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    Speaking with Patients about Sexuality and Gender

    Video Length: 24 minutes 

    Note: This is the first in a two-part video set. After viewing this video, please watch Speaking with Patients about Sexuality and Gender – Part 2.

    Description:
    In the first segment of this two-part video, Jennifer Potter, M.D. leads a group of health professional educators in an engaging discussion on Speaking with Patients about Sexuality and Gender. Panelists provide an overview of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex development; discuss how to create a welcoming clinical environment for patients; offer methods to address missteps in communication; and discuss how discuss how understanding patients’ multiple identities can improve the patient-provider relationship.

    Dr. Potter is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Women's Health Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Director of the Women's Health Program at Fenway Health, Associate Editor of the MedEdPORTAL LGBT Health Curriculum Collection, and co-author of the AAMC publication Implementing Curricular and Institutional Climate Changes to Improve Health Care for Individuals Who Are LGBT, Gender Nonconforming, or Born with DSD.

    Learning Objectives:
    After viewing this video, the learner will be able to:

    • Understand, and differentiate between, the following terms: sexual behavior, sexuality, sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconforming, transgender, sexual identity, and differences of sex development.
    • Identify at least two strategies for openly communicating about sexuality and gender with patients that can impact patient care.
    • Identify at least two examples of how judgmental communication related to a patient’s sexuality and/or gender has impacted patient care.

    Moderator:
    Jennifer Potter, MD
    Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
    Director of the Women's Health Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Director of the Women's Health Program, Fenway Health

    Presenters:
    Katharine Baratz Dalke, MD
    Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry
    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Carey Roth Bayer, EdD, RN, CSE
    Associate Professor in the Departments of Community Health
    and Preventive Medicine/Medical Education
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Director of the Center of Excellence for Sexual Health
    Satcher Health Leadership Institute

    Melanie Davis, PhD
    President, Honest Exchange

    Scott Leibowitz, MD
    Head Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
    Gender and Sex Development Program
    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    David Malebranche, MD, MPH
    Primary Care Physician
    University of Pennsylvania Student Health Services

    Jason Schneider, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor
    Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics
    Emory University School of Medicine

    Resources:

    Suggested Citation:
    Association of American Medical Colleges. "Speaking with Patients about Sexuality and Gender – Part 1." (October, 2015). AAMC Videos and Resources. Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges.