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AAMC releasing core competencies in LGBT medical education

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A groundbreaking publication defining core competencies in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) medical education recently was released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The publication is designed to assist institutions in implementing curricular and climate change in medical education.

Watch a video discussing this publication and describing the efforts of the AAMC Advisory Committee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Development to learn more.

Read a recent interview by The Atlantic with Kristen Eckstrand, PhD, a member of the AMA Advisory Committee on LGBT Issues. A fourth-year medical student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and chair of the AAMC’s Advisory Committee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Development, Eckstrand discusses medical school LGBT training.

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