PRONOUN SENSITIVITY IN ESTABLISHING CARE - Brought to you by: Oak Sonfist, OMS2 Polly Wiltz, OMS3 Sierra Bertolone-Smith, OMS2

PRONOUN
SENSITIVITY IN
ESTABLISHING
CARE
    Medical Student Pride Alliance:
                  PNWU Chapter

     Brought to you by:
     Oak Sonfist, OMS2
     Polly Wiltz, OMS3
     Sierra Bertolone-Smith, OMS2

COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS
introduction to using NVC communication tools to understanding others

• Empathy: Receiving from the heart creates a means to connect
  with others and share experiences in a truly life enriching way.
  Empathy goes beyond compassion, allowing us to put ourselves
  into another’s shoes to sense the same feelings and understand the
  same needs; in essence, being open and available to what is alive
  in others. It also gives us the means to remain present to and aware
  of our own needs and the needs of others even in extreme
  situations that are often difficult to handle.
• Honesty: Giving from the heart has its root in honesty. Honesty
  begins with truly understanding ourselves and our own needs, and
  being in tune with what is alive in us in the present moment. When
  we learn to give ourselves empathy, we can start to break down the
  barriers to communication that keep us from connecting with
  others.
Source: https://www.cnvc.org/online-learning/nvc-instruction-guide/nvc-instruction-guide

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Webster - “they”: a
              way to refer to a
              nonbinary individual,

WHAT DO YOU
              one who identifies as
              neither exclusively
              male nor female.

KNOW ABOUT    Sept. 17, 2019

 PRONOUNS?
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WHY FOCUS ON
                        PRONOUNS?
          Including people’s pronouns is the first step
       toward respecting people’s gender identity and
     creating a more welcoming space for all genders

Gender: A set of cultural identities, expressions
and roles – codified as feminine or masculine – that
are assigned to people based upon the
interpretation of their bodies, and more
specifically, their sexual and reproductive anatomy.
Since gender is a social construction, it is
possible to reject or modify the gender one is
assigned at birth, and to develop, live and express
a gender that feels truer and just to oneself.
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A COUPLE MORE DEFINITIONS

Cisgender: A person whose gender identity and expression are aligned
with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Cisnormativity: The assumption that cisgender identity is the norm,
which plays out in interpersonal interactions and institutional privileges
that further the marginalization of transgender people.
Gender Binary: A socially constructed system of viewing gender as
consisting solely of two categories, “male” and “female,” in which no
other possibilities for gender are believed to exist. The gender binary is a
restrictive and inaccurate way to view gender because it does not consider
the diversity of gender identities and gender expressions among all people.
Gender Expression: The multiple ways (e.g., behaviors, dress) in which a
person may choose to communicate gender to oneself and/or to others.
Pronouns: The pronoun or set of pronouns that a person identifies with
and would like to be called when their proper name is not being used.          Source: GLSEN
Examples include “she/her/hers,” “he/him/his,” ze/hir/hirs,” and
“they/them/theirs.” Some people prefer no pronouns at all.                     Resources for
                                                                               Educators
Transgender: An umbrella term describing people whose gender identity
does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.                                             FIRST UP   5
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HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO US?
According to the Health Care Quality Index 2019 from the Human Rights Campaign

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HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO US?
According to the Health Care Quality Index 2019 from the Human Rights Campaign

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WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA?
                         According to the Health Care Quality
                         Index 2019 from the Human Rights
                         Campaign

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According to the Health Care Quality
WHERE DO WE FIT IN?   Index 2019 from the Human Rights
                      Campaign

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Now, lets get
some practice!

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QUESTIONS?

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
GLSEN:
https://www.glsen.org/

PFLAG:
https://pflag.org/

AMSA:
https://www.amsa.org/advocacy/action-committees/gender-sexuality/transgender-health/

Trans Healthcare:
https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/health-care

Healthcare Equality Report 2019:
https://www.hrc.org/hei
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