care in VA and non-VA settings [25][26][27][28]. Although continually revised standards of care for transgender patients have been available through the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) for over 2 decades [29], the majority of health care professionals do not receive training in transgender health [1].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Our results dovetail with existing research findings that highlight ongoing barriers to providing quality transgender-specific care in VA and non-VA settings [25][26][27][28]. Although continually revised standards of care for transgender patients have been available through the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) for over 2 decades [29], the majority of health care professionals do not receive training in transgender health [1].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…The consistency of the results from the 2 survey tools created by reputable organizations, the AAMC and Vanderbilt, provides solid evidence that GUSOM did not adequately prepare its students to meet the health needs of their future LGBTQI patients. The results echoed the results of similar studies, which found gaps in the care of transgender patients [4,5]. It indicated that additional learning objectives and educational content must be added to the preclinical curriculum to better prepare students to care for LGBTQI patients.…”
Section: Audit Results At Georgetownsupporting
confidence: 64%
“…A survey of 170 medical schools and 4,262 students found that most students view their school’s LGBT-curriculum as ‘fair’ or worse, with the largest gaps in gender transitioning and sex reassignment surgery [3]. Other studies echoed the sentiment that transgender care is the most lacking portion of LGBTQI healthcare in medical education [4,5]. Such a gap in medical school training has left some physicians ill equipped to meet the needs of their LGBTQI patients.…”
Section: Problemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Prior publications demonstrate a similar pattern beyond the undergraduate level. Among adolescent health care providers, only 47.1% felt confident providing adequate medical therapy to transgender youth, with 65.1% indicating that lack of training as a major barrier [34, 35]. Identifying these gaps by healthcare providers is the first step in improving the curriculum.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%