Project: LGBT Content in Undergraduate Medical Curricula

• Assess the breadth and depth of LGBT-related curricular content in M.D.- and D.O.-granting medical schools in the U.S. and Canada by surveying Deans of Medical Education.
• Determine the number of hours dedicated to LGBT-related curricular content in undergraduate medical education.
• Determine the presence or absence of 16 LGBT-related topics in medical curricula.
• Determine whether institutions provide faculty development for teaching about LGBT patient health.
• Determine whether institutions have clinical clerkship sites specifically designed to facilitate LGBT patient care.
• Identify how deans rate the quality of their school’s LGBT patient care content.
• Identify deans’ strategies for increasing their institution’s LGBT-related curricular content.

Study Design

• 16 LGBT-related topics identified from literature search, validated with LGBT health experts
• Method: 13-question, Internet-based questionnaire (piloted with >10 Deans)
• Target: Deans of medical education (or equivalent) at 176 allopathic or osteopathic medical schools in Canada and the United States 
• Timeframe: May 2009 – March 2010

Top Findings

• Coming soon

• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
• American Medical Association: Advisory Committee, GLBT Issues
• American Association of Medical Colleges
• American Association of Medical Colleges: Committee on Diversity Affairs
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

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Mitchell R. Lunn, M.D.