title: Women's health curriculum at Stanford.
abstract: As health care for women receives national attention, medical educators have come under increasing pressure to train physicians to provide optimal care for their female patients. Stanford University has responded by creating a clerkship in women's health. This interdisciplinary clerkship is two or four weeks and explores women's health chronologically from adolescence to old age. Students enjoy both didactic and clinical experiences, and learn about such topics as violence against women, prevention, and breast, sexual, mental, and cardiovascular health. This clerkship is currently elective, with the hope that it will become part of the required curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nicolette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013337:Students, Medical; D016387:Women's Health; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*