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From: Correction: How much is needed? Patient exposure and curricular education on medical students’ LGBT cultural competency

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LGBT-DOCSS scores split by LGBT experientials. Abbreviations: LGBT lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender; DOCSS Development of Clinical Skills Scale. LGBT-DOCSS scores are means on 7-point Likert scales. Higher scores are indicative of higher levels of clinical preparedness and knowledge and less prejudicial attitudes regarding LGBT patients. For medical students with scores of 6 or more (“higher-competent” medical students) on the Overall LGBT-DOCSS, their experiential variable means of LGBT patients (i.e., 35 patients) and LGBT total hours (i.e., 35 h) served as group splits. There were significant differences of the patient split on LGBT-DOCSS scores, while adjusting for age, LGBT curricular hours, LGBT extracurricular hours, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, level of training, and university. There were significant differences of the hour split on LGBT-DOCSS scores, while adjusting for age, LGBT patients, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, level of training, and university. Medical students who had cared for 35 or more LGBT patients (n = 84) reported significantly higher Overall LGBT-DOCSS [F (1, 840) = 21.351] and Clinical Preparedness [F (1, 840) = 32.899] than those who cared for less than 35 LGBT patients (n = 787). Medical students who received 35 or more LGBT total hours (n = 102) reported significantly higher Overall LGBT-DOCSS [F (1, 843) = 17.154], Clinical Preparedness [F (1, 843) = 20.636], and Basic Knowledge [F (1, 843) = 7.118] than those who received less than 35 LGBT total hours (n = 824)

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