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Overview
The material is meant to provide the student with core knowledge that is essential for current primary care providers caring for transgender patients.
Key facts
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.
The Transgender Medicine for General Medical Providers course offered by Coursera in partnership with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 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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Courses include:
- Why has the Establishment Approach to Transgender Medical Care Changed?
- Making the Determination
- Primary Care for Transgender Women
- Primary Care for Transgender Men
- What are the Essential Strategies to Transgender Hormone Therapy?
- Initiation and Maintenance of Hormones for the Trans Masculine Patient
- Initiation and Maintenance of Hormones for the Trans Feminine Patient
- Transgender Surgery: Chest & Face
- Transmasculine Genital Surgery
- Transfeminine Genital Surgery
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Medicine Health Sciences View 47 other Short Courses in Medicine in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit university websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Beginner Level
- No specific background is required. Individuals with some training in health care will have an easier time with the course material.
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
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Funding
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