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. 2013 Dec 27;13:174. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-174

Table 4.

Disciplines and teaching format

Discipline N (lecturers) Teaching format
Human biology
2
Lectures and seminars with discussion on development of sex disorders, intersex, transitioning of transgender people
Primary health care directorate
1
Problem-based learning cases involve issues of gender and sexuality
Clinical laboratory sciences
1
One lecture on sexual orientation and HIV* & STIs+
Psychiatry
2
Lectures and seminars as “Introduction to Clinical Practice” and during Psychiatry module
Medicine
1
One lecture on HIV and men who have sex with men
One elective clinical placement in a Men’s Health Clinic
Paediatrics
2
One lecture on paediatric endocrinology around disorders of sex development, else only “opportunistic teaching on ward rounds or if asked”
Family medicine 1 Elective special study module for 5th year students

*HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, +STI: Sexually Transmitted Infection.