Learn about enhancing capacity for gender-affirming care in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Family Care Teams.

Goal: To support participants in providing gender-affirming care for adults aged 18+ through role-specific strategies, fostering collaborative practice, and applying local resources and standards effectively.

Objectives:

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Discuss key concepts in gender diversity and their clinical relevance to gender-affirming care (GAC), including gender identity, gender expression, and sex assigned at birth.
• Recognize systemic barriers and common clinical harms experienced by gender-diverse patients and describe how GAC improves health outcomes.
• Summarize the current GAC landscape in Newfoundland and Labrador, including prevalence, referral pathways, MCP coverage, and available local resources.
• Plan for patient consultations addressing gender-affirming care needs, including initiating respectful conversations, understanding/assessing patient goals (e.g., hormone therapy, surgical readiness, mental health), and applying relevant standards of care.
• Identify role-specific, team-based approaches for delivering and coordinating GAC, including how to support inclusive environments, documentation, referrals, and continuity of care.

Presenter: Sydney Knapman

Certification:

This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Office of Professional & Educational Development at Memorial University for up to 1.0 Mainpro+^® Certified Activity credits.