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Thank you, current is a really really good point. And doesn't make things more fraught than asking about pronouns at all does, but is more helpful. For me I think if I ever did do this, the point would be precisely to normalize asking, more than to actually gather information. The other thing I've sometimes seen suggested is that cis people should introduce themselves with pronouns: I'm Dr Liv and my pronouns are she, her, so that rather than directly asking, you're making it clear that's an acceptable part of introductions.

Part of the problem here is that my students are not taught to ask for or offer pronouns when meeting patients for the first time. And if I start doing it, well, I'm more or less directly challenging what the school teaches about how intros are supposed to work.

I think ensuring the students it's ok to correct me on pronouns just as it's ok to correct my pronunciation may help a bit. At least by introducing the idea that I am aware that misgendering is a thing and I care about avoiding it, even if nobody actually wants to email me. It's not enough because it still puts the burden on gender minority students to do the horribly fraught and embarrassing thing of correcting a teacher, but it may help a bit.