Teaching lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in dental education: A multipurpose method

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1354-1361

  Brondani, Mario A ^a   Paterson, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Changeways Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Dental education; Educational methodology; LGBT; Reflections; Roleplay; Sexual education; Sexuality; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; TRANSSEXUALISM;

BISEXUALITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SEXUALITY; TEACHING; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 80054881709     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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