Transcend Training Institute
Sexual health
competency for
physicians.
A structured CME series built around what physicians actually need: the language, the clinical framework, and the referral pathways to address sexual health in practice. Accredited. Evidence-based. Immediately applicable.
Three ways to learn
The series is structured in three tiers. Choose the one that fits your time, your specialty, and your learning goals -- or combine them.
A full-day intensive for comprehensive foundational competency. Specialty survey courses of 1.0–1.5 hours targeted by patient population. Short-form skill modules of 30–45 minutes on specific clinical tasks. All available online at your own pace.
Why this program exists
Most physicians never
received training in
this area.
"The gap between what patients need and what physicians feel equipped to offer is a training problem, not a values problem."
Research consistently documents that physicians avoid initiating sexual health conversations -- not because they do not care, but because they were never taught how. Patients consistently report wanting to be asked.
This series is built around the clinical encounter: what physicians need to ask, recognize, triage, and refer. It does not train physicians in sex therapy protocols. The primary outcome is a clinician who initiates sexual health conversations with confidence, identifies biomedical and psychosocial contributors to sexual dysfunction, conducts a brief trauma-informed screen, and refers appropriately to sexual medicine, sex therapy, and pelvic floor physiotherapy.
Developed in collaboration with Dr. Sanja Kostov, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta and Reproductive, Sexual and Women's Health Consultant Physician at MacEwan University Health Centre.
CanMEDS role coverage
The foundational intensive
Sexual Health in
Clinical Practice.
6.5 CME hours.
Eight modules covering the full scope of sexual health in the medical encounter. Available as a full-day live workshop, asynchronous online program, or condensed half-day format (Modules 1–4, 3.0 credits). A grand rounds adaptation is available for institutional delivery.
Delivery formats
Available now online.
Live formats by request.
Special topics series
Six specialty
survey courses.
Each special topics course can be completed independently or as part of the full series. Designed for physicians who want targeted CME in a specific area without completing the full intensive. Each course is 1.0 to 1.5 hours and eligible for individual Mainpro+ or MOC credit.
Short-form CME modules
Targeted skills.
Single sessions.
Focused 30–60 minute modules on specific clinical skills. Designed for physicians who want to develop a particular competency without committing to a full course. Available individually. Each qualifies for non-certified or certified learning credit depending on accreditation status.
Accreditation
Credit that counts
toward your requirements.
The foundational intensive and special topics courses are designed for accreditation under the two primary Canadian physician continuing education frameworks. All modules are mapped to CanMEDS roles as required for accreditation submission.
Section 1 — Accredited CME
Certified Learning
Who this is for
Every physician
encounters these
presentations.
Sexual health concerns appear across every specialty. This series is calibrated to the physician's scope: not sex therapy protocols, but the clinical skills to recognize, communicate, and refer competently.
- You are a family physician, general practitioner, or primary care provider encountering sexual health concerns routinely without adequate training
- You are an internist, oncologist, urologist, OB/GYN, or psychiatrist whose patients experience sexual dysfunction related to their condition or treatment
- You prescribe medications with documented sexual side effects and want to fulfil your informed consent obligations competently
- You want accredited CME credit in an underserved clinical area that directly affects patient wellbeing and quality of life
- You are seeking CME for institutional delivery via grand rounds or faculty development
- Sex therapy training -- this series does not train physicians in sex therapy protocols or specialist sexual health treatment
- A replacement for specialist consultation -- the explicit goal is improving recognition, communication, and referral, not expanding physician scope into sex therapy
- Designed for non-physicians -- the clinical framing, CanMEDS mapping, and accreditation pathway are specific to physician CME requirements
Bring sexual health into
routine clinical care.
A structured CME series for physicians who want the language, framework, and referral pathways to address sexual health confidently. Accredited. Asynchronous. Immediately applicable.
Accreditation is pending sponsor confirmation. Credit hours will be confirmed following accreditation review. The program is designed for RCPSC MOC Section 1 and CFPC Mainpro+ eligibility.
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