In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Julie Thompson discusses estrogen and anti-androgen hormone therapy. This talk will review the process of initiating estrogen and/or anti-androgen therapy, provide an overview of options for gender-affirming hormone therapy, review realistic expectations and benefits of hormone therapy and consideration of risks, and discuss recommendations for monitoring.
Learning Resources
Gender-Affirmative Health Care: Terminology, Demographics, and Epidemiology
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Dr. Sari Reisner discusses the terminology, demographics, and epidemiology of gender-affirmative healthcare. This talk will cover terminology, social and health inequities, and gender-affirming clinical care and research.
Engaging Leadership and Organizational Change
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Steph deNormand and Mason Dunn discuss engaging leadership in creating organizational change. By the end of this talk, you will be able to Understand at least three markers of a more inclusive environment for trans and gender diverse staff, clients, patients, and community members, recognize the necessity to involve all levels of and positions in an organization to build system-wide change, consider changes to workforce development to attract transgender and gender diverse applicants and employees, and be able to apply the case example of Fenway Health to one's own place of work, and develop at least two next steps for organizational change.
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- Organizational Change
- Transgender Health
Eating Disorders and Body Image in Gender Diverse Clients
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Dr. Heidi Dalzell and Dr. Stacy Hunt discuss eating disorders and body image in gender diverse clients.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Collecting Gender Identity Data in EHR and Addressing Quality of Care
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Chris Grasso discusses collecting gender identity data in EHR and addressing quality of care. This presentation will enable you to summarize how to incorporate GI data collection into your workflow using your EHR, and quality improvement techniques to improve communication, quality care, and data and quality management activities; identify at least one method to actively engage and educate staff on the importance of collecting and using GI data, how to do so, the data's impact on health disparities, and how GI can be used to direct education and clinical practice; and identify at least one training, tool, or other resource to assist your health center in collecting and using Gl data.
Building an Academic Trans Health Program Panel
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Jenny Potter, Jenny Siegel, Michael Irwig, and OP Hamnvik discuss building an academic trans health program.
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- Organizational Change
- Transgender Health
Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Care for TGD Youth
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Dr. Aude Henin discusses evidence-based behavioral health care for gender diverse youth.
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- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Assessment and Care for TGD Clients in the Setting of Serious Mental Illness or Trauma
This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Combating Implicit and Unconscious Bias Toward Transgender and Gender Diverse People
In this talk from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference, Cei Lambert discusses combating implicit and unconscious bias towards transgender and gender diverse people. By the end of this talk, you will be able to understand how implicit and unconscious biases are created, describe the specific biases that can happen in medicine, and name ways to prevent bias from influencing clinical care, identify specific implicit biases that may exist about transgender and gender diverse people, and define principles of pyschological safety that can be used to interrupt and stop bias.
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- Organizational Change
- Transgender Health
Weight Stigma in Gender-Affirming Care
This training will cover what weight stigma is and the role of weight stigma in gender-affirming medicine. Participants will hear about the most innovative and culturally responsive practices and how to be a more ethical provider within those communities. Topics discussed will include weight and gender, gatekeeping gender-affirming care through weight, body image, and how to deliver compassionate care when discussing weight with patients.
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- Transgender Health
