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Implementation of Transgender/Gender Nonbinary Care in a Family Medicine Teaching Practice

Irene Park Ulrich, Chase Harless, Gwen Seamon, Annie Kim, Lindsay Sullivan, Jenna Caldwell, Lisa Reed and Heidi Knoll
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2022, 35 (2) 235-243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210182
Irene Park Ulrich
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Chase Harless
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Gwen Seamon
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Annie Kim
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Lindsay Sullivan
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Jenna Caldwell
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Lisa Reed
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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Heidi Knoll
the Department of Family Medicine (IPU, LR), Department of Research and Library Sciences (CH), and Family Medicine Residency Program (HK), Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), Asheville, NC (IPU); UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU); Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (IPU, LR, HK); MAHEC/UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC (IPU); Mountain Community Health Partnership, Burnsville, NC (GS); UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA (AK); Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC (LS); and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy & Walgreen Co., Asheville, NC (JC).
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