@MUSChealth training shows how to ask an adolescent about their gender identity "I had your mother step out of the room...she is able to look at your medical record...[unless]there are certain parts you want me to just make note for myself...but otherwise it'll be in your record"
How to correct a peer who uses the wrong pronouns:
"Excuse me doctor. The patient that you are referring to uses the pronouns 'she' and 'her' not 'it'. I think that we all can agree that she deserves to be treated with respect."
#NotParody
"Excuse me doctor. The patient that you are referring to uses the pronouns 'she' and 'her' not 'it'. I think that we all can agree that she deserves to be treated with respect."
#NotParody
Responding to an upset patient after using incorrect pronouns and how to apologize and recover from the mistake.
"My pronouns are they/them, how many times do I have to tell you?"
"You're absolutely right. Thank you for correcting us."
"My pronouns are they/them, how many times do I have to tell you?"
"You're absolutely right. Thank you for correcting us."
Helping a transgender person who has changed their name.
"The staff member was very disrespectful to Mary, both in the way he asked about her previous name, and in the way he looked at her. It is clear from this scenario that the staff member had not been trained..."
"The staff member was very disrespectful to Mary, both in the way he asked about her previous name, and in the way he looked at her. It is clear from this scenario that the staff member had not been trained..."
"In this scenario, Dr. tucker asks for Jamie's pronouns even though Jamie had given them [editors note: pun intended?] at the last visit. It is clear that Dr. Tucker asks for each patient's pronouns routinely as she understands that pronouns may change from visit to visit."
This training skit shows a father and his 10 year old son who thinks he's a girl. The doctor shuts down the dad when he suggests his son just wants to be like his big sister. If the child says he's a girl, then he's a girl. Parents, do not tolerate this garbage from any doctor.
"Some people even use different pronouns if they don't feel comfortable being 'he' or 'she'. Let's just take things slowly and keep talking. There is certainly no hurry for you to be making ANY changes to your physical body...unless that is something you would be interested in"😮
Negative Interaction:
"You need to fill in your mother and father's names"
"I have two dads"
"You don't have a mother?"
"No. Can you excuse me for a second"
"You need to fill in your mother and father's names"
"I have two dads"
"You don't have a mother?"
"No. Can you excuse me for a second"
"What are your pronouns?"
"Thanks for asking. They're Ze/Hir/Hirs"
"OK great...could you spell those for me?"
"Thanks for asking. They're Ze/Hir/Hirs"
"OK great...could you spell those for me?"
Negative Interaction:
"When you have anal sex, do you use condoms never, sometimes or always?
"Sometimes"
"Alright, and have you been tested for HIV?"
"A long time ago"
"Alright, well I do recommend my gay patients get tested at least once a year"
"😠"
"When you have anal sex, do you use condoms never, sometimes or always?
"Sometimes"
"Alright, and have you been tested for HIV?"
"A long time ago"
"Alright, well I do recommend my gay patients get tested at least once a year"
"😠"
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