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Fidelindo Lim1, Ozkara San Eda
1Author Affiliations: Clinical Associate Professor (Dr Lim) and Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Ozkara San), New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York.
Background:
Transgender populations experience disproportionately higher rates of mental and physical health issues such as suicidality and heart disease than their cisgender counterparts. Education of health professions students and providers is recognized as an effective method in mitigating transgender health disparities.
Purpose:
This narrative review investigated the methods in which transgender health is taught in undergraduate nursing programs. Suggestions for optimizing transgender health education are presented.
Method:
This review critically appraised and synthesized 28 articles that met these inclusion criteria: articles in English describing teaching strategies used in transgender health education with samples that include undergraduate nursing students.
Results:
Didactic lecture is the most widely used method, followed by role-play simulation, use of film and video, guest presentation, and high-fidelity and standardized patient simulation.
Conclusion:
Lectures remain the dominant method of delivering transgender health content. Improvements in students' knowledge and attitude related to transgender care were noted posteducation.
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