The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey
All studies to date demonstrate a lack of access to care for transgender people. A few educational efforts in providing care to transgender people have been successful. However, one challenge in administering training is that there is almost no research on the need of healthcare providers (HCP) to a...
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| author | Aisa Burgwal Natia Gvianishvili Vierge Hård Julia Kata Isidro García Nieto Cal Orre Adam Smiley Jelena Vidić Joz Motmans |
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| description | All studies to date demonstrate a lack of access to care for transgender people. A few educational efforts in providing care to transgender people have been successful. However, one challenge in administering training is that there is almost no research on the need of healthcare providers (HCP) to acquire knowledge, as well as on the effect of training on their level of competence and confidence in working with transgender people. Results from an online survey of a convenience sample of HCP across four different European countries (<i>N</i> = 810) showed that 52.7% reported experiences with some form of training on transgender people. The mean confidence level for all HCP (with or without training) in working with transgender people was 2.63, with a significant effect of training on confidence. 92.4% of HCP believed that training would raise their competence, and this belief was significantly higher among HCP with training experience, HCP working in Serbia and Sweden and/or among those HCP who belong to a sexual minority group. General practitioners had the lowest confidence levels of all professions involved. The study provided strong support for the use of training in improving healthcare conditions for transgender people, not only to raise awareness among HCP, but also to increase knowledge, competence and confidence levels of HCP in working with transgender people. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7df2947f04ee4726919fba193a1ebbaf2023-11-22T07:48:55ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-07-019896710.3390/healthcare9080967The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional SurveyAisa Burgwal0Natia Gvianishvili1Vierge Hård2Julia Kata3Isidro García Nieto4Cal Orre5Adam Smiley6Jelena Vidić7Joz Motmans8Transgender Infopunt, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumWomen’s Initiative Supportive Group (WISG), Tbilisi 0105, GeorgiaSwedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights (RFSL), 116 41 Stockholm, SwedenTrans-Fuzja, 00-666 Warschau, PolandDaniela Fundación, 28002 Madrid, SpainSwedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights (RFSL), 116 41 Stockholm, SwedenTransgender Europe (TGEU), 12435 Berlin, GermanyGeten, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaTransgender Infopunt, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumAll studies to date demonstrate a lack of access to care for transgender people. A few educational efforts in providing care to transgender people have been successful. However, one challenge in administering training is that there is almost no research on the need of healthcare providers (HCP) to acquire knowledge, as well as on the effect of training on their level of competence and confidence in working with transgender people. Results from an online survey of a convenience sample of HCP across four different European countries (<i>N</i> = 810) showed that 52.7% reported experiences with some form of training on transgender people. The mean confidence level for all HCP (with or without training) in working with transgender people was 2.63, with a significant effect of training on confidence. 92.4% of HCP believed that training would raise their competence, and this belief was significantly higher among HCP with training experience, HCP working in Serbia and Sweden and/or among those HCP who belong to a sexual minority group. General practitioners had the lowest confidence levels of all professions involved. The study provided strong support for the use of training in improving healthcare conditions for transgender people, not only to raise awareness among HCP, but also to increase knowledge, competence and confidence levels of HCP in working with transgender people.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/8/967transgender peoplehealthcare providerstrainingconfidencecompetence |
| spellingShingle | Aisa Burgwal Natia Gvianishvili Vierge Hård Julia Kata Isidro García Nieto Cal Orre Adam Smiley Jelena Vidić Joz Motmans The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey Healthcare transgender people healthcare providers training confidence competence |
| title | The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_full | The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_short | The Impact of Training in Transgender Care on Healthcare Providers Competence and Confidence: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_sort | impact of training in transgender care on healthcare providers competence and confidence a cross sectional survey |
| topic | transgender people healthcare providers training confidence competence |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/8/967 |
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