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Table 5 Proportion of students “confident” or “very confident” in their knowledge of the following terms (n = 232)

From: Medical students’ awareness of health issues, attitudes, and confidence about caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients: a cross-sectional survey

Term

% (n)

Term

% (n)

Asexual

85.3% (198)

Phalloplasty

41.8% (97)

Bisexual

97.0% (225)

Neovagina

37.1% (86)

Gay

97.8% (227)

“T” [Testosterone]

72.8% (169)

Genderqueer

31.0% (72)

Top surgery

45.3% (105)

Intersex

37.5% (87)

Bareback

55.6% (129)

Lesbian

97.4% (226)

BDSM

75.4% (175)

Pansexual

56.9% (132)

Douching

55.2% (128)

Polyamorous

71.1% (165)

Fisting

81.9% (190)

Queer

41.4% (96)

Rimming

72.4% (168)

Trans

89.2% (207)

Serosorting

6.9% (16)

Trans woman

84.5% (196)

Saunas

37.5% (87)

Trans man

84.9% (197)

Slamming

25.0% (58)

Transgender

91.4% (212)

Topping

34.1% (79)

Transitioning

89.2% (207)

Chemsexa

60.8% (141)

Bottom surgery

37.1% (86)

Crystal/Tinaa

26.7% (62)

PEPb

80.2% (186)

G/GHBa

42.2% (98)

Dental dams

37.1% (86)

  
  1. aadded by our research term, the remaining terms are from Parameshwaran et al. [12]
  2. bPost-exposure prophylaxis