Student Presenter: Daniella Abramov
Faculty Mentor: Anthony Errichetti
School/College: Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury

The purpose of this poster is to demonstrate the current climate related to transgender patient care among medical students and physicians and to determine how training has improved and can continue to be improved for better healthcare outcomes for the transgender population. There will be a review of literature explaining how lack of training can increase risk of poor outcomes for transgender patients. This review will begin by addressing the research supporting the need for transgender-specific medical education to be received across all specialties, concluding with a special focus on the need specifically in plastic surgery. Current literature demonstrates that even though there have been several steps forward taken by the medical community to improve training for care of transgender patients, a gap in knowledge continues to exist and poses a threat on healthcare outcomes for this population. Furthermore, the review supports that medical students and physicians who have participated in educational activities, such as OSCEs, specific for improving care of transgender patients have positive outcomes and can be used as a reference for future transgender specific training. However, more research needs to be done in order to address the challenges associated with implementing these educational activities and to determine the true long-term impact on medical students and physicians using longitudinal studies.