Trans Health Connection is offering four comprehensive training modules to increase the capacity of London’s primary health care system to provide high-quality care to trans communities.

• $50 for professionals/$30 for students per day
• Lunch and toolkits provided!
• For more information, please contact Matt Caron Francino at mfrancino@rainbowhealthontario.ca or call 416 324-4100 x4177.
• Click on the modules below to register online

Module 1: Introduction to Trans Cultural Competence

Open to all health and social service professionals
October 20, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the County Room at Middlesex-London Health Unit (50 King Street)

• Language, terminology, and definitions
• Overview of the general health care needs of trans clients
• Practical tips for recognizing and addressing barriers to care
• Supports for next steps, making changes within your agency and practice

Module 2: Providing Trans Related Clinical Care

Open to medical doctors, nurse practitioners and registered nurses
October 27, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Classroom LLB at the Middlesex-London Health Unit (50 King Street)

• Providing holistic community-based primary care to trans clients
• Assessment, monitoring, and follow-up for hormone therapy
• Familiarizing yourself with other available community referrals
• Building a locally-relevant, integrated health system for trans clients

Module 3: Pre and Post-Operative Care, and Serving More Complex Clients

Open to MDs, NPs, & RNs
October 28, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., room TBD at the Middlesex-London Health Unit (50 King Street)

• The process for obtaining OHIP covered surgery
• Pre and Post-Operative care and your role as a primary health provider
• Working with more complex clients with medical contraindications, mental health, or substance use
• Working with youth and elderly clients

Module 4: Providing Counselling and Support to Clients who are Transitioning

Open to mental health counselors, social workers and support group leaders
October 31, 9 to 4pm in Classroom LLA at Middlesex-London Health Unit (50 King Street)

• New and emerging standards of care in counselling trans clients
• How to provide trans-positive counselling to individuals, couples, and families.
• Practical tools for assisting trans clients with documents, forms, and navigating systems barriers
• Designing and facilitating a support group for trans clients

*Modules 1, 2, and 3 have been reviewed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and are awaiting final accreditation
by the College’s Ontario Chapter.

**Module 4 is not accredited by the CFPC.