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Creating A Welcoming Clinical Environment For Lgbt Patients, Samy S. Ramadan
Creating A Welcoming Clinical Environment For Lgbt Patients, Samy S. Ramadan
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The aim of this project was to develop a welcoming clinical environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) patients at Northern Counties Health Care (NCHC) and to serve as a model for community health centers across the nation that want to provide their LGBT communities with patient centered care that is affordable, compassionate and accessible. This was achieved by revising non-discrimination policies and new patient forms to be more inclusive of sexual orientations and gender identities, incorporating LGBT health learning modules into yearly provider and staff mandatories, and adding LGBT inclusive material into all waiting and exam rooms. The …