None of the liberals would show how much they care about this important issue. This article brought to you by a member of the local Tea Party Group.
Body & Mind
Medical Schools Teaching Little About Gay Health
Published September 07, 2011
| Associated Press
A survey of medical school deans suggests future doctors aren't learning much about the unique health needs of gays and lesbians.
According to the deans, their schools devoted on average five hours in the entire curriculum to teaching content related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients.
More than a quarter of the medical school deans said their school's coverage of 16 related topics was "poor" or "very poor." The topics included sex change surgery, mental health issues and HIV-AIDS.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Juno Obedin-Maliver of the University of California, San Francisco, says that while nearly all medical schools taught students to ask patients if they "have sex with men, women or both" while obtaining a sexual history, the overall curriculum lacked deeper instruction to help "students carry that conversation as far as it needs to go."
I suppose being gay could impact the health of a respondent.
However, I'm unaware of any reason that "gay health" would be any different than "straight health."
If I have high blood pressure - I don't see why the physician would treat me any different than a gay guy who has the same problem.
Incidentally - read the University of Wisconsin's course description for Patient, Doctor and Society 4 . I think the program has plenty of focus on GBLT concerns.
I'd guess - with fairly high confidence - that there's a course like that in most medical schools.
It seems to be an important issue to the writer of the article and I felt it was my civic duty to post it for our resident, well, you know what follows.
