Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Course for the Whole Care Team

2024 Course Overview

Information for the 2025 course is not yet available.

The 10th Annual Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Conference will take place in Boston from October 25-27, 2024. The course was developed in response to the high volume of queries from clinicians and health care staff seeking to learn about providing high-quality care for adults, adolescents, and children who are transgender or gender diverse. This conference is designed to train the whole health care team in providing skilled and confident gender-affirming health care, grounded in research evidence and best clinical practices. Sessions are led by expert faculty specialized in transgender health-focused research and patient care. The conference is appropriate for all members of health care teams, including physicians, behavioral health care providers, physician assistants, nurses and other staff. In addition to didactic presentations, attendees will learn from lived experience panels and have the opportunity to engage in interactive discussions that highlight medical and behavioral health approaches to gender-affirming care, led by experienced clinicians specialized in transgender health.

Who Should Attend

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Specialty Physicians
• Pharmacists
• Psychologists
• Physician Assistants
• Primary Care Physicians 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Apply available evidence to update standards of care and programs for transgender and gender diverse adults, adolescents and children, including care focused on both routine primary care needs and care specific to affirming the gender identities of patients. 
• Develop an integrated, patient-centered model of care that combines behavioral health and primary medical care.
• Collect data on gender identity and train staff on nuances of using the data for communication to improve quality of care and patient satisfaction