This online LGBTIQmodule has been developed for health professionals by SHINE SA in partnership with ModMed.
This 2-hour course provides an overview of the key concepts for people working with LGBTIQ individuals.
Understanding LGBTIQ will help increase your confidence in engaging with LGBTIQ clients and fills the information gap about how health professionals can better interact.
Course Outline
Participants will:
learn the differences in biological sex, gender and sexual orientation and how culture shapes perceptions of gender and sexual orientation
understand the different presentations of sexual orientation and biological sex and gender
demonstrate an increased awareness of the health impacts of discrimination and violence on LGBTIQ communities
understand the impacts of the attitudes of health workers on the health outcomes for LGBTIQ communities
adopt a safe and inclusive medical practice/practitioner approach for LGBTIQ people.
For enquiries, please email courses@shinesa.org.au or call 8300 5318.
This resource is only available for free to organisations in SA Australia, due to funding requirements. If you are outside SA, this component of your order will not be dispatched. If you're still interested in this product please email shinesalibrary@shinesa.org.au