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SCOPE-MD
Created by MS2 students who recently completed the curriculum, these peer-developed resources are designed to reinforce each week’s content through spaced repetition, active recall, and collaborative, low-stakes learning. Sunday PreviewPreview the week’s topics and learning objectives to build context before lecture and reduce cognitive overload. Weekly Review SlidesConcise, high-yield review slides designed to reinforce each […]
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Gender-affirming enrichment guide
Day 5: Pediatric gender-affirming care
Required reading and learning Would you like to add hours? Given the unique nature of children’s and teens’ civil rights, autonomy in medical decision-making capacity, and potential risks, care for pediatric patients presenting with gender non-conformity and gender diversity continues to have some controversy, mostly among lay people. Children as young as 2–3 years of age can present with features of gender diversity. Quite often, […]
Day 4: Gender-affirming surgical therapies
Required reading and learning Would you like to add hours? Gender-affirming surgical therapies may be an important goal for some patients seeking affirming care. Each patient will have specific needs and desires regarding, which features best align with their gender identity and expression. For some patients, surgery is one of the tools that will help […]
Day 3: Masculinizing therapies and treatments supporting masculine embodiment and expression
Required reading and learning Do you want hours here to be consistent with other days? In parallel to understanding the scope of feminizing therapies, supporting a patient seeking masculinization of gender identity and expression also may be supported first with reversable, lower risk therapies. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) considers all these […]
Day 2: Feminizing therapies and treatments supporting feminine embodiment and expression
Required reading and learning Required reading will take approximately 3 hours. Establishment of a diagnosis article Madeline B. Deutsch, MD, MPH. Overview of gender-affirming treatments and procedures. Gender Affirming Health Program. First, the establishment of a diagnosis and the requirement of a mental health letter of support are no longer required to access gender-affirming care. […]