Developing a transgender and non-binary inclusive obstetrics and gynaecology undergraduate medical curriculum in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Where are we at, and where do we need to be?

Abstract

Internationally, undergraduate medical education is not currently enabling early career doctors to meet the needs of trans and gender diverse (TGD) people as healthcare consumers. This review outlines inclusion of TGD education in undergraduate medical education more broadly to contextualise curriculum development needs in obstetrics, gynaecology and reproductive medicine in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Limited, and lack of integrated content, teaching capability and current absence of TGD health knowledge as graduate outcomes, compounded by pedagogy (biomedical/binary framing) and more appropriate learning resources are indicators for curricula, and workforce, development.

Keywords: inclusion; transgender and non-binary; undergraduate medical curriculum.