Transgender Hormone Prescribing/Monitoring & Transgender Awareness
Event Information
About this event
The Sheffield Gender Identity Clinic offer specific training sessions around prescribing and monitoring hormones in transgender patients, that will be tailored to your interest.
The session is delivered by our Clinical Lead, Dr Grainne Coakley and the session covers the following topic areas:
- Transgender hormones/medicines awareness and management
- Primary Care Screening
- Question and answer time offering an opportunity to ask specific questions relating to patients that you might see in your practice
- Referral Rates and waiting times
- Assessment Pathway and Overview of Clinics in England
The training will take place via Microsoft Teams with the aim to offering the sessions face to face once possible in the future. The training dates for this session that are available currently are as follows;
We will send you a link to join the training 5 working days prior to the events. If you have not received a link 48 hours before, please email porterbrook@shsc.nhs.uk.
- Wednesday 13 July 2022
- Wednesday 14 September 2022
- Wednesday 9 November 2022
- Wednesday 18 January 2023
Additionally, Helen Goodson (Peer Support Worker) also offers a separate session which focuses on Transgender awareness. This is aimed at all healthcare professionals both clinical and non-clinical, who would like to know a little more about the treatment options and personal journey for the Transgender community, looking specifically at:
- The clinic and what we offer
- What’s in a name
- Pronouns
- How to offer better care to the Trans community
- A personal journey
If you would like to arrange a Transgender awareness training session please contact Helen via email on PorterBrookSupport@shsc.nhs.uk and she will arrange mutually convenient date to deliver this session.