Assignment task:
Role play: You are a Clinical Medical Assistant that has been asked to bring a patient back to the exam room for a physician. Your family is very religious and you were taught to believe that a person's gender is decided at birth. It is against your religion to change gender or to live life as another gender.
You are rooming Crystal Greene. You see that she has expertly applied her makeup, has long red fingernails, long blonde hair, and is wearing three inch heels. You are surprised to see that her birth gender is male. This is the first time you have roomed a transgender patient. You are uncomfortable in this situation because you have strong personal beliefs that birth gender should be maintained throughout a person's life.
1. How might your strong beliefs (morals/ personal ethics) negatively impact your delivery of care (you are the character in the scenario)?
2. How would you demonstrate respect to Ms. Greene while taking her health history? Use the affective behaviors rubric at the beginning of this course. You answer should be approximately 4-5 full sentences in length.