Gender Affirming Puberty Suppression in Primary Care
This course prepares primary care providers in Ontario to initiate and monitor puberty suppression for trans and non-binary youth. Participants will learn to: assess adolescent gender dysphoria; evaluate capacity to consent; identify puberty blocker criteria and contraindications; conduct required medical investigations; and provide collaborative treatment.
Prerequisites: 2SLGBTQ+ Foundations
Strongly Recommended: Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy in Primary Care or experience providing hormone therapy to gender diverse adults
Open to: Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered practical nurses, physician’s assistants, pharmacists and students of these professions
Mainpro+ Certification: 4.0 Mainpro-M1 credits (Ontario ONLY)
Content Level: Intermediate
Duration: 4 hours
Instructed by a Rainbow Health Ontario Clinical Educator and Cathy Maser, BScN, MN, NP-Paediatric.
Cathy Maser, BScN, MN, NP-Paediatric
Cathy Maser (she/her) is a Paediatric Nurse Practitioner living in Toronto with 38 years of experience working with children, youth, and their caregivers. For the past 18 years her clinical practice has focused on adolescent health in the areas of chronic illness, substance misuse, sexual health, gender identity and minor mood disorders. She has provided gender affirming care to youth since 2013.
Cathy was a Lecturer in the Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto for 12 years-teaching in both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. She has recently retired from clinical practice after 35 years at SickKids. Cathy continues to work with community partners to provide education to parents, caregivers, educators and service providers on adolescent development, child and youth mental health, and gender identity development with a focus on how to support 2Spirit, trans and non-binary youth.
