Looking for resources on transgender and gender diverse healthcare? Here we offer a variety of clinical resources from Johns Hopkins and beyond to help you provide high-quality care to patients.

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Contact

Please contact Helene Hedian, Director of Clinical Education, for more information.

Guidelines

• UCSF Guidelines for Primary and Gender Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Diverse People
• Endocrine Society Guidelines
• Callen Lorde HRT Guidelines
• TransLine Hormone Therapy Guidelines (PDF at bottom of this page)
• WPATH Guidelines, version 8

Clinical Resources

• Adolescent Visit Guide: Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents
• Dosing Guide: Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy For Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents
• 2023 JHCTH Mental Health Evaluation for Surgical Readiness Criteria and Letter Writing Guide
  Information about mental health surgical readiness letters for gender affirming surgery.
• Quick Guide to Hormone Therapy for the PCP
  Pocket reference for fast, at-the-bedside support.
• E-consults by TransLine
  Clinicians can submit questions about transgender care which are answered by experts.
• Injection Teaching Guide 
  Patient education materials for hormone injections.

For Medical Educators

• TeachIM Gender Affirming Care
  TeachIM offers free, Ready-to-go Teaching Materials for Clinical Medicine. This guide is meant to serve as an introduction to gender affirming care concepts and medical management for adult patients, with the intention to provide a base level of understanding of concepts critical to inpatient and outpatient management.

Education for Hopkins Faculty and Staff 

• Epic| JHM | Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Documentation in Epic | E-Learning
• Transgender 101

CME from Stanford 

• Stanford Health Across the Gender Spectrum
  Oriented towards caring for transgender children and their families