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Gender awareness among medical students in a Swiss University.
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- Gender and Sexuality Awareness in Medical Education and Practice: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- Gender awareness among general practitioners in France: a cross sectional study using the Nijmegen Gender Awareness in Medicine Scale (N-GAMS).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Student perspectives of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the curriculum of a UK medical school-A mixed-methods study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Gender Awareness in Healthcare: Contextualization of an Arabic Version of the Nijmegen Gender Awareness in Medicine Scale (N-GAMS).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gender medicine teaching increases medical students' gender awareness: results of a quantitative survey.GMS journal for medical education · 2023Article
- Gender awareness is also nurses' business: Measuring sensitivity and role ideology towards patients.Journal of nursing management · 2022Article
- Integrative review of the literature on screening for gender-based violence during pregnancy: Barriers, facilitators, and tools.Nursing & health sciences · 2022Review
- Gender sensitivity and stereotypes in medical university students: An Italian cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Cultural competency and sensitivity in the curriculum for palliative care professionals: a survey in Switzerland.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Gender-based differential management of acute low back pain in the emergency department: A survey based on a clinical vignette.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundGender is an important social determinant, that influences healthcare. The lack of awareness on how gender influences health might lead to gender bias and can contribute to substandard patient care. Our objectives were to assess gender sensitivity and the presence of gender stereotypes among swiss medical students.
methodsA validated scale (N-GAMS - Nijmegen Gender Awareness in Medicine Scale), with 3 subscores assessing gender sensitivity (GS) and gender stereotypes toward patients (GRIP) and doctors (GRID) (ranging from 1 to 5), was translated into French and was distributed to all medical students registered at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in April-May 2017. Reliability of the three subscales was assessed calculating the alpha Cronbach coefficient. Mean subscales were calculated for male and female students and compared using two sample t-tests. A linear model was built with each subscale as a dependent variable and students' sex and age as covariables.
resultsIn total, 396 students answered the N-GAMS questionnaire, their mean age was 22 years old, 62.6% of them were women. GS and GRID sub-scores were not significantly different between female and male students (GS 3.62 for women, 3.70 for men, p = 0.27, GRID 2.10 for women, 2.13 for men, p = 0.76). A statistically significant difference was found in the GRIP subscale, with a mean score of 1.83 for women and 2.07 for men (p < 0.001), which suggests a more gender stereotyped opinion toward patients among male students. A trend was observed with age, gender sensibility increased (p < 0.001) and stereotypes decreased (GRIP p = 0.04, GRID p = 0.02) with students getting older.
conclusionMedical students' gender sensitivity seems to improve throughout the medical curriculum, and women students have less stereotypes towards patients than men do. The implementation of a gender-sensitive teaching in the medical curriculum could improve students' knowledge, limit gender bias and improve patients' care.
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