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Transgender-Related Education in Plastic Surgery and Urology Residency Programs
Journal of Graduate Medical Education
|April 26, 2017
Summary
Many surgical residency programs offer limited transgender health education. Program director attitudes significantly impact the amount of transgender-specific training provided to future plastic surgeons and urologists.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Training
- Transgender Health
Background:
- Increasing demand for gender-affirming surgery necessitates trained medical professionals.
- The preparedness of plastic surgery and urology trainees for transgender patient care is largely unknown.
Purpose of the Study:
- To quantify transgender-specific educational hours in surgical residencies.
- To investigate the influence of program director attitudes on transgender health training.
Main Methods:
- Surveys were distributed to program directors of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited plastic surgery and urology programs.
- Data on didactic and clinical hours of transgender content were collected and analyzed.
Main Results:
- A significant percentage of programs offer no didactic or clinical transgender health education.
- Program directors who deemed transgender education important provided more training hours.
- Regional differences in attitudes towards transgender education were observed.
Conclusions:
- Plastic surgery and urology residencies provide insufficient and variable transgender health education.
- Program director attitudes are a key factor in the provision of transgender-specific training.
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