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LGBTQIA+ Health 101: Understanding persons with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity

LGBTQIA+ Health 101: Understanding persons with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity

Family MedicineGeneral PracticeInternal Medicine
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Overview

About this course

Healthcare providers encounter patients with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) every day. There is a need to understand LGBTQIA+ health because of the physical and mental health disparities that they may experience compared to the general population. Inclusivity in healthcare is essential in providing services and management options that are appropriate, individualized, and holistic. This also includes acquiring and using communication skills that build rapport and dissolve fears of discrimination and judgment.

This e-learning module highlights the barriers to accessing health services by the LGBTQIA+ community and how healthcare providers can provide better healthcare to this community through culturally sensitive communication skills that also resonate inclusivity.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning module, participants should be able to:

  • understand people’s experience of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity
  • learn some communication tips to perform history taking that is more inclusive and culturally sensitive

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • Basic concepts and terminology
  • Case scenarios in healthcare setting

Speakers for this course:

Dr Winston Goh
Specialist in Family Medicine
President, Hong Kong LGBT Medical Society

Dr Sam Wing-Sum Li
Trainee in Community Medicine (Public Health Medicine)
Hon Secretary, Hong Kong LGBT Medical Society

1 CME Point Available

  • This module is accredited for 1 CME Point for fellows of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, The Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists; and 0.50 CME Point for fellows of the Hong Kong College of Physicians.
  • Please note that this module will not earn CME credit for fellows of colleges not listed here.
  • A certificate can be downloaded upon successful completion of the quiz. Please use the information on the certificate to claim your CME points.

Keywords: communication skills, sexually transmitted diseases, non binary, inclusivity

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