Building Empathy when Faced with Uncertainty
Drawing on interviews with medical providers as well as ethnographic and archival research, Trans Medicine examines how health professionals approach patients who seek gender-affirming care. From genital reconstructions to hormone injections, the practice of trans medicine charts new medical ground, compelling medical professionals to plan treatments without wide-scale clinical trials to back them up. Relying on cultural norms and gut instincts to inform their treatment plans, Shuster shows how medical providers’ lack of clinical experience and scientific research undermines their ability to interact with patients, craft treatment plans, and make medical decisions. Shuster currently serves on the editorial boards for Social Science & Medicine, Social Currents, and Contemporary Sociology. Objectives: 1. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to identify common barriers to care that transgender and nonbinary patients experience. 2. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to employ strategies for building empathy among healthcare professionals working with transgender and nonbinary people. Presented By: stef m. shuster, PhD. |
Implicit Bias Training / Workshop
The LGBTQIA+ Compass Series is for individuals seeking to better understand the LGBTQIA+ community in order to provide safe and welcoming environments for those around them. Training combines the arts and sciences to resonate with a diverse range of learning styles. It incorporates mindfulness, improvisation, some didactic learning, and small group conversation. Training can be done inperson or solely virtual through Zoom. Objective(s): Our mission is to educate and empower others to create affirming and inclusive spaces for everyone in every setting. From schools, to hospitals, public spaces, to corporations, and at home. Our purpose is to evoke feeling. Feelings lead to conversations and conversations lead to change. Our aim is to create a space where folx feel comfortable, informed, respected and heard, so that these conversations can take place. Presented By: Colleen McFawn, OTR/L |
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) as Self-Care
MSC can be learned by anyone. It’s the practice of repeatedly evoking good will toward ourselves especially when we’re suffering—cultivating the same desire that all living beings have to live happily and free from suffering. Most of us feel compassion when a close friend is struggling. What would it be like to receive the same caring attention whenever you needed it most? All that’s required is a shift in the direction of our attention—recognizing that as a human being, you, too, are a worthy recipient of compassion. In MSC you’ll learn:
Presented By: Carolyn Sutherby, PhD, LMSW, ACSW |
Human Trafficking
This course will provide healthcare professionals with information about the face of human trafficking as it occurs worldwide and near to home. This course recognizes potential victims and the appropriate response to suspicion or disclosure of a human trafficking victim. Objectives: 1) define human trafficking and its different forms; 2) identify general indicators of possible human trafficking; 3) identify health indicators of possible human trafficking; 4) state three areas of traumatic psychological impact on victims; 5) identify the professional’s response to suspected or disclosed human trafficking. Presented By: Nancy Skinner, RN-BC, CCM, ACM-RN, CMCN |