Explorative Questionnaire Study About Education with Regard to the Health of Sexual Minorities at an Austrian Medical University

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ID3646366
AutoresNikola Komlenac (0000-0002-2647-4461, Gender Medicine Unit, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, autor correspondente), Flora Langmann (Gender Medicine Unit, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria), Margarethe Hochleitner (Gender Medicine Unit, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)
Ano2023
Volume70
Fascículo12
Páginas2955-2977
Data de publicação2023-10-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2022.2085937
PMID35700380
OpenAlexW4282945788
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas73

Physicians can play a critical role in helping lesbian, gay, and bisexual-identified (LGB) individuals face minority stress. The current questionnaire study among 305 medical students (62.6% women/37.4% men; Mage = 23.4, SD = 3.2) assessed whether medical students learn about LGB-specific concepts at an Austrian medical university. Students reported that their education contained little content about LGB-specific concepts. The majority of students did not hold negative attitudes toward homosexuality and they would like a larger range of courses concerning LGB-specific topics. The barrier most strongly associated with the intention to ask future patients about their sexual orientation was the belief that sexual orientation was irrelevant for clinical practice. Future education programs on LGB-specific topics may not need to focus on reducing negative attitudes toward sexual minorities, but should contain more facts on LGB individuals' specific healthcare needs and explain to students why a patient's sexual orientation is important to healthcare

Health care · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Medical education · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Clinical Psychology · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology