2SLGBTQI Inclusive Care for OTDT Healthcare Professionals

2SLGBTQI Inclusive Care for OTDT Healthcare Professionals is a free, virtual, interactive curriculum for organ and tissue donation and transplantation health-care providers. The aim of the curriculum is to expand health-care providers’ understanding and confidence in delivering inclusive patient-centered care to 2SLGBTQI patients and families.

Under the guidance of Dr. Murdoch Leeies, the curriculum is developed by Egale Canada and the University of Manitoba. The free, interactive, virtual curriculum establishes a strong theoretical foundation and offers practice-based learning in the context of living donation, deceased donation and transplantation about patient-centred care for 2SLGBTQI patients and families.

Access the curriculum here.

What's included?

Module 1: An Introduction to 2SLGBTQI Concepts
Module 2: Principles of 2SLGBTQI Inclusive Care in OTDT
Module 3: Aiming for Inclusive Care in the OTDT Process
Module 4: Considerations for Caregiving in OTDT
Module 5: Circles of Care: A Socioecological Approach to 2SLGBTQI Inclusion in OTDT

About these modules

Module 1 reviews terminology and concepts related to identities within the 2SLGBTQI umbrellas, including pronoun usage and respectful language. Module 2 extends this understanding by delving into allyship as well as individual, interpersonal, and institutional advocacy. Modules 3-5 focus on practice-based learning in the context of deceased donors, living donation, and transplantation about patient-centred care for 2SLGBTQI patients and families. Scenarios feature composite characters inspired by real stories from 2SGLBTQI communities. This course equips OTDT health-care professionals to navigate complex care dynamics with skill, empathy and humility.