Breakfast for Clinicians

OUTintheOPEN Festival is hosting a “GPs and Nurses Breakfast Bites” event as well as a full day “Rural LGBTI Health/Wellbeing Forum” on Friday 15 November 2013 – register NOW!  (“f2m: the boy within” doco/film screening & buffet dinner to follow…)

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Guest Speaker: Dr Alan Wallace (BSc, MBBS, FRACGP)
is a local GP with interests in General Medicine, Sports Medicine, Men’s Health and Mental Health. He will discuss his experience of working within multi-disciplinary health services and explore their response to providing holistic care for intersex, sexuality and gender diverse people. As a special addition to the session, there will be a young Transgender (Female-Male) person attend and speak of his experiences of the medical system during his transition.

He will also discuss issues related to his integration within the general community and how this has impacted on his life, with an emphasis on living in a rural setting.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the presentation, investigation and management options for Trans, Intersex, and Gender Diverse patients.
2. Identify the referral pathways for Trans, Intersex, and Gender Diverse patients.
3. Provide knowledge to increase confidence in giving advice to Trans, Intersex, and Gender Diverse patients.