Integration of sex and gender in a continuing professional development course on diabetes and depression: a mixed methods feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Assess the feasibility and impact of a continuous professional development (CPD) course on type 2 diabetes and depression on health professionals' intention to include sex and gender considerations in patient care.

Design and setting

In collaboration with CPD organisations and patient-partners, we conducted a mixed-methods feasibility controlled trial with postintervention measures in three Canadian provinces.

Participants

Of 178 eligible health professionals, 127 completed questionnaires and 67 participated in semistructured group discussions.

Intervention and comparator

An interactive 1 hour CPD course, codesigned with patient-partners, on diabetes and depression that included sex and gender considerations (innovation) was compared with a similar c

SUBMITTER: Deom Tardif A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9036429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature