E125: Dr. Alison Berner - Gender Identity Clinic

Rad Chat

**Trigger Warning**

Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Dr. Alison Berner as part of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion series (part 10).

Discussion about discussing her career, her gender identity clinic work and PhD research.

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:

1) reflect on the healthcare experience of trans people.

2) read this journal article by Dr. Alison Berner: attitudes of transgender men and non-binary people to cervical screening: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study in the UK: https://bjgp.org/content/71/709/e614

3) read and understand the gender construction kit: https://genderkit.org.uk/

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Links from podcast:

UK Cancer and Transition Service (UCATS): https://www.themedicalcentreislington.co.uk/2023/10/26/uk-cancer-and-transition-service-ucats/

Trans plus UK Cancer and Transition Service (UCATS): https://www.wearetransplus.co.uk/uk-cancer-and-transition-service/

NHS Gender Dysphoria Clinic Finder: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/how-to-find-an-nhs-gender-identity-clinic/

Gender Construction Kit: https://genderkit.org.uk/

Transgender Health Journal: https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/transgender-health/634

Trans Actual Information for Trans People: https://transactual.org.uk/healthcare-trans/

Royal College of General Practitioners: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/policy-areas/transgender-care

NHS England Gender Services Clinical Programme Commissioning: https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/

HumanPapillomavirus (HPV): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/human-papilloma-virus-hpv/

Cervical Screening for Trans Men and/or Non-Binary People: https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information/cervical-screening/trans-non-binary

Person-centered cancer genetic counseling for transgender and gender diverse patients: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323885348000080?via%3Dihub

OUTpatients Charity: https://outpatients.org.uk/

Queering Cancer Charity: https://queeringcancer.ca/

Macmillan Cancer Support Charity Transgender and Non-Binary Experience: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/transgender

Macmillan Cancer Support Charity Genomics Toolkit: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/healthcare-professionals/innovation-in-cancer-care/genomics-toolkit

Dr. Alison Berner Research Articles on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alison-Berner

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