Culture & Inclusion Faculty Development Sessions 2024-25: Practical Considerations for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients
Dept of Medicine, Culture & Inclusion: Faculty Development Sessions 2024-25
Practical Considerations for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients
Date: Oct 25th @ 12pm
Location: Zoom
After Today’s discussion, the attendee will have gained knowledge about:
- Common definitions and descriptions around gender variance and the lived experience of trans and gender diverse (TGD) people
- The current and threatened challenges to existing and thriving as a TGD person
- How being TGD Impacts the Management of GI Disease
- How having GI Disease can impact the provision of gender affirming care
- What every clinician can do to support their TGD patients
Facilitator Bios:
Tehmina Ahmad BSc MD FRCPC MScCH (she/her); Staff Endocrinologist, Clinician Teacher, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Laura Targownik MD, MSHS, FRCPC (she/her); Associate Professor of Medicine; Departmental Division Director (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), University of Toronto; Past Chair, Diversity and Equity, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology; Staff Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
Please click here to register for this event. A Zoom link and calendar invite will be sent to registrants.