Trans Care BC’s clinical support initiative is a weekly, virtual lunch-hour meeting for providers who are supporting Two-Spirit, trans, and gender diverse people.
Trans Care BC's Clinical Mentorship Call is held every Thursday from 12:10 -1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). If you would like to be involved, please email trans.edu@phsa.ca to be included on our distribution list. Meeting minutes will be made available to all members.
Participants are encouraged to bring questions, scenarios, and share from their clinical experience. Mentors will share from their experience, support discussion, and answer questions.
Rotating Themes:
- Medical care (i.e. primary care, gynecological care, surgery, hormones)
- Child, youth, and family care
- Psychosocial care
- Readiness assessment
- Special topics (i.e. ethics, legal, intersecting identities and experiences, peer and community supports, etc.)
Click on a session date and name below to learn more about our clinical mentors.
Ingrid Cosio has been a family physician in Prince George, BC, since 2005 when she completed her residency training. She has been providing specialized gender affirming care to patients for over 10 years. Since August 2015, Ingrid has worked along side a small team of providers at the Northern Gender Clinic to provide multidisciplinary care to gender diverse people in Northern BC. She enjoys working with Trans Care BC and local resources/groups to improve access to care for gender-diverse Northerners. Ingrid is also actively involved in the training of family practice residents in the UBC Prince George Family Medicine Residency Program.
Lucie Fielding is a queer, trans misogyny-affected (TMA) femme, and a therapist practicing in Virginia and Washington (on Monacan and unceded Duwamish land, respectively). In addition to being a therapist, Lucie is a sex educator and the author of Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments (2021), which was named a 2022 Lambda Literary Award finalist (in the Transgender-Nonfiction category) and the winner of the 2022 AASECT Book Award (Book for Sexuality Professionals). You can find out more about Lucie at https://luciefielding.com or follow them on Instagram (@sexbeyondbinaries).
Feedback about the Clinical Mentorship Calls is received from participants and mentors throughout the year. Participants are invited to join Dr. Marria Townsend, Trans Care BC Medical Director and Lauren Goldman, Trans Care BC Nurse Educator for an overview of the feedback Trans Care BC has received and for a look at planning the next year of the Clinical Mentorship Call.
Please join us again in 2023! In the meantime, looking to continuing your learning? Check out our trainings and educational resources here.
Please join us again in 2023! In the meantime, looking to continuing your learning? Check out our trainings and educational resources here.
