Mautner Project - Removing the Barriers

Removing the Barriers

Removing the Barriers (RTB) is a training program designed to educate and bring awareness to health care providers about Lesbian health care needs. The ultimate goal is to improve individual practitioners' skills and create systemic change so that lesbians can truly feel comfortable in a health care setting.

Removing the Barriers is designed to assist medical providers in providing more culturally competent care by identifying potential barriers to care faced by sexual minorities, particularly women-who-partner-with-women. Developed by the Mautner Project, in cooperation with CDC, Removing the Barriers is an experiential training program encouraging participants to explore many aspects of culture including personal privilege, the cultural interplay of individuals and the medical system, and the impact of institutional heterosexism. Removing the Barriers provides specific focus on cultural distinctions of women who partner with women and how those impact their access to preventive health screenings as well as risk factors that may be significant for this specific population. RTB explores the use of culturally appropriate language, family recognition and legal issues, as well as clinical concerns specific to women who partner with women, in an effort to aid providers in reaching their goal of serving underserved women.

Want to schedule a Removing the Barriers training for your organization?

RTB training is available in various formats:

The Removing the Barriers Provider On-Line Course for 2 CEU, CME, CNE credits,
90 min.-2 hour introductory workshop,
4 hour core training,
6-8 hour comprehensive training, and
Training of Trainers Institute (ToT) - Intensive two-day training designed to increase the capacity of participants to implement the curriculum and trainings within their own organizations or for providers within their local community

For more information, please give us a call at 202-332-5536, or send us an email.