tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92230089116202509492024-03-05T05:43:24.775-08:00The Rainbow Health CoalitionNews, resources, and networking for members of the Touro community who believe in health equity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420283448303768173noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223008911620250949.post-26789320914558861302016-12-06T17:29:00.000-08:002016-12-06T17:29:03.972-08:00RHC Update:<br />
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December 2016<br />
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Hello Touro University California community! This website hasn't been updated in some time, but we are alive and well! We will be actively updating our website over the next few months. Stay tuned! In the interim, check us out on our Facebook page at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/turhc/">https://www.facebook.com/turhc/</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420283448303768173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223008911620250949.post-70603436837026450602013-10-26T20:02:00.003-07:002013-11-14T13:55:03.139-08:00RHC Update: October 2013<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>UPDATE ITEMS:</b></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>RHC leadership meets with Touro Provost, Dr. Hopkins, to discuss non discrimination policy amendment </b><b> </b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>GLMA Recommendations for LGBT issues in health professional schools </b><u><b><i>(update by Irene Smarr)</i></b></u></span> </li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Sexual medicine clinical integration for OMSI</b>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Establishing an elective rotation in Transgender Medicine in San Francisco</b><b> </b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Has RHC become a frumpy student organization (should RHC party more)?!</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">RHC meets with Touro Provost Dr. Hopkins to discuss non discrimination policy amendment </span></b></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We
did it! Our campus will amend its non discrimination policy. The new policy includes the exact
language originally proposed by RHC to the administration. Both "gender identity" and "gender expression" will be explicitly enumerated as
protected characteristics for all programs at Touro University, California. Thank you to
everyone who participated. I especially want to thank new members who
were responsible for collecting the majority of the signatures; also
Apar, SGA president, who came with RHC leadership to present the
signatures and discuss the issue, and (of course) RHC's new faculty advisor, Dr. Fagan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>GLMA Recommendations for LGBT issues in health professional schools</b></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(This item comes from RHC's all-star secretary, <a href="mailto:irene.smarr@tu.edu" target="_blank">Irene Smarr</a></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">GLA's
Medschool Recommendation document has finally been created and
released. We are already on our way! They emphasize the need to make the
campus feel like a safe and open space and increasing awareness of
health disparities among straight students; they emphasize things to do
in addition to adapting curriculum to be inclusive. We have already
championed the change of the non discrimination language (yeah!).
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After reading it, there are three things that stand out to me: </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'd really like to see the single stall bathrooms in Wilderman become unisex. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm reminded that we were going to get safe space markers for teacher offices </span>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Does Ed Bauer have a list of teachers/admin that are out and
willing to be on a list as a resource for students who may not be out
and go to him?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><a href="http://www.glma.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/Recommendations%20for%20Enhancing%20LGBT%20Climate%20in%20Health%20Professional%20Schools.pdf" target="_blank">You can get a copy of the recommendations here</a></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Sexual medicine clinical integration for OMSI</b></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">RHC has gotten approval to influence a clinical integration for first year COM! Contacts for this are <a href="mailto:brenna.sommer@tu.edu" target="_blank">Brenna Sommer </a>and <a href="mailto:matthew.fagan@tu.edu" target="_blank">Dr. Fagan</a>.
We especially encourage OMSI members to get involved, and help gauge
where your class is at in their understanding. We should form a
working group for this, with discussion at our next general meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Establishing an elective rotation in Transgender Medicine in San Francisco</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If
you are in the PA program, or know someone who is and wants to do a
rotation in Transgender Medicine. Please contact me. The rest of this
update pertains to COM only at this point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I met with Dr. Troll last week, he is a faculty member involved in clinical
education for COM. We went over the process for approving new elective
rotation sites. Essentially, the process for approving an elective
rotation for the entire class is the same as the process for an
individual student. That is good news for us! The main requirement is to
establish a faculty affiliation agreement with the proposed preceptors
at the Lyon Martin Center. I will start the process later this semester,
expect some updates. If you're interested in learning more about the
rotation, visit <a href="http://project-health.org/clinical-rotation/" target="_blank">http://project-health.org/<wbr></wbr>clinical-rotation/</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Why hasn't RHC thrown a party yet, or done something social?</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good
question, I don't know. In the past, RHC has had potlucks and social
events (and sometimes less advocacy work). I'm not saying they're
mutually exclusive at all. We may want to consider getting back on the
party circuit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks everyone, I'm thrilled to see new members stepping up and taking ownership of RHC. Let's keep the momentum going!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">RHC President</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420283448303768173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223008911620250949.post-72155457411824103422013-06-20T23:44:00.003-07:002013-06-20T23:45:46.055-07:00Rainbow Health Coalition Leadership 2013-2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><u>Rainbow Health Coalition Leadership 2013-2014:</u></b></h2>
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Events Coordinator - Betty Sousa</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Faculty Advisor - Dr. Strebel (not pictured)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">President - Michael 'Flan' Ruderman</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Secretary - Irene Smarr</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Treasurer - Penny Boyle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Vice President - Brenna Sommer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Web Design - Daniel Frochtzwajg</span></td></tr>
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Video apology below:<br />
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Although Chambers apology is exceptional, there have already been previous public apologies from former leaders of the organization. A nice compilation follows:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420283448303768173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223008911620250949.post-41638860654920332842013-05-23T23:30:00.001-07:002013-05-23T23:30:22.015-07:00House adds patient’s sexual orientation to AOA’s nondiscrimination statement<a href="http://www.do-online.org/TheDO/?p=101261">House adds patient’s sexual orientation to AOA’s nondiscrimination statement</a><br />
<img src="http://www.do-online.org/TheDO/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fitzsimmons100.jpg" /><br />
Christine Fitzsimmons, OMS III, in 2011<br />
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This amendment to the AOA Code of Ethics started as an initiative by an osteopathic student group in Maine. Student organizations are indeed powerful!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420283448303768173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223008911620250949.post-47142477227032434252013-05-22T23:33:00.002-07:002013-05-22T23:36:31.459-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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