Education Needs of Providers of Transgender Population

Lin Fraser; Gail Knudson

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.008

Education Needs of Providers of Transgender Population

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;48(2):465-477. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.008.

Authors

Lin Fraser¹, Gail Knudson²

Affiliations

¹ Private Practice, 204 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. Electronic address: linfraser@gmail.com.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, #201 1770 Fort Street, Victoria, BC V8R 1J5, Canada.

PMID: 31027553
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2019.02.008

Abstract

The field of trans health is fast growing, interdisciplinary, and global. The education needs of providers are also growing to keep apace of this expanding discipline. Scant education on trans health is available in undergraduate and resident curricula, or continuing medical education. In addition to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's (WPATH) Standards of Care (SOC), Transgender Health Guidelines recently published by the Endocrine Society, WPATH has developed foundational and advanced educational programming in the areas of endocrinology and other specialties within interdisciplinary care. This article describes the history of transgender health care professional education and outlines the competencies related to this area.

Keywords: Barriers to care; Competency; Endocrinology; Medical education; Trans; Transgender; Transition.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence / standards*
Health Personnel / education*
Health Services / standards*
Humans
Transgender Persons*
Transsexualism*