Kristine M. Diaz, PsyD
This is part of a series by the STFM Group on LGBT Health for LGBT Pride Month.
“I don’t trust my family practice doctor to treat me.”
A pre-med student who identifies as a transgender male shared this statement with me recently. I swallowed my desire to pacify him with “We are working on it.” I just listened.
Posted in LGBT Health Collaborative
Tagged AAMC, education, family doctor, Family Medicine, health, LGBT, LGBT community, LGBT Health, medical school, Residency, teaching
By Eli Pendleton, MD; Susan Sawning, MSSW, and Stacie Steinbock, MEd
My male-to-female transgender patient is in her mid-50s. She has a well-established relationship with a sex therapist, who has written a thorough letter of explanation and support. Her wife is engaged and supports her decisions. The patient comes to me hoping to begin her hormonal transition.
Jen Hartmark-Hill, MD
One of my top priorities for staying involved in health care advocacy is to promote a better future for my students.
As a medical educator, I often ponder the uncomfortable paradox of training medical students to become “ideal” physicians, only to send them out into a far less than ideal health care system upon graduation. Preparing and educating future physicians to lead health care transformation is essential, but we who serve as educators and role models cannot stop there.
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged 2015, academic medicine, Advocacy, congress, election, Family Medicine, Family Medicine Congressional Conference, FMCC
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