Faculty Training on Navigating Gender and Sex in Medical Education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Language that assumes gender and sex are binary and aligned is pervasive in medicine and is often used when teaching on physiology and pathology. Information presented through this lens oversimplifies disease mechanisms and poorly addresses the health of gender and sexually diverse (GSD) individuals. We developed a training session to help faculty reference gender and sex in a manner that would be accurate and inclusive of GSD health.

Methods

The 1-hour session for undergraduate and graduate medical educators highlighted cisgender and binary biases in medical teachings and introduced a getting-to-the-root mindset that prioritized teaching the processes underlying differences in disease profiles among gender and sex subpopulations. The training consisted of 30 mi

SUBMITTER: Crosby B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11319425 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature