Resubmitting with appropriate change recommendations as per this post:
[04.08.2025] Content error, AnKing Step Deck/AnKingMed, ID 3196550
The post and subsequent comments and discussion covers the many reasons for the necessity of this change. As well as the complex reasoning about the decisions made with regards to each and every meticulous detail. It has been significantly refined from the original suggestion. The extra section should now be concise enough.
Formatting:
Bolded Gender Dysphoria as the subject of the card.
underlined distress and impairment two key features, did not underline persistent or functional as these are qualifiers so as to minimize underlining.
Italicized incongruence to highlight the shift in the sentence where it begins talking about what is incongruent
italicized and underlined "gender" in gender assigned at birth to really emphasize that it is gender assigned at birth and not sex assigned at birth. Many people get this wrong and it is a very important distinction to make. Personally, as a trans person, I would never trust anyone who does not know of or understand this distinction. I want to emphasize the term gender is used purposefully and that a distinction is being made to subtly educate people about this topic.
Connect the terms gender identity and gender expression/experience. DSM-V-TR does not use the term gender identity, and it is not the favored term by the trans community, for reasons I explained in the cited post. Gender identity is used here for conciseness and because it is still a commonly used term (this will change in the future as people in academia and the community are shifting to gender experience). It can still be an acceptable term, but only if provided with the correct context of being synonymous to/defined by gender experience, which is what the UWorld medical library does as mitchelnelson cites in the post. This is like the word gender above as it is done to educate people so they properly understand that the term identity is used in the context of experience and expression rather than in the context of "identifying with". Again, I elaborate further on this in the post cited above.
Extra Section content:
included the key information regarding the NBME question cited and quoted below.
Add additional detail on the duration without lengthening the card and keeping it concise.
Lastly, I included information on the best sources to go to for information on gender affirming care and gender dysphoria. I think this is really important today more than ever as there is a lot of disinformation and misinformation out there. Would really appreciate if this could be included. I want as many future doctors to know where they can find the most up to date information on how to treat us. There are entire organizations dedicated to providing false and harmful treatment guidelines. I want to ensure the right information is being accessed.
Sources: NBME question | Comprehensive Clinical Science Self-Assessment (CCSSA) | Form 14 | Seq:147 | QID: SCCF5783MCN0993 (the QID and sequence number given on insights)
Quotes from explanation: "Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common psychiatric comorbidity for patients with gender dysphoria, followed by specific phobia and adjustment disorder. Gender-affirming treatment has been shown to decrease MDD and suicide rates."
DSM-V-TR: "A marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned gender, of at least 6 months’ duration...The condition is associated with clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning."