Are you a NP, PA,  MD, or DO student, resident or fellow?

Project HEALTH offers an in-depth educational experience in transgender healthcare to students and post-graduates in healthcare professions. We recognize that as a clinic serving LBGTQIA+ patients we bring a front-line perspective on the health needs of these communities.

By offering a clinical rotation in transgender medicine we provide participants with an understanding of the healthcare needs of the transgender community including the special obstacles faced by transgender patients within health care and society. Participants will also gain a more nuanced understanding of the concepts of sex, gender and sexuality as applied to health care systems and society at large.

Course Objectives

By the end of the rotation, students will be able to:

• Identify the components of a trans-inclusive health care environment
• Take a trans-inclusive history and perform an appropriate physical examination of transgender patients
• Describe the primary care needs specific to transgender patients
• Initiate and manage hormonal interventions for trans patients beginning and continuing hormonal therapy
• Recognize mental health issues and provide appropriate interventions and resources for those requiring referrals
• Counsel on appropriate gender affirming surgery options and referrals and become familiar with pre-op and post-op care

During the rotation, participants will have the following opportunities:

• To attend didactic lectures
• To shadow medical providers at Lyon-Martin
• To provide direct care to transgender patients in a supervised setting

Requirements

• You are currently a 2nd year NP or PA student or 3rd or 4th year MD or DO student, resident, or fellow, in good standing
• You are covered by your school’s liability (malpractice) insurance
• You have all of the vaccinations expected of a health care worker
• You have been trained in universal precautions and HIPAA (privacy) requirements

Rotation Schedule

The elective is based on either a 4 weeks (40 hours/week) continuous attendance, or a 10-12 week rotation with weekly hours (8-16 hours/week). However, other scheduling options can be arranged.

More Information

We accept applications on a rolling basis.

If you are interested in learning more, please contact JM Jaffe. If you meet the above requirements, please complete and remit the Clinical Rotation Application.

Send completed application via email to jjaffe@lyon-martin.org or by snail mail to the address below:

JM Jaffe
Lyon-Martin Community Health Services
1735 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
jjaffe@lyon-martin.org
415-901-7108