Gender-Affirming Primary Care
This is a short online continuing medical education course designed for primary care providers in BC. By understanding trans and gender diverse health issues and considerations for care, you will then have knowledge and skills to implement the Gender-Affirming Framework to improve the care of gender diverse patients. The course also provides patient hand-outs and resources.
Topics covered:
- Finding resources
- Performing a health history
- Genital tucking
- Chest binding
- Health screening
- Managing side effects
- Changing ID and issuing travel or carry letters
- Referral to Care Coordination Team
- Writing referral letters
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Effectively utilize common terminology when discussing gender with patients;
- Identify common health disparities/challenges faced by transgender patients and their implications for care;
- Define the gender-affirming framework and how it applies to provision of primary care;
- Take an effective patient history using appropriate language;
- Describe the role of the primary care provider in the care of transgender patients; and
- Utilize resources, and connect transgender and gender diverse patients to appropriate supports.
Designed in partnership by UBC CPD and Trans Care BC.
The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This one-credit-per-hour Assessment program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1.50 Mainpro+® credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.