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Title: LGBT health issues not being taught at medical schools, Stanford study finds
Post by: Shana A on September 07, 2011, 09:56:11 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 07, 2011, 09:56:11 AM
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 (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.
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 (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.
Title: Re: LGBT health issues not being taught at medical schools, Stanford study finds
Post by: Miniar on September 08, 2011, 11:50:37 AM
Post by: Miniar on September 08, 2011, 11:50:37 AM
Am I the only one that read this and thought "Captain Obvious strikes again!" ?
Title: Re: LGBT health issues not being taught at medical schools, Stanford study finds
Post by: pebbles on September 11, 2011, 02:41:17 AM
Post by: pebbles on September 11, 2011, 02:41:17 AM
yeah it's immensely obvious... every time I goto the doctor to explain my prediciment they just look at me and go "hurrrrrrhhhh durp."