How do we get gender medicine into medical education?

Health Care Women Int. 2013;34(1):3-13. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2012.721419.

Abstract

Gender medicine, which takes a differentiated look at human beings as individuals and aims to provide targeted, gender-specific medical care, is slowly gaining recognition and acceptance. Nevertheless, this medical science that cuts across all medical disciplines has been only marginally incorporated into medical education curricula. The authors will look at the incorporation of gender medicine into the curriculum of Innsbruck Medical University to discuss the factors and the strategy that helped to establish it.

MeSH terms

  • Austria
  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Medical / methods*
  • Humans
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Teaching / methods*
  • Women's Health