Chapter Summary: Cancer Screening Considerations for Transgender Patients

Pearls:

• Cancer screenings for transgender patients should take into account an organ inventory that can be obtained from history-taking, personal/family risk factors and trauma-informed approaches to sensitive exams like the pelvic exam.
  • Cancer screening is a cornerstone of primary care yet can be more nuanced among transgender individuals based on their sex organs
  • Pearl: An organ inventory is important to remember as well to ensure you...

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April 10, 2023

Navigating Cancer Screenings With Your Transgender Patients

Cancer screening is a critical part of primary care practice, and most of us can recite guidelines in our sleep. That said, cancer screening can feel a little tricky in our transgender population, especially when we are still learning to navigate this sensitive topic as a general part of our practice. 

By Matt Zeitler, MD on

April 10, 2023

3 Primary Cardiac Prevention Tips for the PCP

When helping primary care patients navigate heart disease prevention, we all know the big interventions to cover: quitting smoking, exercising, and eating a healthy diet with more plant-based foods. But are you also covering these less prominent risk factors?  

By Neda Frayha, MD on

April 10, 2023

How to get the most out of the AAPA PANRE-LA Reference Guide

As PA-Cs everywhere are starting the 1st quarter of the new PANRE-LA, we know anxiety is high. Five minutes seems like a long time when we are watching our favorite sports team try to come from behind or desperately try to hold on to the lead. But when that PANRE-LA timer starts to tick down, five minutes a question doesn’t seem that long at all. And we know that panic can set in quickly with each passing minute.

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January 13, 2023

Educational Philosophy: Confidence and Ability

What’s the secret sauce that makes Hippo Education’s urgent care products so popular with 150 provider networks and leading to a partnership with the Urgent Care Association?

It all starts with our educational philosophy.

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November 10, 2022

The New PANRE-LA is Coming

Are you deciding if the PANRE-LA is right for you? Have you already signed up for it? Let the PA team at Hippo Education help you feel confident as we all approach these uncharted waters together.

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August 11, 2022

Race and Medicine Returns

I am very proud of Hippo’s Race and Medicine series and its efforts to foster a rational discussion around an important topic.

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February 28, 2022

Hippo’s Giving Back with GiveWell

Our CEO Aaron Bright, MD, sat down to discuss the remarkable way in which Hippo’s giving back where it really counts this holiday season.

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December 08, 2021

AAPA Primary Care RAP Sits Down with AAPA President Jennifer Orozco MMS, PA-C, DFAAPA

In this bonus content of AAPA Primary Care RAP, our hosts Adrian Banning DHSc, MMS, PA-C, DHSc and Kris Maday MS, PA-C, DFAAPA chat with AAPA President Jennifer Orozco, who discusses her journey from being a PA in Chicago to becoming the leader of the AAPA, and even shares her insights into how to balance your own wellbeing while taking care of the wellbeing of others.

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November 22, 2021

Addressing Burnout

Join us for a Q&A with emergency physician/Hippo CEO Aaron Bright as we pick his brain on one of the biggest issues in modern clinical practice.

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October 19, 2021

IT'S PA WEEK!

An Interview with PAs Katie Iverson & Vicky Pittman

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October 05, 2021

Everything you need to know about MyEMCert

And how to crush it your first time

By Hippo Education on

September 01, 2021