Teaching Women's Reproductive Rights to Undergraduate Medical Students Using a Modified Jigsaw Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Discussions about women's reproductive rights are often underrepresented in medical education despite the potentially large impact on patient care. A modified jigsaw teaching format, where students first learn in small groups and then recombine to teach peers, was developed to introduce medical students to critical historical events influencing women's reproductive rights and health care in the US.

Methods

In total, 159 second-year medical students participated in a 3-hour educational session between 2023 and 2024. Students completed presession surveys collecting demographic information, preexisting knowledge, and agreement with attitudinal statements about gender in medicine. Groups of two to six students were assigned a specific topic and objectives to researc

SUBMITTER: Bauler LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647369 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature