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    Creating a Welcoming Environment for LGBTQ+ Students

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    Video Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes

    Presentation Materials: Slide Deck

    Description:
    Medical schools face a variety of challenges in creating safe, welcoming, and nurturing environments for LGBTQ+ students. Realizing that each institution’s context is unique, this webinar will provide an overview of methods and resources institutional leaders can use to improve the climate at their institution. This webinar was jointly sponsored by the AAMC Group on Student Affairs and the AAMC Advisory Committee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sex Development.

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

    • Describe a framework for institutional commitment to LGBTQ+ students.
    • Discuss the necessary institutional portfolio of programs and resources to support the success of LGBTQ+ students and improve campus climate.
    • Identify the unique growth opportunities and resources to advance LGBTQ+ priorities at your institutions.

    Presenters:
    Adrian D. Daul, MD, MPH, FACEP
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Pronouns: He, Him

    Leon Jones, MD
    Associate Dean of Student Affairs, School of Medicine
    Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    UC Davis Health System
    Pronouns: He, Him

    Bobby Kelly, MD
    Paul Ambrose Fellow
    NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency at Concord
    Hospital & Dartmouth-Hitchcock Leadership
    Preventive Medicine Residency
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
    Pronouns: He, Him

    Kelly A. McGarry, MD, FACP
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Division of General Internal Medicine
    Department of Medicine
    Rhode Island Hospital
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Nicole (Nix) Sitkin, BS
    Medical Student (MS3)
    Yale University School of Medicine
    Pronouns: She, Her

    Danny Teraguchi, EdD
    Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
    Washington State University
    Pronouns: He, Him or Zi, Hir

    Kristen L. Eckstrand, PdD
    Co-Director, Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health
    Chair, AAMC Advisory Committee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sex Development
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Suggested Citation:
    Association of American Medical Colleges. "Creating a Welcoming Environment for Sexual and Gender Minority Students." (August, 2016). AAMC Videos and Resources. Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges. Available online at: https://www.aamc.org/about-us/excellence-academic-medicine/lgbt-health-resources/videos/creating-welcoming-environment