Topic Teaching: Towards Culturally Safe Care for Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse People: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Event details

Presented by:

Ms. Terrie Foster
Registered Nurse
Medical Services & Hospital Relations, Canadian Blood Services

Dr. Aditi Khandelwal
Medical Officer
Medical Services & Hospital Relations, Canadian Blood Services 

Objectives:

  1. Explain key terminology and current challenges in providing culturally safe care for trans, non-binary, and gender diverse patients and donors. 
  2. Describe cultural competency and cultural safety principles and best practices to improve patient and donor care for trans, non-binary, and gender diverse people. 
  3. Highlight efforts and future opportunities at Canadian Blood Services and in the transfusion medicine community to practice cultural safety and encourage diversity and inclusion. 

References:

  1. Butler-Foster T, Chin-Yee I, Huant M, Jackson KT. Toward understanding culturally sensitive care for transgender blood donors: a scoping review of health care provider knowledge. Transgender Health. 2020 Jun 1;5(2):104-15.
  2. Goldman M, Bulter-Foster T, Lapierre D, O'Briend SF, Devor A. Trans people and blood donation. Transfusion. 2020 May;60(5):1084-92.
  3. HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR TRANS & NON-BINARY PEOPLE IN CANADA (see attached) https://transpulsecanada.ca/results/report-1/ 

Supplemental reading:

  1. Mays JA, Greene DN, Metcalf RA, Pagano MB. Transfusion support for transgender men of childbearing age. Transfusion. 2018 Mar,58(3):323-5.
  2. White Paper. Care Considerations for Inclusion of Gender Diversity within Medical Laboratory Services https://iqmh.org/Portals/1/Docs/Resources/Education/White%20Paper%20-%20Care%20Considerations%20for%20Inclusion%20of%20Gender%20Diversity%20Within%20Medical%20Laboratory%20Services.pdf
  3. Other reports from Trans Pulse Canada https://transpulsecanada.ca/research-type/reports/ 

Note: The session is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Registration: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/L9AwSHv9KUaQX6QbtYaBRw,EqmKag2Og0qTs_tWFURiZA,6dTLTUX2nEu-F8FE0GtYPg,4O4aiKeRO0-kpgo-gmnLdQ,JW0Hnp1I_0azipjwHrnbWg,oXtFeTvFrUakmB613Ko56w?mode=read&tenantId=4830d02f-fd7b-4629-905f-a41bb5868147

To register for the LearnTransfusion series, send an email to learn.transfusion@blood.ca with  “Weekly Transfusion Medicine Seminars” in the subject line. Include your name and complete e-mail address in the body of the e-mail, and confirm that you would like to register for the LearnTransfusion series. You will then receive weekly email notifications of upcoming series events with details on how to join the webinars (e.g., call-in number and a link to register for the webinar).

The LearnTransfusion series is the seminar component of the Areas of Focused Competency (AFC)-Diploma Program in Transfusion Medicine. The series, organized by Canadian Blood Services is also open to all practitioners in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Through a series of regular webinars, trainees and practitioners are exposed to various scientific, technical and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine.