Sex and Gender

Many thanks to those people who participated in our first Special Topics meeting yesterday. As discussed, I have posted materials to the documents folder .... Additionally, Karen sent out an email to individuals: " Thank you for your interest in Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation (GSSO) terminology for use in Canadian digital records. We have attached the slides from the May 11, 2021 REACH meeting on terminology and a glossary of terms. We are asking for your feedback, comments, and concerns. You can email your feedback directly to Francis Lau (fylau@uvic.ca) or you can respond anonymously via a web survey (https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/MSFHR_REACH_Anonymous_Survey). Please feel free to share this with other interested parties so they may also provide feedback. We would like you to review the harmonized terminology for patient care, health system use and research (pages 27-29). At our next meeting on June 8th, we'll discuss the feedback we receive and the implementation options and implications. Best wishes, Karen ======================================================= On behalf of the Michael Smith Foundation REACH Grant Team Francis Lau PhD, FCAHS, Professor Karen Courtney, PhD, Associate Professor Marcy Antonio, MPH, PhD Candidate Kelly Davison, MN, MSc, RN, CPMHN(C), CTSS, Standards Specialist and Doctoral Student Roz Queen, BA, Undergraduate Student School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, BC, Canada ======================================================= " Please share. We will pick up where we left of on June 8, 2021 at 9 PT / 12 ET. Kelly

Greetings folks, A gentle reminder about our first special topics meting on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, titled "MSFHR REACH Grant Knowledge Translation Topics: Review of GSSO Terminology and Implementation Options, and Implications” Dr. Francis Lau, CTSS from the University of Victoria will be leading this discussion. I have included the introductory post for this work below. The registration link is also available in the .... Your ongoing commitment to this important work is appreciated. Kelly Davison, CTSS Post from last week: "We are inviting you to participate in the REACH project entitled ‘Disseminating Research Outputs on Actions to Modernize Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Documentation in Canadian Electronic Health Records.' In our REACH project, we will be sharing and discussing how the Action Plan can address the needs of sexual and gender minority patients and co-creating knowledge tools for future implementation of modernized gender, sex and sexual orientation documentation practices. We are wondering if you would be available and interested in continuing to represent your organization in the REACH project. We will continue with a similar process as before using virtual 1-hour monthly discussion sessions and a discussion forum where you can post additional comments and/or resources. Sessions will be held usually on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 PT/ 12ET, with our first one beginning in May 2021. You can decide how many sessions you would like to attend. At the end of the sessions, we will ask you to email feedback or submit an anonymous feedback survey. The REACH project will use a different Zoom meeting than the Sex-Gender Working Group. Register in advance: https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ud--gqDMrE9z6A80wG8lIuEBBt7omvhVs After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and participation with the REACH project. You can find additional information on the REACH project without registration here: https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/sex-gender/msfhr-reach-project "

Hi Everyone, Wanted to let you know about a new working group that I am co-facilitating with Dr. Annalijn Conklin on the ....The meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at 9am PT/12 pm ET. As a way to launch the group, a virtual mini-conference on current initiatives on the collection, use and sharing of social determinants of health (SDOH) within digital health systems is being held on May 19, 2021. Please follow the link for details and registration: https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/what-we-do/news-events/webinars/3879-health-terminology-standards-virtual-mini-conference-incorporating-social-determinants-of-health-sdoh-into-digital-health-systems Thanks, Marcy

We are inviting you to participate in the REACH project entitled ‘Disseminating Research Outputs on Actions to Modernize Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation Documentation in Canadian Electronic Health Records.' In our REACH project, we will be sharing and discussing how the Action Plan can address the needs of sexual and gender minority patients and co-creating knowledge tools for future implementation of modernized gender, sex and sexual orientation documentation practices. We are wondering if you would be available and interested in continuing to represent your organization in the REACH project. We will continue with a similar process as before using virtual 1-hour monthly discussion sessions and a discussion forum where you can post additional comments and/or resources. Sessions will be held usually on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 PT/ 12ET, with our first one beginning in May 2021. You can decide how many sessions you would like to attend. At the end of the sessions, we will ask you to email feedback or submit an anonymous feedback survey. The REACH project will use a different Zoom meeting than the Sex-Gender Working Group. Register in advance: https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ud--gqDMrE9z6A80wG8lIuEBBt7omvhVs After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and participation with the REACH project. You can find additional information on the REACH project without registration here: https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/sex-gender/msfhr-reach-project