A successful strategy to integrate sex and gender medicine into a newly developed medical curriculum

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 996-1005

  Ludwig, Sabine ^a   Oertelt Prigione, Sabine ^a,b   Kurmeyer, Christine ^a   Gross, Manfred ^a   Grüters Kieslich, Annette ^a   Regitz Zagrosek, Vera ^a,b   Peters, Harm ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; GENDER MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX MEDICINE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SKILL; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84949932967     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5249     Document Type: Article

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