Global Education Institute

The Global Education Institute is TRPATH’s training arm. GEI Foundations is the core course; Advanced, Mental Health, Surgery & Phenotype, and Ethics courses complete the certification pathway. Completing the pathway, a supervised case log, and the knowledge exam confers GEI Certification in Transracial Health.

Certification pathway

1. GEI Foundations: Transracial Health for Clinicians (required).
2. At least two advanced courses in the member’s discipline.
3. Documented case log consistent with SOC8 assessment standards.
4. Open-book knowledge exam on SOC8, ethics, and TREF-related harms.

Core competencies

• Taking a racial-identity history without requiring ancestry or photographs.
• Distinguishing racial incongruence from other clinical presentations.
• Informed consent for melanin-modulating and surgical pathways.
• Working with families and schools on social transition.
• Recognizing misracing, dead-racing, and passing demands as clinical harms.