Learning Resources — Learning Modules

A Guide to Helping Someone Navigate Disordered Eating

Learning ModulePublished on 1 January 2026

After completing this module, you will be able to…

Recognize disordered eating patterns.
Offer non-confrontational support to someone struggling with disordered eating using motivational interviewing techniques.
Collaboratively plan harm reduction strategies with someone struggling with disordered eating.
Understand how sexual orientation and gender identity can affect body image and disordered eating.
Affirm people who identify as LGBTQIA+.

Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. In case of a medical emergency, please contact 911.

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Behavioral Health

Care for Gender Diverse Patients with Eating Disorders and Mental Illnesses

Learning ModulePublished on 1 January 2026

The purpose of this learning module is to provide you with an understanding of key considerations when engaging with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients with eating disorders (EDs). TGD patients experience elevated rates of disordered eating. This module will explain unique experiences and obstacles to recovery among TGD patients and outline actionable strategies to provide culturally humble care. This module will also discuss serious mental illnesses that may co-occur among TGD patients with EDs. At the end of each module chapter, you will be presented with review questions to refresh your learning.

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Behavioral Health
Transgender Health

Learning Module: Creating Welcoming and Affirming Clinical Studies for LGBTQIA+ Participants

Learning ModulePublished on 1 May 2025

This three-part interactive, self-paced Learning Module will enhance your capacity to understand and apply the concepts presented in the Creating Welcoming and Affirming Clinical Studies for LGBTQIA+ Participants Toolkit. Presented in three parts (10-30 minutes each), this module can be completed in one sitting or taken during as many sittings as needed

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Organizational Change

How to Evaluate Your Impact and Serve as a Change Agent

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

Finally, we will focus on how to evaluate your impact and serve as a change agent. Evaluation and dissemination are crucial when making changes in the learning environment and curriculum. By the end, you will be able to:

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Organizational Change

How to Weave Intersectional Identities and Lived Experience into Teaching Cases without Stereotyping or Causing Offense

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

This module will help you understand the concept of intersectional identities and provide a framework for including them responsibly in teaching cases and case presentations. By the completion of this module, you will be able to:

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Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health

How to Scan Your Course or Clerkship Syllabus and Integrate Sexual and Gender Minority Health Content

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

We will now focus on curriculum integration. In particular, you will learn how to scan your course or clerkship syllabus and integrate content that is related to sexual and gender minority health.

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Organizational Change

How to Foster a Supportive Learning Environment in Your Course or Clerkship

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

Next, we will focus on the learning environment. You will learn how to foster a supportive learning environment in your course or clerkship. This is especially important when you are teaching about sexual and gender minority health content, and when you are teaching individuals who have been historically excluded, such as SGM-identified trainees.

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Organizational Change

Sensitive and Affirming Communication

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

In this module, we’ll walk you through how to develop sensitive and affirming communication skills, which are essential for inclusive, safe, and high-quality medical education experiences with students, as well as clinical care experiences with patients. By the end of this module, you will be able to:

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Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health

Implicit Bias and Power Imbalances

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

In this module, we will describe how implicit bias and power imbalances across medical education and clinical settings are key factors influencing the quality of medical education experiences for students, as well as clinical care experiences for patients. By the end of this module, you will be able to:

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Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health

Sexual and Gender Minority Health Inequities

Learning ModulePublished on 13 December 2022

In this module, you will learn about sexual and gender minority health inequities. Health inequities are differences in health status or in the distribution of health resources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Understanding and being sensitive to these inequities and how they impact an individual’s full picture of health will make you a better teacher and practitioner. By the completion of this module, you will be able to:

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Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health