Trans & Gender Diverse Healthcare
PROGRAM GOALS
Are you supporting clients who have transition-related goals?
Do you want to connect with and learn from other healthcare providers who are also doing this work?
If so, please join this ECHO, which aims to provide a trans-affirming space for healthcare providers to learn from one another about medical transition, with a focus on providing clients with gender-affirming care.
PROGRAM INFO
Location: Zoom Videoconferencing
Time: 9:00AM to 10:30AM EST
Length: 16 Sessions
When: Thursday Mornings (Weekly)
Target Audience: Healthcare Providers
To view curriculum content, please click on the toggle button below.
Below is a list of curriculum topics that are often featured in this program.
- Introduction to gender-affirming healthcare
- Increasing provider confidence in diagnosing gender dysphoria
- Trauma informed care, creating safer spaces & validating identities during transition
- Testosterone therapies
- Estrogen and blocker therapies
- Racialized Identities in Trans Health Care
- Affirmative psychotherapeutic approaches
- OHIP-funded masculinizing surgeries
- OHIP-funded feminizing surgeries
- Unique considerations for youth
- Working with families of trans clients
- Neurodiversity
- Eating disorders/Body Image, Substance Use
- Surgery 2.0
- Affirming Trans, Gender Diverse, and Two-Spirit Identities
- Hormones 2.0
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Registration for the 2023 Fall Cycle of ECHO TGDH is now open. Click here to complete an application.
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If you have questions, click on the button below to contact us
SESSION STRUCTURE
Welcome, Introduction, and Announcements – 10 minutes
Didactic Presentation – 30 minutes
Case Discussion – 45 minutes
Addressing Outstanding Questions and Session Wrap-Up – 5 minutes
WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT?
Attend 60% of program sessions
Present an anonymized case
Participate in group discussions
Provide feedback through evaluation activities
WHO'S RUNNING THESE SESSIONS?
Our program sessions are run by an inter-professional Hub Team from multiple health organizations across Ontario.
Please click on the toggle buttons below to see who will be facilitating these sessions.
These individuals make up our TGDH Hub Team:
- June Lam (Psychiatrist)
- Carey Lawford (Social Worker)
- Natania Marcus (Psychologist)
- Jordan Goodridge (Family Physician)
- Rowen Kae Stark (Community Member Educator)
- Nina Vitopoulos (Psychologist)
- Kate Greenaway (Family Physician)
- Benn Brisland (Social Worker)
- Laura Shepherd (Community Member Educator)
- Gordon McSheffrey (Physician)
- Terri Rodak (Librarian)