Journal
JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 1728-1736Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7301
Keywords
health professions; sex and gender; education
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- American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
- Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health (LWBIWH)
- Mayo Clinic
- University of Utah Health
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
- University of Utah School of Dentistry
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
- Brown University Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine
- Florida State University College of Medicine
- consumer education and advocacy organization, Healthy Women
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Introduction: The Sex and Gender Health Education (SGHE) Summit was a national collaboration that engaged educational thought leaders from various health professions to advance curricula by integrating sex- and gender-based evidence into health education. Materials and Methods: The SGHE Summit was held over a 2.5-day period April 2018 at the University of Utah. Pre- and postsummit surveys assessed attitudinal and knowledge changes. Results: A total of 246 health care professionals and trainees from U.S. and International Institutions attended. One hundred fifty-seven presummit surveys and 115 postsummit surveys were completed. Postsummit beliefs: SGHE is critical to precision medicine (100%); it is essential to include female animals in preclinical research studies (96%); sex and gender concepts could be used to improve men's health (99%). A teaching tool summarizes the initial questions to consider in SGHE. Conclusion: The SGHE Summit was the first multiprofessional large-scale national effort focused on the integration of sex and gender knowledge into the education of all health professionals. Summit participants now represent a national network of educators and clinicians who recognize the centrality of sex and gender to health professionals' knowledge and practice. These educational efforts will ultimately ensure a more personalized health care delivery.
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