LGBT health issues not being taught at medical schools, Stanford study finds

[Shana A]

Public release date: 6-Sep-2011
Tracie White

LGBT health issues not being taught at medical schools, Stanford study finds

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/sumc-lhi083111.php

STANFORD, Calif. — The average medical student spends just five hours in medical school learning about the health-care needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community, despite evidence that these patients often face a unique set of health risks, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine that will be published Sept. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Results of the study — based on a survey sent to deans at medical schools across the United States and Canada — showed that 33.3 percent of medical schools that responded spent zero hours on LGBT health-related content during the students' clinical training, which usually takes place during the third and fourth year of medical school.

[Miniar]

Am I the only one that read this and thought "Captain Obvious strikes again!" ?

[pebbles]

yeah it's immensely obvious... every time I goto the doctor to explain my prediciment they just look at me and go "hurrrrrrhhhh durp."