Pulse: The Art of Affirmation: Gender Affirming Care in Adolescents

January 24, 2024

New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.

Gender dysphoria has been shown to negatively affect the mental health of adolescents, and access to gender affirming care may decrease rates of depression and anxiety. This presentation aims to enhance pharmacists’ skills in supporting transgender adolescents and ensuring appropriateness of medications for gender affirming care.

Target Audience

Pharmacist

Learning Objectives

1. Describe gender dysphoria and its impact on adolescents
2. Recognize appropriate treatment options for gender affirming care in transgender adolescents, including age of initiation
3. Discuss outcomes related to providing appropriate and adequate gender affirming care to transgender adolescents

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Course opens: 
01/24/2024
Course expires: 
02/24/2024
Event starts: 
01/24/2024 - 12:00pm EST
Event ends: 
01/24/2024 - 1:00pm EST

New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.

Gender dysphoria has been shown to negatively affect the mental health of adolescents, and access to gender affirming care may decrease rates of depression and anxiety. This presentation aims to enhance pharmacists’ skills in supporting transgender adolescents and ensuring appropriateness of medications for gender affirming care.

UPMC Presbyterian
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Paige Dorve-Lewis, PharmD

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Pharmacy (CPE)

This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
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