Trans and Gender Diverse Community Track

Knowledge and Skills Building Workshops

CO19 - Effective Allyship: Building Best Practices for Health Care Settings

Presenter(s)

• MB

  Melanie Bien, LCSW

  GHSF Clinical Director
  San Francisco Department of Public Health, Gender Health SF

  Nothing to disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

• MH

  Maria Hower, PCC

  Patient Care Coordinator
  Gender Health SF

  Nothing to disclose

This session assists providers in developing best practices for agencies seeking to ally with transgender and gender nonbinary co-workers. Through case presentations and audience participation, we identify organizational and operational obstacles to trans positive spaces and build best practices.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Identify 3 types of microaggressions occurring for trans/gnb providers in healthcare settings
• Name 3 critical skills for allyship
• Identify 3 symptoms of burnout

1. Identify 3 types of microaggressions occurring for trans/gnb providers in healthcare settings
2. Name 3 critical skills for allyship
3. Identify 3 symptoms of burnout