title: Foundations for a novel emergency medicine subspecialty: sex, gender, and women's health.
abstract: Sex and gender affect all aspects of health and disease, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, presentation, treatment, and outcomes. Sex- and gender-specific medicine (SGM) is a rapidly developing field rooted in women's health; however, inclusion of SGM in emergency medicine (EM) is currently lacking. Incorporating principles of sex, gender, and women's health into emergency care and training curricula is an important first step toward establishing a novel subspecialty. EM is an ideal specialty to cultivate this new field because of its broad interdisciplinary nature, increasing numbers of patient visits, and support from academic medical centers to promote expertise in women's health. This article describes methods used to establish a new multidisciplinary training program in sex, gender, and women's health based in a department of EM. Women's health and SGM program initiatives span clinical care, patient education, clinical research, resident and fellow training, and faculty development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Alyson J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.forename: Tracy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clyne
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008511:Medicine; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D024382:Professional Role; D016387:Women's Health / Q000193:education*