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Community-supported teaching on the topic of transgender identity in undergraduate medical education - a pilot
Matthias Besse1, Jörg Signerski-Krieger1, Hannah Engelmann2
1University Medical Center Göttingen, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Göttingen, Germany.
Introduction And Objectives:
Future physicians are insufficiently prepared for the topic of transgender identity during their studies. Relevant courses during undergraduate medical education are heterogeneous and not widely established within the curricula. At our university, we investigated if students' knowledge of transgender identity could be increased through medical specialist teaching and teaching delivered by representatives of the trans* community (community-supported teaching).
Methods:
During summer semester 2021 (SS21), the knowledge level on transgender identity of 134 medical students in their fifth clinical semester was evaluated (phase 1). In addition, knowledge gain on gender incongruence through the module "psychiatry" was retrospectively surveyed across two dimensions: 1. diagnostic criteria, 2. treatment/care. During winter semester 2021/22 (WS 21/22), a 90-minute seminar on transgender identity was held either community-supported or by medical specialists (phase 2). Following the psychiatry exam, a re-evaluation was carried out by 115 students (phase 3).
Results:
The students in SS21 did not feel sufficiently educated in the topic of transgender identity through their studies, but rated the relevance of the topic for their later profession as high. Learning gain improved after the introduction of the seminar in WS21/22 compared to the previous semester (both dimensions p<.001). Community-supported and specialist teaching achieved equivalent results.
Conclusion:
One 90-minutes seminar led to a significant learning gain regarding the topic of transgender identity. Community-supported teaching is a promising way to impart knowledge in a qualified manner: Medical faculties should use this form of teaching to convey established knowledge to students in future curricula.
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