Fostering Inclusive Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Healthcare on the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship

Margaret L McKenzie; David A Forstein; Jodi F Abbott; Samantha D Buery-Joyner; LaTasha B Craig; John L Dalrymple; Scott C Graziano; Brittany S Hampton; Sarah M Page-Ramsey; Archana Pradhan; Abigail Wolf; Laura Hopkins

doi:10.1007/s40670-019-00886-z

Fostering Inclusive Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Healthcare on the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship

Med Sci Educ. 2019 Dec 11;30(1):523-527. doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00886-z. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital, Executive Office, 20000 Harvard Road, Warrensville Heights, OH 44122 USA.
² Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, NY 10027 USA.
³ Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA.
⁴ Virginia Commonwealth University, Inova Campus, Falls Church, VA USA.
⁵ University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
⁶ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA USA.
⁷ Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL USA.
⁸ Division of Urogynecology, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI USA.
⁹ University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX USA.
¹⁰ UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ USA.
¹¹ Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA USA.
¹² University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Room 4562, Saskatoon, Canada.
¹³ Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8 Canada.

Abstract

This article from the "To the Point" series prepared by the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC) provides educators with strategies for inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT)-related content into the medical school curriculum. With a focus on the Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) clerkship, we also address ways to enhance visibility of these curricula within existing clinical and teaching experiences.

Keywords: Cultural competency; Health equity; LGBT patients; Obstetrics and gynecology clerkship.