Quality Healthcare for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People: A Four-Part Webinar Series

Part 3:
Clinical Skills for the Care of Transgender Individuals

Click here to download the slides from Part 3. Click here to access the archived webinar.

Building on the first two parts of GLMA’s cultural competence webinar series exploring the health concerns and healthcare of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, Part 3 will focus on clinical skills for the care of transgender individuals, including behavioral health. The webinar will be framed using GLMA’s Top Ten Things Transgender Persons Should Discuss with their Health Providers, an evidence-based patient education resource. During this 90 minute webinar, the presenters will provide clinical best practices on salient health issues for the transgender population.

All are welcome to view this webinar; however, if you have not viewed the first and second webinars in this series, you are highly encouraged to view them (Part 1 archived here and Part 2 archived here) prior to viewing this webinar.

Presenters

  • Becky Allison, MD, Cardiologist, Heart and Vascular Center of Arizona, Immediate Past President, GLMA
  • Randi Ettner, PhD, President, the New Health Foundation Worldwide, Board Member, WPATH

Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the top health issues transgender individuals should discuss with their provider and the provider should be able to care for with transgender patients/clients;
  • Describe the general types of transgender hormonal and other medical management, modes of administration and follow-up monitoring;
  • Define ways to improve a transgender individual’s ability to communicate effectively with healthcare providers; and
  • Identify social and emotional issues that may adversely affect a transgender individual’s health and well-being.

To learn more about the series or view additional archived webinars from the series, please click here.


This webinar series is a project of GLMA in collaboration with the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.