National Advanced Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy | Online

This live facilitated two-part course provides clinicians the knowledge and confidence to prescribe gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) based on the needs of their patient population utilising an informed consent model. Additionally, supporting clinicians to create a gender affirming practice and establishing a business model for ongoing financial sustainability.

Date Session One: Tuesday 15 August 2023

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm (AEST)

Date Session Two: Wednesday 16 August 2023

Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm (AEST)

Upon completion of this multimodal course clinicians will have the opportunity to be certified as a provider of GAHT.

To achieve this the following components must be met:

• Completion of module 1: Trans and Gender Diverse Sexual Health Care E-Learning.
• Completion of module 2: Advanced Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT).
• Attendance at live facilitated training sessions: 26 & 28 June 2023
• Score 100% on Competency Assessment.

Course Presenters and Facilitators:

This course will be co-facilitated by clinicians and members of the trans and gender diverse community.

Session One:

• Adjunct Prof Darren Russell, Director of Sexual Health, Cairns Sexual Health Service
• Dylan James (he/they), Peer Worker – Trans Mental Health & Wellbeing, ACON
• Lennox Diamonds (she/her), Mental Health Peer Work, ACON
• Naif-Jamie Martin (she/they), Mental Health Peer Worker, ACON.
• Dr Victoria Featherstone (she/her), General Practitioner, Holdsworth House Medical Brisbane.

Session Two:

• Dylan James (he/they), Peer Worker – Trans Mental Health & Wellbeing, ACON
• Lennox Diamonds (she/her), Mental Health Peer Work, ACON
• Maggie Smith (they/she), Clinical nurse consultant, Albion Centre
• Dr Mel Kelly, Working Group Co-chair; Staff Specialist Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health Medicine, The Albion Centre
• Dr Victoria Featherstone (she/her), General Practitioner, Holdsworth House Medical Brisbane
• Zac Cannell (he/they), Sexual Health Counsellor, Shine SA

Target Audience:

Clinicians currently or seeking to prescribe GAHT.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this training participants will be able to:

• Identify the diverse needs of the Trans and Gender Diverse community.
• Recommend gender affirming care to meet client needs and achieve desired outcomes.
• Assess and manage gender affirming care in the context of reproductive health.
• Implement gender affirming care utilising an informed consent model .
• Implement practical strategies to embed gender affirming care into practice.

Accreditations:

This activity has been approved by RACGP for 5.5 education activity hours and 2 reviewing performance hours.

Approved by ACRRM for 4 Educational Activity PDP hours.

Funding:

This course was supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health.

For More Information:

Please contact Curtis Micallef on 0411 536 478 or click here to send an email.