The Integration of Gender Medicine in Medical Education at Austrian Universities – the Status Quo

Nachtschatt, Ulrike; Steinboeck, Sandra; Hochleitner, Margarethe

doi:10.15694/mep.2018.0000013.1

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“…In a study by Nachtschatt et al [30], it was suggested that, after being integrated into the biomedical curriculum, the real challenge was to ensure implementation in a sustainable way.…”

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How to Integrate Sex and Gender Medicine into Medical and Allied Health Profession Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-Graduate Education: Insights from a Rapid Systematic Literature Review and a Thematic Meta-Synthesis

Khamisy‐Farah

Bragazzi

2022

JPM

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Sex and gender are concepts that are often misunderstood and misused, being utilized in a biased, preconceived, interchangeable way. Sex and gender medicine is generally overlooked, despite the profound impact of sex and gender on health outcomes. The aims of the present rapid systematic literature review were (i) to assess the extent to which sex- and gender-sensitive topics are covered in medical courses; (ii) to assess the need for and willingness toward integrating/incorporating sex and gender medicine into health-related education; (iii) to identify barriers and facilitators of the process of implementation of sex and gender medicine in medical teaching, mentoring, and training; and (iv) to evaluate the effectiveness of interventional projects targeting curriculum building and improvement for future gender-sensitive physicians. Seven themes were identified by means of a thematic analysis, namely, (i) how much sex- and gender-based medicine is covered by medical courses and integrated into current medical curricula, (ii) the knowledge of sex and gender medicine among medical and allied health profession students, (iii) the need for and willingness toward acquiring sex- and gender-sensitive skills, (iv) how to integrate sex- and gender-based medicine into medical curricula in terms of barriers and facilitators, (v) existing platforms and tools to share knowledge related to sex and gender medicine, (vi) sex- and gender-based medicine aspects in the post-medical education, and (vii) the impact of sex- and gender-sensitive topics integrated into medical curricula. Based on the identified gaps in knowledge, further high-quality, randomized trials with larger samples are urgently warranted to fill these gaps in the field of implementation of gender medicine in educating and training future gender-sensitive physicians.

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“…In a study by Nachtschatt et al [30], it was suggested that, after being integrated into the biomedical curriculum, the real challenge was to ensure implementation in a sustainable way.…”

Section: How To Integrate Gender Medicine Into Medical Curricula: Bar...mentioning

confidence: 99%

How to Integrate Sex and Gender Medicine into Medical and Allied Health Profession Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-Graduate Education: Insights from a Rapid Systematic Literature Review and a Thematic Meta-Synthesis

Khamisy‐Farah

Bragazzi

2022

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“…Progress goes hand in hand with the creation of dedicated professorships, such as the professorship on gender‐sensitive prevention research at the Charité Berlin established in late 2019. In Austria, a group of researchers from the University of Vienna (Gender Mainstreaming and Diversity Office; Coordination Office for Equality, Affirmative Action for Women and Diversity) and the Medical University of Innsbruck are driving education in gender medicine by closely collaborating on the continuous development of sex‐ and gender‐sensitive medical curricula and producing publications on educational needs and methodology around the topic of gender medicine [14, 15]. At Bielefeld University, an entirely new study course on gender medicine is being established with a new professorship for gender‐specific medicine from April 2021.…”

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Mapping of European activities on the integration of sex and gender factors in neurology and neuroscience

Hentzen

Ferretti

Santuccione

et al. 2022

Euro J of Neurology

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Background and purpose Neurological disorders pose a profound unmet medical need for which new solutions are urgently needed. The consideration of both biological (sex) and socio‐cultural (gender) differences between men and women is necessary to identify more efficacious, safer and tailored treatments. Approaches for putting sex and gender medicine into practice have gathered momentum across Europe, but it is currently unclear to what extent they have been implemented in the field of neurology and neuroscience. Methods We mapped current activities in research, funding and education aimed at integrating sex and gender consideration in neuroscience and neurology in Europe. We examined and analyzed data gathered from literature searches, policy documents and reports by the European Commission and national funding agencies, web‐based searches, Web of Science, and searches of project databases of funding agencies. An informative/non‐systematic search was performed for sections on policies and funding, education, and basic research, while a systematic literature and database review was conducted for quantitative analysis of research output and funded projects in terms of sex and gender analysis. Results Our mapping shows that there is a growing interest in and attention given to sex and gender considerations in neurological fields, both from funding agencies and researchers. However, most activities, especially for education, are limited to the individual motivation of researchers and are not organically built within curricula and strategic research priorities. Conclusion We recommend actions that might help increase the consideration of sex and gender specifically in the field of neuroscience and neurology.

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“…In Germany, in other European countries and worldwide, efforts are being made to integrate sex, gender and further diversity categories into health professions education, with the focus so far on the integration into medical curricula (Verdonk et al, 2005;Ludwig et al 2015;Miller et al, 2016;Nachtschatt et al, 2018;Khamisy-Farah & Bragazzi, 2022). However, a survey of the German Medical Women's Association has shown that gender-sensitive aspects are not yet systematically integrated into the curricula of medical faculties in Germany (Ludwig et al, 2016;Dettmer et al, 2021).…”

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Integration of knowledge and competencies regarding sex, gender and further diversity aspects into the curricula of health professions education in Germany – barriers and supporting factors

Ludwig

Dettmer

Kohl

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Background Knowledge of sex, gender and further diversity categories is important to achieve equitable and individualized healthcare. An official statement of the German government stipulates the mandatory integration of sex and gender aspects into the curricula of health professions. Here we aim at evaluating the extent of curricular integration as well as barriers and factors supporting the integration. Methods The study was conducted online between January and March 2020. Three semi-standardized questionnaires were developed and sent to the deans of all medical faculties and a random sample of 197 (36.7%) heads of nursing schools (NS) and 97 (33.9%) heads of physiotherapy schools (PS). They were asked about the extent of curricular integration of diversity aspects as well as barriers and aspects facilitating the integration. Results The response rate was 75.6% (n=31; MS), 52.5% (n=94; NS) and 54.6% (n=53; PS). The highest level of curricular integration was achieved by 3.7% (MS), 4.8% (NS) and 6.4% (PS). Teachers were indicated to be mainly responsible for the integration (MS: 36%; NS: 73%; PS: 65%). Sociocultural aspects were integrated to a lesser extent in MS curricula compared to NS and PS. Qualitative analysis showed lack of gender theory in curricula. Conclusions Sex and gender aspects are integrated into around 30% of medical, nursing and physiotherapy curricula. Main supporting factors were the integration into the German National Learning Catalogue of Medicine and framework curricula. Case discussions were considered to be the most suitable teaching format. Future directions are the integration of gender theories.

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The Integration of Gender Medicine in Medical Education at Austrian Universities – the Status Quo

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

How to Integrate Sex and Gender Medicine into Medical and Allied Health Profession Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-Graduate Education: Insights from a Rapid Systematic Literature Review and a Thematic Meta-Synthesis

How to Integrate Sex and Gender Medicine into Medical and Allied Health Profession Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-Graduate Education: Insights from a Rapid Systematic Literature Review and a Thematic Meta-Synthesis

Mapping of European activities on the integration of sex and gender factors in neurology and neuroscience

Integration of knowledge and competencies regarding sex, gender and further diversity aspects into the curricula of health professions education in Germany – barriers and supporting factors

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