Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Recognize and describe terminology related to transgender and gender diverse populations
2. Describe gender affirming therapies for transgender adolescents
3. Identify health care disparities/special health care needs affecting transgender individuals
4. Describe the role of the RN and MA in the care of transgender individuals

Faculty

Kathleen Dunn, RN, CDE
Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse/Certified Diabetes Educator
Baystate Medical Center

Michelle Gortakowski, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.