Medical care for the LGBTQ community has become politicized in this country. But at the heart of it, there are thousands of people who health care advocates say are not getting the care they need. They also say that medical students are lagging behind in getting the training they need to care for the LGBTQ community. To understand better what it is that medical students and patients need, Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and Director of the Division of Education and Training at the Fenway Institute is interviewed.
Source: How medical schools are faring with training students to care for the LGBTQ community (NPR)
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Keuroghlian AS, Charlton BM, Katz-Wise SL, Williams K, Jarvie EJ, Phillips R, Kremen J, Guss CE, Dalrymple JL, Potter J. Harvard Medical School’s Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative: Curricular and Climate Innovations in Undergraduate Medical Education. Acad Med. 2022 Dec 1; 97(12):1786-1793.
Katz-Wise SL, Jarvie EJ, Potter J, Keuroghlian AS, Gums JN, Kosciesza AJ, Hanshaw BD, Ornelas A, Mais E, DeJesus K, Ajegwu R, Presswood W, Guss CE, Phillips R, Charlton BM, Kremen J, Williams K, Dalrymple JL. Integrating LGBTQIA + Community Member Perspectives into Medical Education. Teach Learn Med. 2022 Jun 29:1-15.
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Alex Keuroghlian, MD MPH is the Michele and Howard J Kessler Chair and Director of the MGH Division of Public and Community Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In addition, he is the Director of the MGH Gender Identity Program, Director of Education and Training Programs at the Fenway Institute, and Director of the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.
