Continuing Education Courses Inclusive Care for Gender and Sexual Minorities

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Inclusive Care for Gender and Sexual Minorities

LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency for Pelvic Health Practitioners

 

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Price: $450.00
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 14.5 hours

As healthcare providers, we often want to provide compassionate, well-informed, healing care that addresses the patient in their entirety. While many have taken active steps to be more inclusive and comprehensive in their treatment, it can remain a daunting task where one is uncertain where to begin. This online course is packed full of clinically relevant and applicable information designed to help those who are striving to reframe their understanding of sex and gender.

Participants will gain up-to-date, in-depth knowledge of the various terminology used by and relating to LGBTQ+ individuals. They will also acquire an understanding of the social, economic, psychological implications on the health of this community. This course will emphasize clinical interactions, currently available research, and professional accountability.

When it feels overwhelming and nuanced, it can be tempting to avoid uncomfortable topics altogether. However, attendees for this course can expect to be gently guided into the sometimes confusing realm of gender and sexual orientation and identity. This course will provide a safe space to ask all the questions about caring for LGBTQ+ patients and practicing the skills needed to help advance your practice. Although this course will cover pelvic floor physical therapy specifically, it is appropriate and useful for any medical professional as we all have patients in the LGBTQ+ community.

NOTE: Times below are listed in Pacific time zone
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Before the Course Begins
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These video lectures in Teachable must be
viewed in-full prior to the course
Total video lecture time: 7.5 hrs

Inclusive Care Foundations (84 min)
-- Cultural humility
-- Dispel myths & misconceptions using statistics
-- LGBTQIA acronym breakdown & basic terminology

Sex as a Non-binary Concept (55 min)
-- Intersex variations & surgeries

The Gender Unicorn (46 min)
-- Sexual v. romantic orientation
-- Gender identity v. expression
Social Determinants of Health & Inequities (67 min)
-- A timeline of the history of marginalization & pathologization
-- HIV history & education

Mental health in the LGBTQ+ Community (32 min)
-- Pronouns, dead names, & dysphoria

Trans Clinician Interview Series
-- Speech pathologist (41 min)
-- Midwife (23 min)
-- Gender affirming surgeon (37 min)
-- Trans pregnancy & fertility (18 min)
-- MD guest lecture: gender affirming hormone therapy 101 (40 min)

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Day of the Course
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8:30 am PST - Zoom opens 30 mins before course for registration and setup
9:00 am PST - Course begins / Lab: Interactive introduction of students & pronoun practice
9:15 - Quiz on pre-recorded material via Zoom poll followed by Q&A
9:45 - Case Study
10:00 - Clinical Implications for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
11:00 - Break
11:15 - Chest binding, packing, & tucking
11:45 - Introduction to facial, top, & bottom gender affirming surgeries, including “non-binary” procedures
1:00 - Lunch
2:00 - Case Study
2:15 - Clinical & Financial effects of transition surgery
2:30 - Documentation & insurance considerations
3:00 - Trauma-informed care considerations
3:30 - Break
3:45 - Case Study
4:00 - Microaggressions, minority stress, & harmful language
4:15 - Allyship & professional accountability
4:30 - Actionable changes to promote inclusivity
4:45 - Case Study
5:00 - Creating take-home list of treatment option for trans patients
5:15 - Contemporary queer resources for further learning + journal activity
5:30 - Adjourn

Upon completion of this continuing education seminar, participants will be able to:

  1. Provide compassionate, well-informed, healing care to address patients in their entirety.
  2. Reframe understanding of sex & gender.
  3. Increase knowledge of the terminology used by & relating to LGBTQ+ individuals.
  4. Acquire an understanding of the social, economic, psychological implications on health.
  5. Increase comfort with clinical interactions, currently available research.
  6. Practice professional accountability.
  7. Dispel common misconceptions.
  8. Answer questions regarding caring for LGBTQ+ patients

"This course was extremely valuable and taught by a very knowledgeable professor. This course should be a requirement for all folx who treat pelvic health."
Essie Neeway, PTA | Inclusive Care for Gender and Sexual Minorities - December 2 2023