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ForwardPrinciples in the Care of Transgender and Intersex Patients 2024
This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options.
October 17 - 19, 2024 - Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines - La Jolla, California
In the last several years, healthcare providers have seen an influx of transgender and intersex people seeking sensitive and appropriate care. This pioneering course offers cutting-edge perspectives and practical evidence-based principles for working with transgender and intersex individuals. Experts from Mayo Clinic's Transgender and Intersex Specialty Care Clinic instruct attendees in medical, surgical, psychosocial, legal and ethical issues in transgender and intersex care. Participants leave with the knowledge and skills to provide gender-affirming care across settings.
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians, advanced care providers, behavioral health professionals, nurses, and social workers in the areas of psychiatry, psychology, endocrinology, family medicine, internal medicine, plastic surgery, urology and pediatrics.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe how to effectively utilize gender-affirming hormonal interventions for appropriate patients.
- Describe how to effectively utilize gender-affirming non-hormonal interventions for appropriate patients.
- Identify the social discrimination to healthcare many transgender and intersex people experience.
- Recall psychosocial treatment principles to guide a comprehensive approach to transgender and intersex patients.
- Identify the differences in gender-affirming healthcare strategies across the lifespan.
- Describe general approaches to common surgical interventions in gender-affirming surgery.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Day 1: Thursday, October 17, 2024 | |
7:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
7:30 a.m. | Zoom Webinar Opens |
7:45 a.m. | Welcome, Introductions, Schedule for the Course |
Foundations of Transgender and Intersex Health | |
8:00 a.m.
| Countering Minority Stress and Health Disparities through Gender-Affirming Interactions and Cultural Humility (with Q&A) |
8:50 a.m. | Social Needs Assessment and Gender-Affirming Community Resources (with Q&A) |
9:25 a.m. | Standards of Care from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (with Q&A) |
10:00 a.m. | Introduction to Differences of Sex Development (with Q&A) |
10:35 a.m. | Break |
Childhood and Adolescence - Lifespan Perspective | |
10:50 a.m. | Gender-Affirming Psychotherapy with Adolescents and their Families (with Q&A) |
11:25 a.m. | Gender Dysphoria in Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (with Q&A) |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 p.m. | Gender-Affirming Psychotherapy with Adults (with Q&A) |
1:30 p.m. | Legal Considerations of Gender Care (w/Q&A) |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
Adulthood - Lifespan Perspective | |
2:45 p.m. | Gender-Affirming Medical Imaging and Radiology Care of Transgender Patients (with Q&A) |
3:15 p.m. | Gender Affirming Voice Care (with Q&A) |
3:50 p.m. | Clinical Ethics |
4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
Day 2: Friday, October 18, 2024 | |
7:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
7:45 a.m. | Zoom Opens |
7:55 a.m. | Welcome, Introductions |
Adulthood (continued) - Lifespan Perspective | |
8:00 a.m. | Hormone Therapy for Transfeminine Individuals |
8:25 a.m. | Case-Based Lessons from Providing Primary Care to Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals |
8:50 a.m. | Hormone Therapy for Transmasculine Individuals |
9:15 a.m. | Question and Answer Panel |
9:30 a.m. | Break |
9:45 a.m. | Fertility Preservation among Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals |
10:10 a.m. | Cervical Cancer Screening for Transgender and Diverse Individuals |
10:35 a.m. | Question and Answer Panel |
10:45 a.m. | Gender-Affirming Surgery: Hysterectomy, Salpingectomy, Oophorectomy (with Q&A) |
11:30 a.m. | Curbside Consults: Conversations about Hormone Therapy for Gender Affirmation |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 p.m. | Gender-Affirming Facial and Breast/Chest Surgeries (with Q&A) |
1:30 p.m. | Gender-Affirming Vaginoplasty (with Q&A) |
2:00 p.m. | Peri-Operative Management for Gender-Affirming Surgeries (with Q&A) |
2:30 p.m. | Nonmedical/Nonsurgical Body Contouring as Gender Affirmation |
3:00 p.m. | Break |
3:15 p.m. | Combatting Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (with Q&A) |
3:45 p.m. | Gender-Affirming Surgery: Metaoidioplasty/Phalloplasty (with Q&A) |
4:30p.m. | Adjourn |
Day 3: Saturday, October 19, 2024 | |
7:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
7:45 a.m. | Zoom Webinar Opens |
7:55 a.m. | Welcome, Introductions |
Adulthood (continued) - Lifespan Perspective | |
8:00 a.m. | Infant Feeding Options for the Transgender Family |
8:30 a.m. | Reproductive Planning and Prenatal Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals |
9:00 a.m. | Question and Answer Panel |
9:10 a.m. | Role of Nursing in Multi-disciplinary team w/ Q&A |
9:30 a.m. | Psychopharmacology Considerations w/ Q&A |
10:00 a.m. | Break |
10:15 a.m. | Supporting Sexuality and Sexual Functioning in Transgender Health (with Q&A) |
10:45 a.m. | Dermatological Care (with Q&A) |
11:15 a.m. | Hormonal Care for Older Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals |
11:40 a.m. | Heart Health |
12:05 p.m. | Question and Answer Panel |
12:25 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 p.m. | Interactive Forum: Gender-affirming Sexual Health History Taking and Sensitive Physical Exams |
Reflections | |
2:00 p.m. | Community Speaker |
3:00 p.m. | Course Debrief, Closing Remarks |
3:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Guest rooms have been reserved for attendees and their guests with special course rate of $269 at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines. In order to receive the special rates, reservations must be made before the room block is filled or before the cut-off date of September 24, 2024, whichever comes first.
Click here to make your reservation online. Call-In Reservations at 1-800-774-1500 and provide the group code: MAYO24.
All rooms will be charged a $26 resort charge.
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
APA
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity is approved for a maximum of 20.25 credits. Credit is awarded only for actual instructional time.
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 20.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is approved to offer Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course will receive 20.25 general continuing education credits.
ICPE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 20.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations
| Day | Credit |
|---|---|
| Thursday | 7.00 |
| Friday | 7.00 |
| Saturday | 6.25 |
For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s) and staff, please go here to review disclosures.
Available Credit
- 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 20.25 ANCC
- 20.25 APA
- 20.25 ASWB
- 20.25 Attendance
- 20.25 IPCE
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To claim credit for livestream participation in this course, learners must view the content during the hours posted for the live activity. This course is not approved for on-demand delivery.
Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development (MCSCPD) strives to foster a learning environment in which individual differences are valued, allowing all to achieve their fullest potential.
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