What Patients Want in a Transgender Center: Building a Patient-Centered Program.

Gender affirmation is standard medical care, and community input is an essential component of patient-centered care. This study shares how our organization assessed patients' perceptions of health care organizations that provide gender-affirming care. Building on qualitative interview data, we distributed an online survey via a lesbian-gaybisexual-transgender-queer research firm.

The Gendered Work/Role of Program Directors in International Graduate Medical Education.

Healthcare organizations offer numerous clinical and academic leadership pathways for physicians, among which the position of program director (PD) is considered to be a prominent educational leadership role. As PDs are instrumental in the recruitment and training of the next generations of physicians, PD gender distribution can affect the present and future of a medical specialty. This study offers a dialectical perspective in understanding how international PDs negotiate gendered understanding of their work/role by using the framework of Relational Dialectics Theory 2.

"I Find It Quite a Privilege to Be Involved in Their Lives": A Multinational Qualitative Study of Program Directors' Perspectives on Their Relationships with Residents.

Phenomenon: Program director PD)-resident relationships are important in shaping resident experiences and educational outcomes. Yet, there is limited literature on the development or meaning of these relationships, particularly from the PD perspective. Through qualitative interviews, we explore how PDs navigate their role to develop and maintain relationships with their trainees, and elucidate how these relationships impact the PDs personally and professionally.

International Residency Program Directors on Implementing Educational Transformation: A Qualitative Study of Their Experiences and Strategies for Overcoming Challenges.

Background: Residency program directors (PDs) need to navigate diverse roles and responsibilities as clinical teachers, administrators, and drivers of educational improvement. Little is known about the experience of PDs leading transformation of international residency programs.

Objective: We explored the lived experiences of international residency PDs and developed an understanding of how PDs manage educational program transformation.

Depressive Symptoms and Burnout Among Medical Students: a Prospective Study.

Background: Depressive symptoms and burnout are common among medical students. However, few studies have investigated their trajectory over the course of medical school.

Objective: Evaluate year-by-year changes in depressive and burnout symptoms over the course of medical school training.