5th Annual UC San Diego Transgender Health Care Symposium

Saturday, December 2, 2023, 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM, School of Medicine - MET Building, La Jolla, CA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.50 hours), General Attendance (4.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.50 hours)

The 5th Annual UC San Diego Transgender Health Care Symposium is a live, in-person educational offering that includes didactic sessions, workshops, and panel discussions. Members of the transgender community will be present to provide feedback and assist health care professionals in providing gender-affirming care. The conference will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at the UC San Diego School of Medicine campus in La Jolla, California.

The UC San Diego Transgender Health Care Symposium will provide a comprehensive review of different aspects of gender-affirming medical care. This course will feature sessions on gender-inclusive cultural awareness, behavioral health care, primary care, and medical and surgical gender-affirming interventions. All topics will be presented to help providers from varied disciplines care for transgender and non-binary (NB) individuals in a sensitive and effective manner. The program will be delivered in plenary sessions followed by a brief question and answer opportunity, as well as topic-specific breakout sessions.

This course is targeted toward anyone interested in in-depth exposure to medical care for the transgender/non-binary patients, including physicians (in practice and in training) and allied health professionals in primary care, endocrinology, plastic surgery, urology, obstetrics/gynecology, dermatology as well as mental health professionals, social workers, nurses, and students of all above disciplines. Community members are also welcome.

UCSD is dedicated to providing a safe space for this event, creating an environment of respect and collaboration, free from discrimination and fear for our attendees and community members. Any form of harassment will not be tolerated.

1. Identify appropriate terminology and pronouns for gender identity and sexual orientation including gender-neutral pronouns.
2. Discuss and summarize gender-affirming surgeries and appropriate referrals available within UC San Diego Health system.
3. Identify key mental health issues in the transgender/non-binary community.
4. Describe the requirements needed for mental health providers to provide support for gender-affirming surgeries.
5. Describe healthcare issues related to transgender and non-binary adolescents and young adults.
6. Identify how to improve patient experience for transgender/non-binary patients for better overall healthcare outcomes.

	Registration Fees
Physicians	$100
Allied Health Professionals	$50
Community/Trainees/Students	$10

AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 4.50 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of relicensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (report up to 4.50 hours of credit and list "CME Category 1" as the provider number).

Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing education for pharmacists coursework which meets the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and is accepted as continuing education by the Medical Board of California.

Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for license renewal. Psychologists outside of California should check with their state and local boards to ensure that ACCME accredited activities are acceptable for renewal.

Surgeons: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Cancellation Policy:  The full course tuition is refundable, less $10 if your cancellation is received in writing one week prior to program start date. No refunds will be allowed after this date. Please send your cancellation request to [email protected]. In the unlikely event that the course is canceled, UC San Diego is responsible for a full refund of the registration fee only.

Accommodations: We are committed to ensuring that our programs are accessible to all individuals. For general information or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact [email protected] at your earliest convenience. All in-person events are wheelchair accessible.  Service animals specifically trained to assist a person with a disability are welcome. No other animals, including pets, therapy animals, or emotional support animals, are allowed.

Cultural & Linguistic Competency and Implicit Bias: Continuing medical education (CME) providers are required by state Assembly Bills 1195 and 241, and the standards created by the California Medical Association (CMA), to include components that address cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME activities. The planners and presenters of this activity has been asked to provide meaningful consideration of these standards in the selection and presentation of content.  Additional information and resources are available on the UC San Diego CME website. 

Audio / Video Consent: This event may be audio and/or video recorded for future use or distribution. For virtual events, any engagement during the presentation (audio, video, chat, Q&A submission, etc.) will be captured and included. Participant microphones and cameras are generally disabled by default, and can always be manually disabled by participant. Depending on the type of event, publication of the recordings might be on a publicly available website or on an access-restricted site. By registering for this event, you give UC San Diego the right to use your name, voice, image, written text, or video footage without compensation and waive the right to inspect or approve any document in which these appear.

Covid-19 Health & Safety: We follow state and local guidelines and protocols related to COVID-19 safety measures. At this time, no restrictions are in place for the State of California and San Diego County.  We encourage each attendee to decide what works for them and wear a face mask if that is their preferred choice.  We reserve the right to update COVID related expectations at any time, should local and state guidelines change and prevailing COVID rates increase.

UC San Diego School of Medicine
T. Denny Sanford Medical Education and Telemedicine Center - Auditorium
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92093

Parking: We recommend that you park in the South Parking Structure on Gilman Drive. There is now a $4 per hour parking fee on the weekends. You may park in any V parking spot unless it is reserved or otherwise marked. Please observe all parking signs.
Directions: UC San Diego School of Medicine campus (La Jolla, California)

**Obtain directions to our facility on Google Maps and most GPS applications by using "UCSD Medical Education and Telemedicine Building" as a destination.  Do NOT use 9500 Gilman which is the generic address for the campus.**

All persons in a position to control the content of accredited education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming their role in the accredited activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education, are mitigated prior to the activity.

CME staff, meeting planners, peer reviewers, editorial staff, and CME committee reviewers, do not have any relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The UC San Diego School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Contact Us
Program Questions:
Jennifer Fruehauf
Email: [email protected]

Registration Questions:
Phone: Toll Free 888-229-6263 or 858-534-3940
Email: [email protected]

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Products must be relevant to the program content. UC San Diego Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to deny any application that does not meet this requirement.

UC San Diego CME agrees to provide exhibit space for the above-listed exhibitor for the course presented on the dates and location designated above. UC San Diego CME will acknowledge exhibitor support in course materials.

The exhibitor acknowledges that conducting marketing or promotional activities in any conference area except for their assigned exhibit space is prohibited. Commercial interests may not engage in sales, promotional activities, or distribute product-specific advertisements while in the designated location of the CME activity. CME activity space includes, but is not limited to, lecture halls, break out rooms, and laboratory areas.

Exhibitors and UC San Diego Continuing Medical Education agree to abide by the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education and the UC Health Care Vendor Relations Policy. Any actions that are not in accordance with the above stated policies may result in the removal of the exhibit company and its representatives from the conference site, in which case no refund of exhibit fees will be allowed.

As an exhibitor, your company or organization will be acknowledged in the conference materials.

CANCELLATION POLICY: There are no refunds for cancellation of exhibit.

Exhibit at this Event

We welcome the support of these activities in the form of educational grants. 

As a supporter, your company or organization will be acknowledged in the conference materials.   


Please read the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact: [email protected]