title: Sex and Gender Medical Education Summit: a roadmap for curricular innovation.
abstract: The Sex and Gender Medical Education Summit: a roadmap for curricular innovation was a collaborative initiative of the American Medical Women's Association, Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health, Mayo Clinic, and Society for Women's Health Research (www.sgbmeducationsummit.com). It was held on October 18-19, 2015 to provide a unique venue for collaboration among nationally and internationally renowned experts in developing a roadmap for the incorporation of sex and gender based concepts into medical education curricula. The Summit engaged 148 in-person attendees for the 1 1/2-day program. Pre- and post-Summit surveys assessed the impact of the Summit, and workshop discussions provided a framework for informal consensus building. Sixty-one percent of attendees indicated that the Summit had increased their awareness of the importance of sex and gender specific medicine. Other comments indicate that the Summit had a significant impact for motivating a call to action among attendees and provided resources to initiate change in curricula within their home institutions. These educational efforts will help to ensure a sex and gender basis for delivery of health care in the future.
authors: American Medical Women's Association, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA.
authors: Eliza L
authors: EL
authors: Chin
authors: Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX USA.
authors: Marley
authors: M
authors: Hoggatt
authors: Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI USA.
authors: Alyson J
authors: AJ
authors: McGregor
authors: Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL USA.
authors: Mary K
authors: MK
authors: Rojek
authors: American Medical Women's Association, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS USA.
authors: Kimberly
authors: K
authors: Templeton
authors: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX USA.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Casanova
authors: VCU Institute for Women's Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA USA.
authors: Wendy S
authors: WS
authors: Klein
authors: Women's Health Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA.
authors: Virginia M
authors: VM
authors: Miller
authors: Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX USA.
authors: Marjorie
authors: M
authors: Jenkins