Gender Identity and Chinese Medicine Ethics
Do you want to welcome transgender patients into your practice? Are you hesitant for fear of saying or doing the wrong thing? This course will help you feel confident in creating a supportive and compassionate healing space for this population, while also fulfilling your ethics requirement for your license.
2 hours
Course Duration
PDFs
Free of charge
How to create an inclusive office through knowledge and understanding
Understanding the terminology associated with gender diversity is essential for practitioners to create a safe and welcoming space. This course will take you through the aspects of the journey toward living authentically as a gender diverse person. Developing inclusive office practices and forms will ensure your patients see you and your practice as a place they can be themselves and walk their path to wholeness.
What’s included in this online course?
A step-by-step guide
Dr. Thompson provides clarity on understanding gender diversity and how to enhance your practice’s ability to serve the gender diverse population.
Study at your own pace
You can enroll in this course whenever you want, and study at your own time and pace.
Unique learning experience
You will gain knowledge about the terminology of gender. This guide to terms is an up-to-date list of terms and their definitions. It will continue to be updated as terminology changes and expands.
Dr. S. Hunter Thompson, D.O.M.
Dr. Thompson has been practicing acupuncture since 1998. He is an Assistant Professor in the Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine program at Maryland University of Integrative Health and past Director of Clinical Education at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine. He has been working with transgender patients for over 15 years. Learn more about Dr. Thompson: https://www.foundationsofwellness.net/about-us
NCCAOM Participant Attestation
Course Participant Attestation
I understand that the information in this course presented by the Provider and/or Instructor(s) is for educational purposes only and should only be applied with appropriate clinical judgment and used by a trained and licensed practitioner.
Governmental laws and regulations vary from region to region and the contents of this course vary in permissible usage. The participant is required to check their local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding the practice requirements and scope of practice issues and the use of the information of this course including, but not limited to, theory, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. I acknowledge that NCCAOM does not endorse any specific treatment regimens of any kind. Furthermore, if I use any modalities or treatments taught in this course, I agree to waive, release, indemnify, discharge, and covenant not to sue NCCAOM from and against any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action whatsoever, arising out of any injury, loss, or damage that a person may sustain related to the use of the information in this course. I understand that this Release is governed by the laws of District of Columbia, U.S.A. and shall survive the termination or expiration of this course.
