Featured Presentations
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upcoming Speaking events
For HealthCare Professionals
Speaking Topics and recent events
Reproductive HEalth
Gender Affirming Care
“Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder and Dyspareunia: If it doesn't feel good, why want it?” Responding effectively to patient concerns about libido and sexual pain.
“Detailed Vulvar Assessment and Pelvic Exams: Ending vagina blindness” Assessment and diagnosis of clitoral phimosis, labial atrophy, vestibular pain and hymenal variants through a trauma informed lens.
“Gender Affirming Care I: Basics of gender affirming care, beyond the guidelines” Integrating gender affirming care into your practice. Assessment, medical management, guidelines, and clinic support. Primary care pearls for gender care within an informed consent framework. Modeling nuanced conversations that center LGBTQI+ patient experiences, gender stories and concerns.
“Gender Affirming Care II: Beyond the basics” Modeling Supporting gender diverse patients with co-morbities like eating disorders, neurodiversity, mood disorders, and pelvic pain. Increasing provider competence and confidence to decrease transgender health disparities. Pears for letter writing and gender affirming surgical follow up.
Menopause and Peri-menopause
“Menopause & Peri-menopause: Removing mystery from the midlife transition”
Learning Objectives:
Recognize common clinical presentations of menopause and peri-menopause
List basic lab work and tests necessary for diagnosis and assessment of treatment options
Identify risk categories of people for Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT)
Describe signs, symptoms and assessment
Explain hormonal and non-hormonal treatment options
Recognition of MHT and prescribing guidelines
Explain diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Describe non-hormonal therapies and appropriate use for menopause and genitourinary syndrome
Presentations are adaptable for clinical providers in gynecologic care and primary care settings and can benefit healthcare providers, nurses, residents and students.
Depending on the scope of the inquiry, the presentations can be modified between one and three hours in length.
All presentations are gender inclusive, sex positive, trauma informed and align with health at every size (HAES) and size diversity frameworks, and challenge the medical hierarchical status quo.
Case studies will be tailored to the audience.
Spectrum started with a vision to provide radically patient centered care, and that continues in our education offerings.
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On topics ranging from LGBTQI+ Health and Gender Affirming Care, GYN Care, Menopause, and weight stigma and trauma informed care in medicine. Interested in other topics? Make a Suggestion below!