2018 National LGBTQ Symposium
 

Learning Objectives

Session Topic & Themes
Learning Objective/Desired Result
At the end of this session, learners will be able to:

Introduction/Orientation
Bridgingthe Gap

Use strategies to create an affirming and inclusive environment for LGBTQ people.

Why LGBT-Specific Care?
Understanding the Roles of LGBTQ
Communities and Providers in
Providing Healthcare for LGBTQ People

Provide services to LGBTQ population while treating each person as a unique individual.

Modify procedures, behavior, and language to be inclusive, non-judgmental, and helpful.

Provide comprehensive and fair treatment that addresses health disparities and barriers to care.
Understanding Nonbinary Identities as the Basis of Gender-Affirming Care
Create an affirming environment for non-binary patients.

Provide a space for patients to discuss

their gender identity. Use culturally appropriate language that the patient is comfortable using.
Gender-Creative Children:
Family Support

Discuss and recognize the youth’s current gender status.

Use techniques to provide a safe environment for youth/families to work through questions or confusions

Provide parents with strategies to support their child, such as referrals to resources.
Transgender Patient Advisory
Panel

Describe unique health issues with transgender patients and provide appropriate care.

Incorporate patient cultural beliefs, language, and literacy into treatment and counseling.

Optimize communication with patients and care team members to reduce barriers to care.

Ensure total health of the patient by incorporating the patient’s voice into treatment planning.
Preventative Care Group
Presentations:

A. Gay Men- Preventive Care

Provide efficient, cost effective, patient-centered PrEP program for gay men.

Screen individuals based on their risk factors, as determined through a careful sexual history.

Have comfortable discussions with gay men about current barriers to their health.
Preventative Care Group Presentations:

B. Lesbian- Preventive Care

Screen individuals based on their risk factors, as determined through a careful sexual history.

Have comfortable discussions with lesbian/bi women about current barriers to their health.

Educate patients about preventative health measures and their importance and perform routine screening.

Preventative Care Group Presentations:


C. Transgender and Non-binary
Preventive Care
  Screen individuals based on their risk factors, as determined through a careful sexual history.

Have comfortable discussions with transgender patients about current barriers to their health.

Educate patients about preventative health measures and their importance and perform routine screening.
NCAL Surgery Team
Communicate in a culturally sensitive manner about gender affirmation surgery.

Provide a general orientation for patient and patient’s family contemplating surgery.

Assist in or manage post-operative care.
Aging Well in the Older
LGBTQ Community

Adopt practices to reduce disproportionate care impacting members of the LGBT community.

Offer and refer older LGBT patients to local and national programs to support wellness, aging, families of choice, and other needs.
Anabolic Steroid and Performance Enhancing Drug Misuse in MSM

Identify anabolic steroid and prescription drugs misused to enhance performance and physical appearance.

Respectfully and empathically educate gay men about the risks associated with steroid use.

Enhance the patient-provider interaction and build trust and confidence to improve patient’s quality of life.
LGBTQ Youth Homelessness
Social Determinants of Health among
LGBTQ Young People
Experiencing Homelessness

Facilitate access to culturally responsive care and resources.

Inquire about and support a patient's sexual orientation/ gender identity to enhance the patient-provider interaction and regular use of care.
Creating, Promoting and Maintaining a
female-empowering clinic for
lesbians and bi women

Diagnose and manage Lesbian/bi health issues (mental health, depression; substance safe sex; partner violence; HIV/STDs) to optimize patient health abuse;
Non-genital transgender surgery/care/procedures

a. Facial Feminization Surgery within
KP: Background, Outcomes, and
Outlook

b. Laryngoplasty/ Tracheal Shave
portion Evaluation and Treatment of
Transgender Thyroid Cartilage

Explain available FSS services to patient. Explain the goals and procedures that are part of FFS to patient.

Summarize the preoperative evaluation process for FFS.

Discuss risks/benefits, postoperative complications, and outcomes after FFS.
STD- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Screen for multiple STDS and treat appropriately

Build trust and educate patient to promote optimal health

Appropriately apply the latest findings and treatment paradigms in sexually transmitted diseases to the clinical care of KP members
Intersex
Provide a clinic visit that is a safe, barrier-free place to receive health care in a culturally sensitive manner.

Provide honest and accurate information about intersex and medical help for any real medical problems

Refer for psychological counseling by professionals with intersex experience
Reproductive Options for
Transgender & Gender-Expansive Patients

Counsel patient on the effects of transition on their fertility.

Counsel patient on options for fertility preservation and reproduction.

Provide patients with up to date information on health outcomes in reproductive care for transgender people
"Party Favors"
Party Drugs/Emerging Drugs

Counsel patient in culturally sensitive manner as appropriate for suspected drug use

Adjust or augment medical therapy when interactions with “club drugs” exist.

Support patients with an integrated, multi-disciplinary team.

Refer patients to LGBTQ-affirming addiction and recovery programs when appropriate
Transgender Feminization and
Masculinization Therapy: Speech,
Language, and Social Communication
Tools for Blending In

Answer patient’s basic questions about the kinds of tasks implemented in speech therapy

Refer all appropriate patients to the Speech Department for care
 
 

Accreditation Designation Statement
The Kaiser Permanente National CME Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement
The Kaiser Permanente National CME Program designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

Nurses and Physician Assistants – Attendees may report up to 7.50 hours toward continuing education requirements for license renewal. ‘CME’ can be written in lieu of the provider number on all licensure renewal applications.

LCSW's and MFT's - This course meets the qualifications for 7.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Regional Health Education/The Permanente Medical Group is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSW’s LMFT’s. Kaiser Permanente maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Provider #: 128397

Target Audience:
Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Palliative Care/Hospice, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, all reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities at the meeting. If you have any special dietary or accommodation needs, please notify the meeting planner listed, prior to the symposium in the Department of Physician Education at (626) 405-4630 or tie-line 8-335-4630. This advance notice will help us serve you better.