School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2012 Aug 8;12:71. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-71.
Healthcare providers' attitudes toward sexual minorities influence patient comfort and outcomes. This study characterized medical student attitudes toward gay men, focusing on behavior, personhood, gay civil rights, and male toughness.
A cross-sectional web-based anonymous survey was sent to medical students enrolled at the University of California, Davis (N = 371) with a response rate of 68%.
Few respondents expressed negative attitudes toward gay men or would deny them civil rights. More negative responses were seen with respect to aspects of intimate behavior and homosexuality as a natural form of sexual expression. Men and students younger than 25 years old were more likely to endorse negative attitudes toward behavior as well as more traditional views on male toughness.
We show that an important minority of students express discomfort with the behavior of gay men and hold to a narrow construction of male identity. These findings suggest that competency training must move beyond conceptual discussions and address attitudes toward behaviors through new pedagogical approaches.
医疗保健提供者对性少数群体的态度会影响患者的舒适度和治疗效果。本研究主要针对男同性恋者，描述了医学生对男同性恋者的态度，重点是他们对男同性恋者行为、人格、同性恋者公民权利和男性坚韧的看法。
我们向加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校的医学生（N=371）发送了一份基于网络的横断面匿名调查，回复率为 68%。
很少有受访者对男同性恋者持负面态度，也不会否认他们的公民权利。但在涉及性行为和同性恋作为一种自然的性行为表达方面，更多的负面反应出现了。男性和 25 岁以下的学生更有可能对性行为表示负面态度，对男性坚韧的传统观念也更为认可。
我们发现，相当一部分学生对男同性恋者的行为感到不适，并坚持狭隘的男性身份观念。这些发现表明，能力培训必须超越概念讨论，通过新的教学方法解决对行为的态度问题。
