Sattari Maryam, Cooke Erinn, Vorhis Elizabeth, Marshall Julia, Daily Karen
From the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, the Department of Radiology, and the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
South Med J. 2018 Mar;111(3):183-186. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000783.
Knowledge of women's health is important for physicians in various specialties, but training often is inadequate. The objective of this project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a women's health curriculum for medical students at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
After reviewing previous pertinent literature and assessing institutional factors, we developed an interdisciplinary women's health elective for medical students. We present the curricular design for the course. The 2-week elective explores women's health topics such as disease prevention, screening, breast health, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular health. Teaching methodology includes case-based lectures, reading assignments, and clinic sessions at multiple sites.
Senior medical students worked in a variety of clinical settings and were assigned a women's health project, a pretest before starting the elective, and a posttest after completion of the course. A statistically significant increase was seen in the students' mean posttest (98.8%) versus pretest (85.6%) scores (difference 13.1%; 95% confidence interval 7.3-19.0, < 0.0001).
Designing curricula that promote lifelong professional competency in the field of women's health can be challenging. At the University of Florida, we have successfully created and implemented a medical student elective in women's health using local resources and expertise. This elective satisfies important women's health training requirements, has been well received by our students, and has resulted in increased women's health-specific knowledge. The experience at our institution may be useful for other programs interested in developing a women's health curriculum geared toward medical students utilizing minimal resources.
了解女性健康知识对各专业医生都很重要，但相关培训往往不足。本项目的目的是为盖恩斯维尔佛罗里达大学医学院的医学生开发、实施并评估一门女性健康课程。
在回顾以往相关文献并评估机构因素后，我们为医学生开发了一门跨学科的女性健康选修课。我们展示了该课程的教学设计。这门为期两周的选修课探讨了女性健康话题，如疾病预防、筛查、乳腺健康、骨质疏松症和心血管健康。教学方法包括基于案例的讲座、阅读作业以及在多个地点的临床实习。
高年级医学生在多种临床环境中实习，并被分配了一个女性健康项目，在开始选修课之前进行一次预测试，课程结束后进行一次后测试。学生的后测平均成绩（98.8%）与预测试成绩（85.6%）相比有统计学意义的显著提高（差异为13.1%；95%置信区间为7.3 - 19.0，P < 0.0001）。
设计能够促进女性健康领域终身专业能力的课程具有挑战性。在佛罗里达大学，我们利用当地资源和专业知识成功创建并实施了一门医学生女性健康选修课。该选修课满足了重要的女性健康培训要求，受到了我们学生的好评，并增加了学生在女性健康方面的特定知识。我们机构的经验可能对其他有兴趣利用最少资源为医学生开发女性健康课程的项目有用。
