The Role of the Athletic Trainer in Providing Care to Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients: Foundational Knowledge and Disparities-Part I.

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) patients experience discrimination, harassment, marginalization, and minority stress at greater rates than their cisgender counterparts, leading to numerous health and health care disparities that negatively affect well-being and access to quality health care.1 Despite being in an opportune position to improve health equity for TGD patients under their care, many athletic trainers (ATs) report having little to no formal education on TGD patient care, leading to a reduction in self-reported competence. As such, to fill this knowledge gap, the purposes of the first part of this 2-part narrative literature review are to (1) provide readers with foundational information and terminology, (2) explore relevant health and health care disparities, and (3) identify the role of the AT within an interprofessional care team treating TGD patients.

The Role of the Athletic Trainer in Providing Care to Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients: Considerations for Medical Affirmation-Part II.

Recently, with discriminatory legislation efforts and changing participation policies in organized sports, media attention surrounding transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals has increased. These changes and the historical lack of competence and education regarding the transgender patient population have resulted in subpar patient care and a misunderstanding of the athletic trainer's (AT's) role within the health care and compliance systems. This literature review is the second part of a 2-paper series, and our objective was to educate ATs on the processes relevant to medical affirmation, including compliance considerations regarding medical eligibility, and to establish the AT's role.

Sports Medicine Physicians Comfort and Competence in Caring for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patients and Athletes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore primary care sports medicine physicians' comfort, competence, education, and scope of training in caring for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) patients/athletes.

Design: Mixed-methods, cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Online.

Athletic Trainers' Competence, Education, and Perceptions Regarding Transgender Student-Athlete Patient Care.

Context: Transgender student-athletes are increasingly participating in sport, requiring athletic trainer (AT) preparedness to care for their needs.

Objective: To measure ATs' (1) perceived definition of transgender, (2) comfort and competence working with transgender student-athletes, (3) sources of education, (4) perceived legal concerns, and (5) perception of competitive advantage.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Optimal Screening Methods to Detect Cardiac Disorders in Athletes: An Evidence-Based Review.

Unlabelled: Reference/Citation:  Harmon KG, Zigman M, Drezner JA. The effectiveness of screening history, physical exam, and ECG to detect potentially lethal cardiac disorders in athletes: a systematic review/meta-analysis. J Electrocardiol.

Orchard Sports Injury Classification System 10.1 Plus: An End-User Study.

The purpose of this study was to establish the level of ease of use and effectiveness of the Orchard Sport Injury Classification System (OSICS) 10.1 Plus for recording injuries and interventions. Three hundred and forty-two (males=148, females=192, no response=2; age=30.