Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure Cases
Introduction There have been several educational reforms calling for increasing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) education materials, application of basic sciences to clinical medicine, and active engagement of students. While the amount of educational materials for LGBT clinical cases...
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| description | Introduction There have been several educational reforms calling for increasing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) education materials, application of basic sciences to clinical medicine, and active engagement of students. While the amount of educational materials for LGBT clinical cases is increasing, this session for preclinical medical students uniquely combines basic science population genetics, cisgender lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) cultural issues and reproductive endocrinology in a 1.5-hour flipped classroom session. Methods Students were assigned a prediscussion video and reading. Facilitators attended a 1.5-hour training session prior to discussion. Each classroom of 30 students with small groups of six was led by a third- or fourth-year medical student facilitator who taught from a PowerPoint that included discussion questions. An audience response system was used to show aggregated, real-time anonymous responses to case questions, a pre- and postsurvey was used to analyze changes in student attitudes and knowledge of assisted reproduction services for same-sex couples, and course evaluations captured overarching student impressions. Results All first-year students (N = 180) attended this mandatory session. Audience response questions showed a high level of knowledge of population genetics concepts. Voluntary surveys showed a higher number of assisted reproduction recommendations for LGB patients compared to heterosexual patients before discussion, with this difference disappearing after the discussion. This may indicate a shift in student attitudes and knowledge of LGB patient barriers and assisted reproduction. Course evaluations showed appreciation of LGB material integration within the course. Discussion Educators will be able to successfully integrate the application of population genetics, assisted reproduction cases, and an examination of cultural barriers in health care for LGB patients with this session. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15539d44e7f84784869e125dd182d0aa2022-12-21T19:12:01ZengAssociation of American Medical CollegesMedEdPORTAL2374-82652017-07-011310.15766/mep_2374-8265.10607Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure CasesHelen Jin0Shoumita Dasgupta1Fourth-year Medical Student, Boston University School of Medicine; Business Student, Boston University Questrom Business SchoolAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine, Biomedical Genetics Section and Department of Medical Sciences and Education, Boston University School of Medicine; Assistant Dean of Admissions, Biomedical Genetics Section, Boston University School of Medicine; Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of MedicineIntroduction There have been several educational reforms calling for increasing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) education materials, application of basic sciences to clinical medicine, and active engagement of students. While the amount of educational materials for LGBT clinical cases is increasing, this session for preclinical medical students uniquely combines basic science population genetics, cisgender lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) cultural issues and reproductive endocrinology in a 1.5-hour flipped classroom session. Methods Students were assigned a prediscussion video and reading. Facilitators attended a 1.5-hour training session prior to discussion. Each classroom of 30 students with small groups of six was led by a third- or fourth-year medical student facilitator who taught from a PowerPoint that included discussion questions. An audience response system was used to show aggregated, real-time anonymous responses to case questions, a pre- and postsurvey was used to analyze changes in student attitudes and knowledge of assisted reproduction services for same-sex couples, and course evaluations captured overarching student impressions. Results All first-year students (N = 180) attended this mandatory session. Audience response questions showed a high level of knowledge of population genetics concepts. Voluntary surveys showed a higher number of assisted reproduction recommendations for LGB patients compared to heterosexual patients before discussion, with this difference disappearing after the discussion. This may indicate a shift in student attitudes and knowledge of LGB patient barriers and assisted reproduction. Course evaluations showed appreciation of LGB material integration within the course. Discussion Educators will be able to successfully integrate the application of population genetics, assisted reproduction cases, and an examination of cultural barriers in health care for LGB patients with this session.http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10607LGBTPopulation GeneticsHealth Care DisparitiesLGBAssisted Reproduction |
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| title | Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure Cases |
| title_full | Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure Cases |
| title_fullStr | Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure Cases |
| title_short | Genetics in LGB Assisted Reproduction: Two Flipped Classroom, Progressive Disclosure Cases |
| title_sort | genetics in lgb assisted reproduction two flipped classroom progressive disclosure cases |
| topic | LGBT Population Genetics Health Care Disparities LGB Assisted Reproduction |
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