Transgender Health Longitudinal Elective (4 to 8 Credit Hours)

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This course will provide the student with in-depth exposure to the field of transgender medicine, and will also incorporate a research component in the area of transgender genetics. The student will see patients at the Augusta University Transgender Health Clinic which meets once monthly, and at the Equality Clinic which meets twice monthly. The expectation will be that the student will attend a minimum of 50% of each of these clinic over the course of the year (minimum of 6 Transgender Health Clinics and 12 Equality Clinics). In these clinics students will be exposed to various aspects of transgender medicine, including primary and preventive care, mental health care, and gender-affirming treatments and procedures.The student will also work with the Transgender Health faculty in the genetics lab, and will assist with enrolling and consenting patients into research studies, with the goal of generating a poster presentation and the potential to be included on relevant publications to which a substantial contribution is made. Specific research goals will include: 1) Generate a research proposal in consultation with Transgender Health research faculty of appropriate scope to be completed by the end of academic year; 2) Learn the fundamental techniques required for PCR implementation, electrophoresis, and Sanger Sequencing, as well as interpretation of next generation sequencing results; and 3) Complete proposed research project by the end of the academic year, and present the results either by oral/poster presentation or by publication, including – but not limited to – presentation at Augusta University Health Sciences Education Day. Prerequisite(s): OBGN 5000 >= C Contact Hours: 7 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit College Restrictions: Medical College of Georgia Program Restrictions: MD_MEDD-Medicine Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Click here for the Schedule of Classes.