Attend a training with Gender Health SF

For health providers: Help build our systems of care to better serve transgender and nonbinary patients.

What to do

1. Take a training for SF public health employees

To join, you need log-in credentials from the Department of Public Health.
 

  • Practicing Cultural Humility and Collecting Information about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
    For all Department of Public Health staff, contractors, and community partners who collect demographic and other information.
     
  • Adult Transgender Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility: 101
    ​​​​​​​Provide more culturally competent and welcoming services through an understanding of issues and trends affecting transgender people and their families.

2. Ask about our trainings open to providers

Adult Gender consultation group

  • Meets monthly on the second Tuesday
  • 11 AM to 12:00 PM PT
  • Online via Zoom video platform
  • For questions, please contact: GenderHealthSF@sfdph.org

Youth and Families Gender consultation group

  • Meets monthly on the third Tuesday
  • 10 AM to 11:00AM PT
  • Online via Zoom video platform
  • For questions, please contact: ning.zhou@sfdph.org

SOC8 and Care Coordination Form training

Our training for primary care and mental health providers includes review of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care (SOC) 8. It also covers key aspects of the referral process and care coordination:

  • SOC 8 & impact of new changes
  • Documentation and the Care Coordination Form 
  • Education on talking about gender embodiment goals with patients
  • Workflows and processes 

Gender-affirming surgery and care education programming

We work with a robust team of surgeons in San Francisco and the Bay Area who offer education programming for providers and patients on gender-affirming surgery, procedure, and pre- and post-operative care. 

Building capacity

We may be able to help your department or organization build capacity by assisting with referrals and resources, as well as potentially offer training and in-service topics. This can include:

  • Trans-Cultural Humility 101 and 102
  • Gender Health SF in-service, pre-surgical assessment, and other clinically focused information

Contact us for more information

To join a training, group, or event, let us know at:

Prerecorded webinars

Prerecorded webinars

For health providers

Browse our provider education webinars on YouTube:

  • Voice and communication therapy
  • Peritoneal vaginoplasty

View webinars on YouTube.

Get help

Phone

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Last updated May 31, 2023