Anderson Joan I, Patterson April N, Temple Henry J, Inglehart Marita Rohr
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2009 Jan;73(1):105-18.
The objectives of the study reported in this article were to assess dental student leaders' perceptions of educational efforts concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) topics and the cultural climate concerning LGBT issues in dental schools in the United States and Canada. In addition, the perceptions of student leaders who self-identified as belonging to the LGBT community and of students with a heterosexual orientation were compared. Data were collected from 113 dental student leaders from twenty-seven dental schools in the United States and three in Canada. Fifty student leaders were females, and sixty-two were males. Only 13.3 percent of the respondents agreed that their dental education prepared them well to treat patients from LGBT backgrounds. The more the student leaders believed that their university has an honest interest in diversity, the better they felt prepared by their dental school program to treat patients from LGBT backgrounds (r=.327; p<.001). The better they felt prepared, the more they perceived the clinic environment as sensitive and affirming for patients with different sexual orientations (r=.464; p<.001). The more they reported that dental schools' administrations create a positive environment for students with LGBT orientations, the more they agreed that persons can feel comfortable regardless of their sexual orientation (r=.585; p<.001). In conclusion, the findings indicate that dental school administrators play an important role in ensuring that future care providers are well prepared to treat patients from LGBT backgrounds and that staff, faculty, students, and patients from these backgrounds are not discriminated against.
本文所报告的研究目的是评估牙科专业学生领导者对有关女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别（LGBT）主题的教育工作的看法，以及美国和加拿大牙科学校中有关LGBT问题的文化氛围。此外，还比较了自我认定属于LGBT群体的学生领导者和异性取向学生的看法。数据收集自美国27所牙科学校和加拿大3所牙科学校的113名牙科专业学生领导者。其中50名学生领导者为女性，62名为男性。只有13.3%的受访者认为他们的牙科教育使他们有充分准备去治疗来自LGBT背景的患者。学生领导者越认为他们的大学真正关注多样性，他们就越觉得牙科学校的课程使他们有准备去治疗来自LGBT背景的患者（r = 0.327；p < 0.001）。他们感觉准备越充分，就越认为诊所环境对不同性取向的患者敏感且包容（r = 0.464；p < 0.001）。他们越报告说牙科学校管理部门为具有LGBT取向的学生营造了积极的环境，就越认同无论性取向如何人们都能感到舒适（r = 0.585；p < 0.001）。总之，研究结果表明，牙科学校管理人员在确保未来的医疗服务提供者做好充分准备去治疗来自LGBT背景的患者以及确保这些背景的工作人员、教师、学生和患者不受到歧视方面发挥着重要作用。
