Saw this and thought I'd share it. I haven't reviewed the materials; perhaps someone here will have some specific opinions. Some thoughts:
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Will probably not require proof of any qualification to join so if you have sufficient literacy and are curious and like "online learning" give it a try
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Some cities/states/provinces/countries have better continuing medical education re trans people available which in most cases would be preferred to this
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If you have a prescriber you are working with who really seems like they'd help you if they could and just need a bit more confidence, this could help
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If you would like to suggest this to a doctor or nurse who is involved in your carte, I would suggest extreme diplomacy... not everyone likes being assigned homework
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Medical providers in many places must participate in a certain amount of professional education every year. I can see no evidence that this Coursers is accredited, so it would be basically a personal interest course for them. On their own time.
Coursera: Transgender Medicine for General Medical Providers
> The course is a comprehensive set of didactic lectures surveying fundamentals of transgender medical and surgical treatment. The material is meant to provide the student with core knowledge that is essential for current primary care providers caring for transgender patients.
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> There are 10 modules led by the expert clinical faculty from the pioneering Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, located within the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
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> The course begins with an introduction to frame the sea change that has taken place in the current medical practice of transgender health care. Subsequent modules allow individuals to learn key elements necessary to provide quality transgender medical care. As a whole, the modules provide an opportunity to develop a knowledgeable approach to behavioral health, primary care, hormone therapy, and the surgical options.
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> Module 1: Introduction - Joshua D Safer
> Module 2: Making the Determination - Hansel Arroyo
> Module 3: Primary Care for Transgender Women - Zil Goldstein
> Module 4: Primary Care for Transgender Men - Zil Goldstein
> Module 5: What are the Essential Strategies to Transgender Hormone Therapy? - Joshua D Safer
> Module 6: Initiation and Maintenance of Hormones for the Trans Masculine Patient - Joshua D Safer
> Module 7: Initiation and Maintenance of Hormones for the Trans Feminine Patient -Joshua D Safer
> Module 8: Transgender Surgery: Chest & Face - Bella K Avanessian
> Module 9: Transmasculine Genital Surgery - Bella K Avanessian
> Module 10: Transfeminine Genital Surgery - Bella K Avanessian
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> 100% online
> Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
> Flexible deadlines
> Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
> Approx. 12 hours to complete
> Suggested: 7 hours/week
> English
> Subtitles: English