27,552
Views
72
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Medical students’ perception of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) discrimination in their learning environment and their self-reported comfort level for caring for LGBT patients: a survey study

ORCID Icon, , ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Article: 1368850 | Received 19 Jun 2017, Accepted 15 Aug 2017, Published online: 30 Aug 2017

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (12)

Caitlin A O’Hara, Xiang Lin Foon, Jared CK Ng, Chen Seong Wong, Francine YC Wang, Clara YR Tan, Yi Ting Cheah, Konstadina Griva, Joanne SY Yoong & Rayner KJ Tan. (2023) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) healthcare in Singapore: perspectives of non-governmental organisations and clinical year medical students. Medical Education Online 28:1.
Read now
Alana Sorgini, Alexandra C. Istl, Mallory L. Downie & Amrit Kirpalani. (2023) Pride & prejudice: A scoping review of LGBTQ + medical trainee experiences. Medical Teacher 0:0, pages 1-9.
Read now
Nastassia Rambarran, Joel Simpson & Yohann White. (2022) Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards, and Knowledge of LGBT Persons in Guyana. Journal of Homosexuality 69:11, pages 1964-1979.
Read now
Anindya Kar, Gervan J. Arneaud, Sunrit Majumder, Dinesh Bhugra & Anasua Pal. (2022) Decriminalization and medical students attitudes to same sex behaviour. International Review of Psychiatry 34:3-4, pages 407-412.
Read now
Aya Sadamasu, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Ryuichiro Akagi, Takahisa Sasho, Tsuguo Morikawa & Seiji Ohtori. (2022) Knowledge of and experience with transgender players among soccer team staff: a cross-sectional questionnaire design. The Physician and Sportsmedicine 50:3, pages 244-250.
Read now
Dilek Sarpkaya Güder & Serap Tekbaş. (2022) The Effect of Sexual Health Course on Students’ Level of Belief in Sexual Myths. International Journal of Sexual Health 34:2, pages 267-276.
Read now
Michael R. Woodford, Brittanie Atteberry-Ash, Kim Jaffee & Adrienne B. Dessel. (2021) “My Church Teaches Homosexuality is a Sin” Religious Teachings, Personal Religious Beliefs, and MSW Students’ Attitudes toward Sexual Minorities. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought 40:2, pages 216-235.
Read now
Russell S Martins, Raisa Saleh, Hasan Kamal, Mishal Gillani, Asma A H Merchant, Muhammad M Munir, Hamza M Iftikar, Zara Shah, Muhammad H Z Hussain, Mohammad K Azhar, Fatima Qadri & Sarah Saleem. (2020) The Need for Transgender Healthcare Medical Education in a Developing Country. Advances in Medical Education and Practice 11, pages 405-413.
Read now
Nicole Sitkin Zelin, Michael T. Solotke, Caroline E. Scott, Beatriz Atienza-Carbonell, Cristina Fogas, Jan Skrzypczak, Rebeka Starin, Francesca Tamburelli, Aykut Ucar & Benedikt W. Pelzer. (2020) An Analysis of the Presence and Composition of OutLists at United States, Canadian, and European Medical Institutions. Journal of Homosexuality 67:14, pages 1999-2013.
Read now
Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Eleanor Molloy, Maria Clark & Nicki Ward. (2020) Gender, sexual diversity and professional practice learning: findings from a systematic search and review. Studies in Higher Education 45:8, pages 1618-1636.
Read now
Timothy DeVita, Casey Bishop & Michael Plankey. (2018) Queering medical education: systematically assessing LGBTQI health competency and implementing reform. Medical Education Online 23:1.
Read now
Nicole Sitkin Zelin, Charlotte Hastings, Brendin R. Beaulieu-Jones, Caroline Scott, Ana Rodriguez-Villa, Cassandra Duarte, Christopher Calahan & Alexander J. Adami. (2018) Sexual and gender minority health in medical curricula in new England: a pilot study of medical student comfort, competence and perception of curricula. Medical Education Online 23:1.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (60)

Jules L. Madzia. (2023) “To be professional, it isn't necessarily our full selves”: How medical students with minoritized identities manage tensions between medical professionalism and their own professional identities. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 4, pages 100313.
Crossref
Polychronis Voultsos, Angeliki Papana, Stella Alexandri & Christina-Erato Zymvragou. (2023) Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale-Greek (TABS-Gr) version: translation and initial evaluation of psychometric properties among medical students. BMC Medical Education 23:1.
Crossref
Katherine Rosecrance, Abigail Archibald, Robert Victor, Erika Tay Lasso, Caroline Nore & Cristobal Barrios. (2023) Medical Student Perspectives on Sexual and Gender Minority Acceptance in Surgical Specialties and Sexual and Gender Minority Education. Journal of Surgical Research 289, pages 121-128.
Crossref
Ece Bayram, Alexandra J Weigand & Jason D Flatt. (2023) Perceived Discrimination in Health Care for LGBTQIA+ People Living With Parkinson’s Disease. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 78:9, pages 1459-1465.
Crossref
Lauren O'Sullivan, Kimberly Zayhowski, Eileen Hoffman & Nikkola Carmichael. (2023) A qualitative study of LGBTQIA+ genetic counselors' experiences while applying to graduate school. Journal of Genetic Counseling.
Crossref
Dominique Comeau, Claire Johnson & Nadia Bouhamdani. (2023) Review of current 2SLGBTQIA+ inequities in the Canadian health care system. Frontiers in Public Health 11.
Crossref
Nessika Karsenti, Jason Chambers & Aldo Espinosa. (2023) Effects of SGM Education for Undergraduate Medical Students in a Canadian Context. Medical Science Educator 33:4, pages 813-824.
Crossref
Merve Mert-Karadas & Cigdem Yucel-Ozcirpan. (2023) The impact of an educational program based on the reproductive health of LGBT individuals developed for nursing students to improve the knowledge, skills and attitudes of students: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Education in Practice 70, pages 103668.
Crossref
Manuel A. Torres Acosta, Sidhanth Chandra, Sophia Li, Esther Yoon, Daniel Selgrade, Jeanne Quinn & Hossein Ardehali. (2023) The impact of underrepresented minority or marginalized identity status on training outcomes of MD-PhD students. BMC Medical Education 23:1.
Crossref
Rachel Hennein, Sarah R. Lowe, Jordyn H. Feingold, Adriana Feder, Lauren A. Peccoralo, Jonathan A. Ripp, Carolyn M. Mazure & Robert H. Pietrzak. (2023) Pre- and peri-traumatic event stressors drive gender differences in chronic stress-related psychological sequelae: A prospective cohort study of COVID-19 frontline healthcare providers. Journal of Psychiatric Research 162, pages 88-94.
Crossref
Anastasia K. Filimonov, Alexandra R. Gates, Annmarie N. Allos, Heather J. Billings, Anya Goldina & Jonathan J. Wisco. (2023) A Call to Action for Improving LGBTQIA2S+ Inclusive Policies and Practices in Educating Science and Medical Professionals. Medical Science Educator 33:3, pages 767-772.
Crossref
Valerie Chu, Kimberly Zayhowski, Cali‐Ryan Collin & Nikkola Carmichael. (2023) A qualitative study exploring LGBTQ genetic counseling students' relationships with peers and faculty in graduate school. Journal of Genetic Counseling.
Crossref
Ashley Pankey, Emma Martin, Heather M. Weinreich & H. Steven Sims. (2023) The Impact of Bias on the Pathway to Otolaryngology: Time to Level Up. Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports.
Crossref
Chasity Beth O'Malley, Samiksha Prasad, Arkene Levy & Daniel P. Griffin. 2023. Cases on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Health Professions Educator. Cases on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Health Professions Educator 181 196 .
Laura E. Abate & Larrie Greenberg. (2023) Incivility in medical education: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education 23:1.
Crossref
Samuel R. Bunting, Teddy G. Goetz, Aayush Gabrani, Brad Blansky, Mollie Marr & Nelson F. Sanchez. (2022) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Health Education in Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Programs: A National Survey of Program Directors. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health 3:4, pages 242-259.
Crossref
Alex S. Keuroghlian, Brittany M. Charlton, Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Kesha Williams, E.J. Jarvie, Rusty Phillips, Jessica Kremen, Carly E. Guss, John L. Dalrymple & Jennifer Potter. (2022) Harvard Medical School’s Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative: Curricular and Climate Innovations in Undergraduate Medical Education. Academic Medicine 97:12, pages 1786-1793.
Crossref
Anita Vasudevan, Antonio D. García, Bethany G. Hart, Tiffany B. Kindratt, Patti Pagels, Venetia Orcutt, Tad Campbell, Mariana Carrillo & May Lau. (2022) Health Professions Students’ Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Toward Transgender Healthcare. Journal of Community Health 47:6, pages 981-989.
Crossref
Michelle M. Mielke, Neelum T. Aggarwal, Clara Vila‐Castelar, Puja Agarwal, Eider M. Arenaza‐Urquijo, Benjamin Brett, Anna Brugulat‐Serrat, Lyndsey E. DuBose, Willem S. Eikelboom, Jason Flatt, Nancy S. Foldi, Sanne Franzen, Paola Gilsanz, Wei Li, Alison J. McManus, Debora Melo van Lent, Sadaf Arefi Milani, C. Elizabeth Shaaban, Shana D. Stites, Erin Sundermann, Vidyani Suryadevara, Jean‐Francoise Trani, Arlener D. Turner, Jet M. J. Vonk, Yakeel T. Quiroz & Ganesh M. Babulal. (2022) Consideration of sex and gender in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders from a global perspective. Alzheimer's & Dementia 18:12, pages 2707-2724.
Crossref
Dustin Z. Nowaskie & Sidrah Najam. (2022) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) cultural competency across the intersectionalities of gender identity, sexual orientation, and race among healthcare professionals. PLOS ONE 17:11, pages e0277682.
Crossref
Johanne Mathieu, Salomon Fotsing, Kikelomo Akinbobola, Lolade Shipeolu, Kien Crosse, Kimberley Thomas, Manon Denis-LeBlanc, Abdoulaye Gueye & Gaelle Bekolo. (2022) The quest for greater equity: a national cross-sectional study of the experiences of Black Canadian medical students. CMAJ Open 10:4, pages E937-E944.
Crossref
Büşra Yılmaz, Azad Irmak & Ümran Oskay. (2021) Changes in sexual intentions of LGBT people and their adaptation to social life. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 58:4, pages 1248-1257.
Crossref
Timothy J. Keyes, Shana Zucker, Teddy G. Goetz, Justin L. Jia, Samuel R. Bunting, Mitchell R. Lunn & Leslee L. Subak. (2022) Sexual and Gender Minority Identity Disclosure from Undergraduate to Graduate Medical Education: Perceptions of Professional “Outness” Among Medical Students. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health 3:3, pages 142-158.
Crossref
Peih-Ying Lu, Anna Shan Chun Hsu, Alexander Green & Jer-Chia Tsai. (2022) Medical students’ perceptions of their preparedness to care for LGBT patients in Taiwan: Is medical education keeping up with social progress?. PLOS ONE 17:7, pages e0270862.
Crossref
Alice Chu, James S. Lin, Nancy J. Moontasri, Qusai Hammouri & Julie Balch Samora. (2022) LGBTQ+ in Orthopaedics: Creating an Open and Inclusive Environment. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 30:13, pages 599-606.
Crossref
Oriol Rios, Marta Font-Palomar, Ainhoa Flecha & Rosa Valls. (2022) Violence Against LGBTIQ+ People at Universities: The Need to Uncover a Silent Reality. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, pages 152483802211114.
Crossref
Elise Snyder, John Hebb, Xue Geng & Michael Plankey. (2022) Does Mistreatment and Perceived Stress Impact Career Choice for LGBTQ+ US Medical Students?: An Analysis of AAMC Data. Georgetown Medical Review 6:1.
Crossref
Luise I. Pernar & Donald T. Hess. (2022) Creating a Welcoming Surgery Residency Training Program for LGBTQ Trainees. The American Surgeon, pages 000313482211015.
Crossref
Roberto Baiocco, Alfonso Pezzella, Jessica Pistella, Christiana Kouta, Elena Rousou, Patricia Rocamora-Perez, Remedios López-Liria, Victor Dudau, Ana Maria Doru, Andrea Kuckert-Wöstheinrich, Sabine Ziegler, Dorthe Nielsen, Laila Twisttmann Bay & Irena Papadopoulos. (2021) LGBT+ Training Needs for Health and Social Care Professionals: A Cross-cultural Comparison Among Seven European Countries. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 19:1, pages 22-36.
Crossref
ELISABETA ALBERTINA NIETSCHE, TAIS TASQUETO TASSINARI, TIERLE KOSLOSKI RAMOS, CLÉTON SALBEGO, SILVANA BASTOS COGO, ANDREI POMPEU ANTUNES & ALINE GOMES ILHA. (2022) CUIDADO ÀS MULHERES LÉSBICAS E BISSEXUAIS NA FORMAÇÃO EM ENFERMAGEM: PERCEPÇÃO DE DISCENTES. Educação em Revista 38.
Crossref
Josef Madrigal, Sarah Rudasill, Zachary Tran, Jonathan Bergman & Peyman Benharash. (2021) Sexual and gender minority identity in undergraduate medical education: Impact on experience and career trajectory. PLOS ONE 16:11, pages e0260387.
Crossref
Patricia A. Aronson, Lorin A. Cartwright & Rebecca M. Lopez. (2021) Integrating Safe Space Ally Training Into the Athletic Training Curriculum. Athletic Training Education Journal 16:4, pages 270-277.
Crossref
Reid M. Gamble, Andrew M. Pregnall, Angie Deng, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld & Jan Talley. (2021) U.S. medical school admissions and enrollment practices: status of LGBTQ inclusivity. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 121:10, pages 787-793.
Crossref
Joel Moll, David Vennard, Rachel Noto, Timothy Moran, Paul Krieger, Lisa Moreno‐Walton & Sheryl L. Heron. (2021) The prevalence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health education and training in emergency medicine residency programs: Where are we now?. AEM Education and Training 5:2.
Crossref
Bethany G. Hart, Tiffany B. Kindratt, Anita Vasudevan, Antonio D. Garcia, Patti Pagels, Venetia Orcutt & May C. Lau. (2021) Developing a Curriculum on Transgender Health Care for Physician Assistant Students. Journal of Physician Assistant Education 32:1, pages 48-53.
Crossref
Elizabeth A. Samuels, Dowin H. Boatright, Ambrose H. Wong, Laura D. Cramer, Mayur M. Desai, Michael T. Solotke, Darin Latimore & Cary P. Gross. (2021) Association Between Sexual Orientation, Mistreatment, and Burnout Among US Medical Students. JAMA Network Open 4:2, pages e2036136.
Crossref
Samuel R. BuntingMarianne G. ChiricaTimothy D. RitchieSarah S. GarberTamzin J. Batteson. (2021) A National Study of Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Sexual and Gender Minority Populations: Evaluating the Effects of Demographics and Training. LGBT Health 8:1, pages 79-87.
Crossref
Allison Brown, Gabrielle Bonneville & Sarah Glaze. (2021) Nevertheless, They Persisted: How Women Experience Gender-Based Discrimination During Postgraduate Surgical Training. Journal of Surgical Education 78:1, pages 17-34.
Crossref
Camila M. MateoDavid R. Williams. (2020) Addressing Bias and Reducing Discrimination: The Professional Responsibility of Health Care Providers. Academic Medicine 95:12S, pages S5-S10.
Crossref
A Duba, M Messiaen, C Boulangeat, T Korchia, C Lançon, A Bourbon, M Viprey, P Auquier, L Boyer & G Fond. (2020) Sexual-orientation based discrimination is associated with anxiety and depression in young physicians. A national study.. Journal of Affective Disorders 274, pages 964-968.
Crossref
Dave Lu, Ava Pierce, Joshua Jauregui, Sheryl Heron, Michelle Lall, Jennifer Mitzman, Danielle McCarthy, Nicholas Hartman & Tania Strout. (2020) Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty Experiences with Racial and Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 21:5.
Crossref
Katherine A. Hill, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Cary P. Gross, Mayur M. Desai, Nicole Sitkin Zelin, Darin Latimore, Stephen J. Huot, Laura D. Cramer, Ambrose H. Wong & Dowin Boatright. (2020) Assessment of the Prevalence of Medical Student Mistreatment by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation. JAMA Internal Medicine 180:5, pages 653.
Crossref
Kara Sternhell-Blackwell, Matthew Mansh & J. Klint Peebles. (2020) Residency Education on Sexual and Gender Minority Health. JAMA Dermatology 156:5, pages 497.
Crossref
Michael T. Solotke, Andrea Barbieri, Darin Latimore & John Encandela. (2020) Filling the void in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) leadership training. Leadership in Health Services 33:2, pages 113-124.
Crossref
Andrew D. Hollenbach, Bernard Landry-Wegener & Robin English. 2020. The Plasticity of Sex. The Plasticity of Sex 277 285 .
Brittany N. Hasty & James N. Lau. 2020. Wellbeing. Wellbeing 173 183 .
Şirin ERTUĞRUL & A. Hilal BATI. (2019) Tıp Öğrencilerinin LGBTİ+ Hastalara YaklaşımıMedical Students’ Attitude Towards LGBTI+ Patients. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası 18:56, pages 81-94.
Crossref
Jamie D. WeinandE. Peek EhlingerJames F. ConniffRonni L. HayonElizabeth Kvach. (2019) Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Residents. Transgender Health 4:1, pages 222-225.
Crossref
Renato de Oliveira, Erik Montagna, Victor Zaia, Bayardo Baptista Torres & Caio Parente Barbosa. (2019) The Development of Cognitive and Affective Skills Through a Sexual and Reproductive Health Medical Education Unit. Sexual Medicine 7:3, pages 326-336.
Crossref
Jasmine R Marcelin, Jennifer Manne-Goehler & Julie K Silver. (2019) Supporting Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity in the Infectious Disease Workforce. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 220:Supplement_2, pages S50-S61.
Crossref
Nicole RosendaleTasha OstendorfDavid A. EvansAllison WeathersJason J. SicoJulie RandallHolly E. Hinson. (2019) American Academy of Neurology members' preparedness to treat sexual and gender minorities. Neurology 93:4, pages 159-166.
Crossref
Sarah E. Jackson, Ruth A. Hackett, Igor Grabovac, Lee Smith & Andrew Steptoe. (2019) Perceived discrimination, health and wellbeing among middle-aged and older lesbian, gay and bisexual people: A prospective study. PLOS ONE 14:5, pages e0216497.
Crossref
Samuel R. Bunting, Robert Saqueton & Tamzin J. Batteson. (2019) A Guide for Designing Student-Led, Interprofessional Community Education Initiatives About HIV Risk and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. MedEdPORTAL.
Crossref
Mário Roberto Tavares Cardoso de Albuquerque, Nara Macedo Botelho & Cybelle Cristina Pereira Rodrigues. (2019) Atenção integral à saúde da população LGBT: Experiência de educação em saúde com agentes comunitários na atenção básica. Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade 14:41, pages 1758.
Crossref
Joel Moll, Paul Krieger, Sheryl L. Heron, Cara Joyce & Lisa Moreno‐Walton. (2019) Attitudes, Behavior, and Comfort of Emergency Medicine Residents in Caring for LGBT Patients: What Do We Know? . AEM Education and Training 3:2, pages 129-135.
Crossref
Aliya G. Feroe. (2018) The Labor of Representation. JAMA 320:23, pages 2423.
Crossref
M. Brett Cooper, Mariam Chacko & Jennifer Christner. (2018) Incorporating LGBT Health in an Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Through the Construct of Social Determinants of Health. MedEdPORTAL.
Crossref
Carl G. StreedJr.Jr. & John A. Davis. (2018) Improving Clinical Education and Training on Sexual and Gender Minority Health. Current Sexual Health Reports 10:4, pages 273-280.
Crossref
Madelyne Z. Greene, Katherine France, Edward F. Kreider, Emily Wolfe-Roubatis, Kevin D. Chen, Andy Wu & Baligh R. Yehia. (2018) Comparing medical, dental, and nursing students’ preparedness to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer health. PLOS ONE 13:9, pages e0204104.
Crossref
. (2018) Effectiveness of Transgender Care Content in a Nurse Practitioner Program. Journal of Nursing & Healthcare 3:2.
Crossref