Trainings for Service Providers: Building Capacity in Trans Health Care (Toronto)

Trainings for Service Providers: Building Capacity in Trans Health Care

This two part workshop is intended for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners and counsellors

1. The Joy of Gender: Understanding Trans Experience

by Hershel T. Russell, MA, Med, Independent Psychotherapist

The workshop will cover the spectrum of gender presentation, gender identity, including the historical and cross-cultural contexts of trans people?s lives. The workshop will build on the physician?s and nurse?s role in providing general and transition-related health care to trans patients.

2. Providing Comprehensive Primary Care for Trans Clients

by Dr. Kate Greenaway and Dr. Ed Kucharski

This workshop will give the participants an introduction to providing specialized primary care to trans clients. Specifically, we will look at starting hormones for gender transition from the evaluation stage to prescribing an initial regimen. The workshop will use a combination of didactic teaching, case studies and group discussion

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010

Time: 9 am to 1 pm

Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne St, Toronto

Registration Cost: $ 50.00

Includes: Clinical Protocol Guidebook and lunch

Space is limited to a maximum of 15 persons

For further information and payment please contact Devan Nambiar

dnambiar[at]rainbowhealthontario.ca 416-324-4100 ext. 5262