Medical schools spend small amount of time teaching content related to health of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients, survey finds
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
A survey of deans of medical schools in the U.S. and Canada finds that the median (midpoint) amount of time in the medical school curriculum dedicated to topics related to the health care needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients is about 5 hours, although there is wide variation among the schools in quantity, content and perceived quality of instruction, according to a new study.