Competent Care: LGBT+ Competent Care

Short online course from the University of California San Francisco for healthcare providers on creating inclusive environments and services for transgender people.

Overview of best practices for frontline healthcare staff providing services to transgender and gender nonconforming people.

Advice on providing primary care services to intersex people from the LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.

Information from the Fenway Institute on providing healthcare to indigenous LGBT+ people, including Two Spirit people.

Case scenarios from the National LGBT Health Education Center to increase providers' awareness of implicit biases affecting LGBT+ patients.

Online modules geared towards mental health practitioners and trainees related to LGBT+ mental health issues. Topics covered include the history of psychiatry and homosexuality, taking a sexual history, and mental health concerns specific to transgender people, intersex people, and LGBT+ people of color.

Online learning modules on a variety of topics related to LGBT+ healthcare from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. Some courses qualify for CME credit.

Webinars on a variety of topics related to LGBT+ healthcare from the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.

Jones C, Hayter M, Jomeen J. Understanding asexual identity as a means to facilitate culturally competent care: A systematic literature review. J Clin Nurs. 2017 Dec; 26(23-24):3811-3831. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13862. Review article offering an overview of asexuality and implications for healthcare providers available in PubMed.

Guidelines for transition-related care from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

From Boulton ML, Wallace RB (eds.). Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine (16th ed.). 2022; McGraw Hill. Chapter 34.

From Bhasin S, O'Leary MP, Basaria SS (eds.). Essentials of Men's Health. 2021; McGraw Hill. Chapter 24.

From Feldman MD, Christensen JF, Satterfield JM, Laponis R (eds.). Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice (5th ed.). 2020; McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 17.

From Usatine RP, Smith MA, Mayeaux EJ Jr, Chumley HS (eds.). The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine (3rd ed.). 2019; McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 13.