Sex and Gender Medicine: certificate of advanced studies
“Integrating sex and gender analysis into medical research and clinical practice ensures that everyone across the whole of society benefits from excellent health care. This course instructs physicians and medical researchers in how sex and gender interact in the human body across the life course. It’s a crucial part of medical education”. Prof. Londa Schiebinger
Gender-specific medicine is still a neglected topic and receives little attention in clinical practice and science. Biological sex (sex) and socio-cultural differences (gender) have a significant influence on the epidemiology, pathology and manifestation of various diseases and medical findings. But to what extent do we understand the difference between sex and gender? How often do we see a confusion between these two quite significant differences?
I was the first group to participate in this CAS, which consisted of 11 modules and taught the latest findings of this specific medicine and motivated us to promote awareness and research in this field.
- Cardiology
- Oncology and gynecology
- Neurology and psychiatry
- Musculoskeletal and rheumatic medicine
- Endocrinology
- General medicine
- Study design and research
I wrote my final thesis on: Sex and Gender Differences in Sleep: the Influence of the Menstrual Cycle. A very exciting topic, which I will tell you more about in another blog post: The Importance of Sleep (physio-restart.ch)
Author:
Anneke Penny
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