Women’s Health Themes Across the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum at the University of British Columbia

Sinclair, Nicolette; Skoll, Amanda; Ubhi, J

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“…Ob/Gyn clerkship durations ranged from 4 weeks 40 to 11 weeks 18 and were block rather than longitudinal placements. Publications also described teaching delivered during Ob/Gyn clerkships, within hospitals as opposed to primary care, general practitioner, or family medicine practices.…”

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“…Some publications provided lists of knowledge and competencies agreed by national professional bodies including RCOG in the UK, 5 RANZCOG, 2 APGO, 18 and a National Core Curriculum (NCC) for an undergraduate medical education in Turkey 4 . For example, the RCOG undergraduate curriculum recommended 17 modules.…”

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“…Ob/Gyn clerkship durations ranged from 4 weeks 40 to 11 weeks 18 and were block rather than longitudinal placements.…”

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A literature review and proposed framework for a core curriculum in obstetrics and gynecology for medical students globally

Atiomo

Stanley

Ezimokhiai

2022

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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Background: There have been challenges in deciding the curricular content in obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn) for medical students because the core knowledge, competencies, and duration of Ob/Gyn clerkships, varies widely by country.Objectives: To investigate current recommendations for Ob/Gyn curricula for medical students globally, in a rapid review of the literature and websites of a selection of medical schools. Search Strategy:A targeted search of selected databases (PubMed and Google Scholar) using relevant key words and a search of university websites.Selection Criteria: Studies that applied to medical or undergraduate students in Ob/Gyn. Data Collection and Analysis:A standardized extraction form on Microsoft excel to extract and chart data. Main Results:We identified recommendations from national professional bodies (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and the Turkish-National Core Curriculum), and descriptions from five university websites. We also identified additional objectives, including teaching on intimate partner violence, health priorities in low-and middle-income countries, and a variation in practical skills recommended.

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A literature review and proposed framework for a core curriculum in obstetrics and gynecology for medical students globally

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Stanley

Ezimokhiai

2022

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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“…A survey of 112 internal medicine residency program directors revealed that WH topics including sexual and reproductive health and gender-specific cancer were largely addressed in women’s health electives [ 43 ]. In Canada, content analysis of medical curriculum at one university found that obstetrics and gynecology competencies were largely covered in an obstetrics and gynecology third year clerkship [ 44 ]. This suggests that students may only be exposed to WH topics in a third year course specifically dedicated to such topics, possibly lacking exposure in their pre-clerkship years and other courses in general.…”

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Medical student exposure to women’s health concepts and practices: a content analysis of curriculum at Canadian medical schools

Anderson

Gagliardi

2021

BMC Med Educ

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Background Women’s health (WH) includes a broad array of concerns and challenges that affect health across the lifespan. Considerable research shows that women continue to experience disparities in access to and quality of care. Apart from surveys of medical trainees and faculty, little research and none in Canada examined medical curriculum for WH. This study assessed how Canadian medical schools integrate WH in their curriculum. Methods We used deductive and summative content analysis to describe instances and the nature of WH topics in program and course descriptions that were publicly-available on web sites of Canadian medical schools. We reported results using summary statistics and text examples. We employed a framework, tested in our prior research, that included mention of women’s health principles and practices relevant to any health concern or condition including factors (e.g. sex, gender, social determinants) that influence health, and access to or quality of care. Results We retrieved 1459 documents from 16 medical schools (median 49.5, range 16 to 301). Few mentioned WH (125, 8.6 %), and the quantity of mentions varied by school (range 0.0–37.5 %). Pre-clerkship course documents more frequently mentioned WH (61/374, 17.3 %, chi square 43.2, p < 0.00001) compared with clerkship course documents (58/1067, 5.4 %). Core course documents more frequently mentioned WH (72/542, 13.3 %, chi square 29.0, p < 0.00001) compared with elective course documents WH (47/899, 5.2 %). Overall, documents more frequently referred to the WH domain of social determinants of health (88, 70.4 %). Few documents addressed women’s health (21, 16.8 %), sex or gender (19, 15.2 %), other considerations (15.2 %) or principles/components of women’s health (2, 1.6 %). Most documents that mentioned WH provided little detail about what those concepts referred to or how to optimize WH. Conclusions Based on program and course descriptions, WH may not be well-integrated at Canadian medical schools, and future physicians may not be consistently exposed to the full breadth of WH. This reveals opportunities for enhancing WH in the medical curriculum. Future research is needed to engage stakeholders including women in developing, implementing and evaluating competencies and corresponding curriculum that reflect the full range of WH concepts and practices.

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Women’s Health Themes Across the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum at the University of British Columbia

Cited by 2 publications

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A literature review and proposed framework for a core curriculum in obstetrics and gynecology for medical students globally

A literature review and proposed framework for a core curriculum in obstetrics and gynecology for medical students globally

Medical student exposure to women’s health concepts and practices: a content analysis of curriculum at Canadian medical schools

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