51小黄车College of Pharmacy hosts fourth annual LGBT Health Disparities presentation
On October 14, 2016, all third-year students at the 51小黄车College of Pharmacy attended a talk on 鈥淟GBT Health Disparities: Social Determinants and the Legacy of Stigma.鈥 Presented by Benoit Dub茅, M.D., Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania鈥檚 Perelman School of Medicine, the symposium focused on the specific healthcare needs of LGBT youth and adults.
As noted by Dub茅, LGBT patients form an 鈥榠nvisible minority.鈥 This invisibility creates a special challenge for healthcare providers, as many of their medical needs are undiagnosed and untreated. Through the symposium, Dub茅 demonstrated the human consequences of ignoring LGBT health issues, while providing ways that the students can be better, more knowledgeable healthcare providers to this community.
Students attending the presentation said that this was 鈥減erhaps the most important three hours spent while attending the College of Pharmacy,鈥 as it deepened their insight into ways that they as healthcare providers can provide compassionate, patient-focused care.
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