Advancing Inclusion of Transgender Identities in Health Professional Education Programs: The Interprofessional Transgender Health Education Day.

Journal of Allied Health Pub Date : 2023-01-01

Whitney Linsenmeyer, Dana Stiles, Theresa Drallmeier, Katie Heiden-Rootes, Rabia Rahman, Emily Buxbaum, Beth Gombos, Nick Harris, Sayer Johnson, Carla Lantz, Ashton Otte, Willow Rosen, Samara Lillioja

{"title":"Advancing Inclusion of Transgender Identities in Health Professional Education Programs: The Interprofessional Transgender Health Education Day.","authors":"Whitney Linsenmeyer, Dana Stiles, Theresa Drallmeier, Katie Heiden-Rootes, Rabia Rahman, Emily Buxbaum, Beth Gombos, Nick Harris, Sayer Johnson, Carla Lantz, Ashton Otte, Willow Rosen, Samara Lillioja","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of an Interprofessional Transgender Health Education Day (ITHED) on student knowledge and attitudes towards the transgender population.Methods: This mixed-methods study involved a pre-test and post-test survey administered to students (n=84 pre-test and n=66 post-test) in four health professional education programs (medicine, family therapy, speech, language, and hearing sciences, nutrition and dietetics.) surrounding participation in the ITHED. Differences in total and subscale scores of the Transgender Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs (T-KAB) before and after participation in the ITHED scale were analyzed using independent samples t-tests; qualitative responses were analyzed using a thematic, inductive process.Results: Independent samples t-tests revealed no significant differences in pre- and post-ITHED total T- KAB scores, the three subscales, or for those who reported previous training, clinical experience, and regular contact with transgender individuals. Qualitative themes included: enthusiasm for learning about transgender health; need for healthcare providers to provide excellent care for transgender patients; and power of learning directly from the transgender community.Conclusions: Though participation in the ITHED did not result in significant changes in T-KAB scores, participants demonstrated high baseline T-KAB scores and expressed strong enthusiasm for learning about transgender health. Positioning transgender voices at the forefront of the education can foster a powerful student learning experience and honor ethical guidelines.","PeriodicalId":35979,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Allied Health","volume":"52 1","pages":"24-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Allied Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of an Interprofessional Transgender Health Education Day (ITHED) on student knowledge and attitudes towards the transgender population.

Methods: This mixed-methods study involved a pre-test and post-test survey administered to students (n=84 pre-test and n=66 post-test) in four health professional education programs (medicine, family therapy, speech, language, and hearing sciences, nutrition and dietetics.) surrounding participation in the ITHED. Differences in total and subscale scores of the Transgender Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs (T-KAB) before and after participation in the ITHED scale were analyzed using independent samples t-tests; qualitative responses were analyzed using a thematic, inductive process.

Results: Independent samples t-tests revealed no significant differences in pre- and post-ITHED total T- KAB scores, the three subscales, or for those who reported previous training, clinical experience, and regular contact with transgender individuals. Qualitative themes included: enthusiasm for learning about transgender health; need for healthcare providers to provide excellent care for transgender patients; and power of learning directly from the transgender community.

Conclusions: Though participation in the ITHED did not result in significant changes in T-KAB scores, participants demonstrated high baseline T-KAB scores and expressed strong enthusiasm for learning about transgender health. Positioning transgender voices at the forefront of the education can foster a powerful student learning experience and honor ethical guidelines.

微信好友朋友圈 QQ好友复制链接

本刊更多论文

促进跨性别身份纳入卫生专业教育计划：跨专业的跨性别健康教育日。

目的：本研究旨在探讨跨专业跨性别健康教育日（ITHED）对学生对跨性别人群的认知和态度的影响。方法：本研究采用混合方法，对参加ITHED的四个健康专业教育项目（医学、家庭治疗、言语、语言和听力科学、营养和营养学）的学生进行测试前和测试后调查（n=84名测试前和n=66名测试后）。采用独立样本t检验分析参与ITHED量表前后跨性别知识、态度和信念（T-KAB）总分和子量表得分的差异；定性反应分析使用主题，归纳过程。结果：独立样本T检验显示，在ithed前后的总T- KAB评分、三个亚量表、或报告先前培训、临床经验和定期接触变性人的人群中，没有显著差异。定性主题包括：对学习变性人健康的热情；医疗保健提供者需要为跨性别患者提供优质护理；以及直接向跨性别群体学习的力量。结论：虽然参加ITHED并没有导致T-KAB得分的显著变化，但参与者表现出较高的基线T-KAB得分，并表现出强烈的学习跨性别健康的热情。将跨性别者的声音置于教育的前沿，可以培养强大的学生学习体验，并遵守道德准则。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文去求助

来源期刊

Journal of Allied Health Medicine-Medicine (all)

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Journal of Allied Health is the official publication of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) . The Journal is the only interdisciplinary allied health periodical, publishing scholarly works related to research and development, feature articles, research abstracts and book reviews. Readers of The Journal comprise allied health leaders, educators, faculty and students. Subscribers to The Journal consist of domestic and international college and university libraries, health organizations and hospitals. Almost 20% of subscribers, in the last three years, have been from outside of the United States. Subscribers include the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association and major universities.