title: Women's health in the medical school curriculum: Building support for the adoption of core competencies.
abstract: Local adoption of the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics women's health care competencies for medical students must be preceded by significant institutional groundwork. Nationally developed guidelines play an important role in persuading teaching faculty of the importance of including women's health and in augmenting institution-specific efforts.
authors.affiliation: Program on Women's Health and Gender-specific Medicine, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine,OH 45267. USA.
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Rinto
authors.forename: Paula J Adams
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hillard
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education; D009820:Ohio; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016387:Women's Health