Department:

Family Medicine

Course Number:

FAMMED-416

Course Title:

LGBTQ+ Health

No. of Students:

8

Site:

LUMC

Supervisor:

Eugene Lee, MD; Camilla Larsen, MD

Duration:

2 weeks 

Periods Offered:

Prerequisite:

None.

Special Note:

This elective will only be available to fourth year SSOM students. VA Badge required; badge verification required 2 weeks prior to start of elective. Not open to visiting students.

Graded Pass/Fail only.

For academic year 2024-25, the rotation dates will be:

11C period: March 3-14, 2025 (only available for 2 weeks)

Description:

The goal of this elective is to teach students the evidence-based treatment of LGBTQ+ patients in medicine. Over the two-week rotation, students will read and discuss various topics that come up in LGBTQ+ care. The topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: health disparities, mental health, initiation and maintenance of PrEP, initiation and maintenance of hormones for transgender patients, transgender children/adolescents healthcare, and gender confirmation surgery. Students will try to shadow in clinics where the majority of patients identify as LGBTQ+ (variable on provider availabilities). By the end of the rotation, students should be able to comfortably discuss the pros and cons of various treatments and approaches to LGBTQ+ health with patients and with colleagues.

Method of Evaluation:

This course is Pass/Fail. Students will be evaluated based on participation in group discussions (70%), a project involving updating and critiquing a portion of the curricula (20%), and an exam on the material covered (10%).