Name
ELO 01 - Pediatric Gender Euphoria: The Sequel! Creative Promotion Of Collaborative Healing And Education In Clinical Settings
Description

Combining forces, gender-affirming care providers from across the country share their secrets to successful patient encounters when meeting with adolescents and their caregivers who have varying degrees of hesitancy in the gender exploration process.

Abstract: In the past decade, gender research has moved from a deficits-based approach to a resiliency-focused lens, but how does that translate to practice? This Extended Learning Opportunity creates a safe environment to learn, practice, and explore gender while building resiliency in our patients, families, and within ourselves. This workshop will be highly interactive including a live-action role-play of an initial gender clinic consultation appointment and participant activities.

This workshop will contain three distinct sections:

  1. Anatomy of a gender appointment- model an initial gender consult and discuss ways to include the patient and family in the goal-setting process, as well as avenues for gender exploration that are developmentally appropriate and resiliency-based.
  2. Group collaboratives: Small group work to discuss opportunities for advocacy and education within systems, strategies for promoting social affirmation, and medical affirmation steps that promote patient autonomy.
  3. Gender exploration: Individual reflection for diving into our own gender euphoria and how this affects the care we provide and promotes our own healing.
Date & Time
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Speakers
Allison Allmon Dixson, Pediatric Psychologist/BHC, Section Chair of Integrated Care, Behavioral Medicine Faculty Family Medicine Residency Clinic, Gundersen Health System
Erin Gutowski, Pediatrician, LGBTQ+ health fellow, Gundersen Health, University of Wisconsin
Amelia McClelland, Behavioral Health Consultant, Community Health of Central Washington
Ginny Shelton, Pediatrician, Community Health of Central Washington
Allison Allmon Dixson Erin Gutowski Amelia McClelland Ginny Shelton
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Medical, Pediatrics, Underserved populations (e.g. LGBTQ)
Session Type
ELO
SIG or Committee
Peds, Medical
Location Name
Presidio C
Objective 1
Identify and formulate key educational components for gender-affirming family education in their own practice.
Objective 2
Collect new strategies for participating in gender-affirming dialogues with colleagues and within institutions.
Objective 3
Engage in gender self-exploration and understand how this impacts our own resiliency, as well as patient care and community engagement.
Content Reference 1

2015 US Transgender Survey: http://www.ustranssurvey.org/

Content Reference 2

2018 LGBTQ Youth Report: Human Rights Campaign. https://www.hrc.org/resources/2018-lgbtq-youth-report

Content Reference 3

2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health: The Trevor Project. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/

Content Reference 4

Agnieszka, J., Chung, K., Reisner S. Mental health and Wellbeing of Transgender Youth: Clinical Considerations. Adolescent Med 029 (2018): 20-43. diGiacomo, E., Krausz, M., Colmegna, F., Aspesi, F., & Clerici, M. (2018). Estimating the risk of attempted suicide among sexual minority youths: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 172(12),1145-1152 Herman, J., Flores, A., O'Neill, K. Williams Institute UCLA School of Law Report: How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender In the United States? June 2022. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/ Johns, M., Lowry, R., Andrzejewski, J., et al. Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: January 25, 2019. Olson, K., Durwood, L., Horton, R. et al. Gender Identity 5 Years After Social Transition. Pediatrics; August 2022, 150 (2). Thoa, B., salk, R., Choukas-Bradley, S., et al. Suicidality Disparities Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents. Pediatrics; November 2019, 144 (5).

Content Reference 5

Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER): http://www.transstudent.org/ Alpert AB, Mehringer JE, Orta SJ, Hernandez T, Redwood EF, Rivers L, Manzano C, Ruddick R, Adams S, Sevelius J, Belanger E, Operario D, Griggs JJ. Transgender People's Experiences Sharing Information With Clinicians: A Focus Group-Based Qualitative Study. Ann Fam Med. 2023 Sep-Oct;21(5):408-415. doi: 10.1370/afm.3010. PMID: 37748898; PMCID: PMC10519763. Wiepjes, C. M., den Heijer, M., Bremmer, M. A., Nota, N. M., Blok, C. J., Coumou, B. J., & Steensma, T. D. (2020). Trends in suicide death risk in transgender people: Results from the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2017). Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 141(6), 486-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13164 Whitlock, B. L., Duda, E. S., Elson, M. J., Schwab, P. P., Uner, O. E., Wen, S., & Schneider, J. S. (2019). Primary care in transgender persons. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 48(2), 377- 390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.004 de Vries, E., Kathard, H., & Müller, A. (2020). Debate: Why should gender affirming health care be included in health science curricula?. BMC Medical Education, 20, 1-10. Drabish, K., & Theeke, L. A. (2022). Health impact of stigma, discrimination, prejudice, and bias experienced by transgender people: a systematic review of quantitative studies. Issues in mental health nursing, 43(2), 111-118.