Transexuality and medical education: an analytical study

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https://doi.org/10.25267/Hachetetepe.2020.i21.6

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No. 21 (2020)
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56-69
Published: 01-11-2020
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Medical education requires curricular adaptations according to health needs articulated to social issues populations. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse how the topic of transsexuality is approached in the medical course of a university in Santa Catarina, South region of Brazil. This is a descriptive qualitative investigation with two methodological procedures: analysis of medicine teaching plans and focus groups with medical students. Content analysis was used focusing on the terms: transsexuality, sexual identity, sexuality, diversity, gender, psycho-sexual dysfunctions, transsexuality and transgender. The topic is present in some curricula teaching plans, but it is still incipient and limited in the educational process with an emphasis on learning skills to “use neutral language”. The discussions in the focus groups demonstrate the importance of ethical commitment to professional performance facing the demands of transsexual people. However, students identify everyday practices linked to moral values. It is concluded that there is no formal determination of transsexuality topic in the medical curriculum of this university, revealing the need to qualify the training for an ethical-political performance.

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Severo Garcia-Jr, C. A. ., Dalla Vecchia Pereira, L. C., Steil, A. ., Laurentino dos Reis, J. J. ., de Sá Liston, J. ., & de Moura Henicka, M. A. . (2020). Transexuality and medical education: an analytical study. Hachetetepé. Scientific Journal of Education and Communication, (21), 56–69. https://doi.org/10.25267/Hachetetepe.2020.i21.6

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Carlos Alberto Severo Garcia-Jr, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professor of medicine and physiotherapy courses at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC / Araranguá campus). Post-doctorate in collective health (UFSC). PhD in humanities (UFSC).

Liana Cristina Dalla Vecchia Pereira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Psychologist, master in public, specialist in family and community health and in colecctive mental health. Ph.D. student at the interdisciplinary programme in humane science at Federal University of Santa Catarina.¡ (PPGICH/UFSC)

Amanda Steil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Physician graduated from the University of Vale do Itajaí. Resident in Emergency Medicine at the Federal University of São Paulo.

Jair Josué Laurentino dos Reis, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

Medical student at the University of Vale do Itajaí.

Júlia de Sá Liston, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

Medical student at the University of Vale do Itajaí.

Mariana Andréa de Moura Henicka, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

  Medical student at the University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI). Member of the research group “Health and Society” (UNIVALI / CNPq).

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