Specialized navigators key to helping trans patients access health care: University of Saskatchewan research
Nov 2, 2023 — 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Join us as we welcome Dr. Stephanie Madill who will discuss specialized navigators key to helping trans patients access health care: University of Saskatchewan research.
Specialized navigators key to helping trans patients access health care
In the seminar, Dr. Madill will describe the process of working with community-based organizations, healthcare providers, and researchers to develop the Trans Research and Navigation Saskatchewan (TRANS) Project.
There will be a discussion about how they developed the trans health navigators’ job description and decided on the credentials the navigators needed. Dr. Madill will also discuss how we implemented the “nothing about us, without us” principle, and how we used focus groups and data collected by the navigators themselves to adjust their jobs as the pilot year went along.
Dr. Madill will also discuss the effect of the pilot on the navigators themselves and what we would do differently next time.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the importance of centering trans voices in research for and about them.
- Explain the value of employing people with lived experience as navigators instead of healthcare providers.
- Apply the “nothing about us, without us” principle meaningfully to their own work.