Gender and Sexual Diversity

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Course Description

Our workforce and society exhibit great gender and sexual diversity, but many individuals who do not identify as cis-gender or straight have faced historical and ongoing oppression. This course defines key terms (like cis-gender and straight), increases awareness of the healthcare experiences, inequities, and needs of LGBTQ+ people, and shares how a trauma-informed approach and other strategies will improve and optimize interactions with gender and sexually diverse patients, colleagues, and learners.

Objectives

  • Appreciate the range of gender diversity and variations in sexual identity.
  • Recognize the importance of having both competence from the standpoint of medical knowledge as well as having a culturally informed approach with patients and/or colleagues with life experience and identities that differ from your own.
  • Apply trauma-informed principles when providing medical care for patients and be aware that some have experienced trauma in healthcare settings.

Course Offerings

Upcoming

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