Name
Gender Affirming Care: Letters of Support in Primary Care- A primer for the whole care team
Description

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standard of care version 8 recommendations allow for a broad group of healthcare professionals to take part in the letter of support evaluation process for patients seeking gender affirming medical and surgical treatments (GAMST’s). In this session, we will review the current standard of care version 8 evaluation process recommendations, provide templates for visits and letter of support completion, and discuss case examples for practice.

Speakers
Elisabeth Owen PsyD, Licensed Psychologist- Integrated Behavioral Health Provider, Providence Medical Group- Oregon, Newberg,
Emily Morgan PhD, Behavioral Health Provider, Providence Medical Group, Portland, OR
Brandon Bray, Providence Medical Group Oregon, Oregon
Elisabeth Owen Emily Morgan
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Social justice or DEI, Team-based care, Underserved populations such as LGBTQ+
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
Understand and summarize World Professional Association of Transgender Health Standard of Care version 8 recommendations for letters of support for Gender Affirming Medical and Surgical Treatments
Objective 2
Learn about expanded role of interdisciplinary healthcare workers in completing letters of support
Objective 3
Engage in primary care based work-flow for completion of letters of support, interface with templates for visits and letter writing, and apply knowledge to cases
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(S1), S1–S259. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644 ‌

Content Reference 2

de Vries, E., Kathard, H. & Müller, A. Debate: Why should gender-affirming health care be included in health science curricula?. BMC Med Educ 20, 51 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-1963-6

Content Reference 3

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 4

Hughto, J., Gunn, H. A., Rood, B. A., & Pantalone, D. W. (2020). Social and Medical Gender Affirmation Experiences Are Inversely Associated with Mental Health Problems in a U.S. Non-Probability Sample of Transgender Adults. Archives of sexual behavior, 49(7), 2635–2647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01655-5

Content Reference 5

Audrey Heng, Clare Heal, Jennifer Banks & Robyn Preston (2018) Transgender peoples’ experiences and perspectives about general healthcare: A systematic review, International Journal of Transgenderism, 19:4, 359-378, DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2018.1502711