Name
E11 - Gender Affirming Care: Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration for Gender Affirming Care
Description

A journey through the efforts of regional interdisciplinary primary and specialty care teams surrounding increasing engagement and support for transgender and gender diverse patients and their families. Current projects include an ongoing regional interdisciplinary team meetings for systems engagement, advocacy, consultation, and collaboration. Development of a regional shared resource list and specialty referral list to aid in placing referrals with gender affirming providers. Additionally, implementation of Electronic Consultation model by which medical/behavioral health providers can submit request for consultation through EMR and receive consultation from providers with knowledge and expertise in gender affirming care.

Date & Time
Friday, October 25, 2024, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Speakers
Elisabeth Owen, Licensed Psychologist- Integrated Behavioral Health Provider, Providence Medical Group- Oregon
Elisabeth Owen
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Collaborative Care Model of Integrated Care, Social justice or DEI, Team-based care, Underserved populations (e.g. LGBTQ)
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
JMC, CoCM, Peds
Location Name
Presidio C
Objective 1
Gain knowledge of research surrounding impact of integrated care teams on gender affirming care
Objective 2
Learn about current efforts within regional interdisciplinary team to increase Gender Affirming Care access
Objective 3
Generate strategies to increase interdisciplinary team collaboration in their own practice setting to increase access and engagement within gender affirming care for patients and their families
Content Reference 1
Coleman, E., Radix, A. E., Bouman, W. P., Brown, G. R., de Vries, A. L. C., Deutsch, M. B., Ettner, R., Fraser, L., Goodman, M., Green, J., Hancock, A. B., Johnson, T. W., Karasic, D. H., Knudson, G. A., Leibowitz, S. F., Meyer-Bahlburg, H. F. L., Monstrey, S. J., Motmans, J., Nahata, L., & Nieder, T. O. (2022). Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23(sup1), S1–S259. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644 ‌
Content Reference 2
Sherwin, Nomi K., J. Dennis Fortenberry, and Leda E. Fortier. “31. A Case for Interdisciplinary Gender Affirming Care.” Journal of pediatric & adolescent gynecology 36.2 (2023): 186–186. Web.
Content Reference 3
Sequeria, Gina M. et al. “Adolescent and Caregiver Perspectives on Receiving Gender-Affirming Care in Primary Care.” Pediatrics (Evanston) 152.4 (2023): n. pag. Web.
Content Reference 4
Reisner SL, Radix A, Deutsch MB. Integrated and gender-affirming transgender clinical care and research. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016;72:S235–42.
Content Reference 5
Mabel, Hilary, Murat Altinay, and Cecile A. Ferrando. “The Role of the Ethicist in an Interdisciplinary Transgender Health Care Team.” Transgender health 4.1 (2019): 136–142. Web.