Program Description
The goal of this conference is to enhance the health and well-being of members of the transgender community by (1) increasing the number of mental health and medical health care providers who feel comfortable and confident providing care for transgender
patients; (2) increasing transgender community members’ knowledge, self-efficiency and advocacy skills through transgender centered educational sessions.
Who Should Attend
Physicians specializing in primary care, obstetrics, endocrinology, and emergency medicine, nurses, psychologists, physician assistants, social workers, licensed mental health providers, medical students, residents, fellows, and members of the transgender community.
Learning Objectives, At the conclusion of this activity…
Primary care providers should be able to:
• Describe professional guidelines established for the appropriate care of transgender adolescents and adults
• Identify the risks/benefits of hormone therapy, design a plan of care that incorporates above guidelines
• Compare and contrast the unique primary care needs of male to female and female to male transgender patients
• Participate in advanced medical care cases
Mental health providers should be able to:
• Identify mental health issues unique to transgender individuals and better understand role of the mental health professional
through transition
• Recognize sexual health needs of transgender patients and gain confidence in addressing these with patients
• Participate in advanced behavioral health cases
Members of the transgender community should be able to:
• Identify and discuss their legal needs and best strategies to meet these needs.
• Discuss social identities and ways to develop positive masculine and feminine identities as well as the importance of the
intersection of race, ethnicity and class in these identities
• Identify everyday issues faced by transgender community members and ways to address them.
MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER TRACKS
Registration Information
Seating is limited, pre-registration is required by Feb. 15, 2017!
Registration Fees
Registration fee includes: Breakfast, breaks, lunch and parking.
$150.00 Physicians
$125.00 Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners,
Psychologists, Midwives
$100.00 Nurses, Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health
Counselors, Fellows
$25.00 Community Health Workers, Residents, Students
Register Online:
Medical Track: http://tinyurl.com/Trans-Medical
Mental Health Track: http://tinyurl.com/Trans-Mental-Health
TRANS* COMMUNITY TRACK
Community Members Only
Registration Information
Seating is limited, pre-registration is required by Feb. 15, 2017!
Fee Waived for Trans* Community Members
Community Track: http://tinyurl.com/Community-Track-Trans
Pre-Registration is required.
View the Community Track Agenda:
http://www.tginetwork.org/resources/conferences
Register Online: https://apps.biomed.brown.edu/cme_registration