The purpose of this course is to define the terms and explain the history, the motivation, the implications, and the procedures for gender/sex confirmation surgery (GCS) for both males to females (MTF) and females to males (FTM).
Course Publication Date:
August 28, 2018
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Wanda Lockwood RN, BA, MA |
| Course No: | MTF073018 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Career and Self
Community & Home Health
Leadership & Case Management
Medical & Surgical Issues
Professional Issues
Psychiatric & Mental Health
Perioperative
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Learning Objectives
- Explain gender dysphoria.
- Discuss the history of gender confirmation surgery.
- Discriminate among the various terms related to sexual identity
- List at least 5 issues related to sex reassignment.
- Discuss the primary reasons for GCS.
- List the 6 primary steps to Standards of Care for GCS.
- Explain the use of hormones in GCS, identifying both reversible and irreversible changes.
- Describe the most common surgical procedures for both male-to-female (MTF) and female-to-male (FTM) sex reassignment.
- Describe methods used to approximate male or female appearance and/or function.
- Discuss post-surgical issues of both MTF and FTM.