Gender Competency Training for Medical Educators 28th of April 2003 Introduction to Programme and Concepts

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Gender Competency Training for Medical
Educators28th of April 2003Introduction to
Programme and Concepts

• Ann-Maree Nobelius
• Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Monash University Australia

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First order of business

• Please tell me what these two concepts mean to
  you
• gender
• a gender perspective in medicine

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Aims of the session

• Difference between sex and gender
• Evidence of difference
• Clinical consequences of difference
• Gender analysis skills
• Dealing with resistance
• QA

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Programme
Time Presenter Topic
1.101.15 Ann-Maree Nobelius Introduction of Programme
1.151.30 AMN Language and Concepts
1.301.45 Ms Jo Wainer From Women to Gender the Evolution of the Monash Gender Issues Project
1.452.00 AMN Evidence of Difference
2.002.20 Dr Kaye Birks Clinical Consequences of Cardiac Difference
2.202.40 AMN Masculinity and Health
2.40-3.00 Ms Mary Samuhel Gender Dysphoria and Health
3.003.30   Afternoon Tea
3.304.00 JW/AMN Gender Collisions Resistance Skills
4.004.20 Jo Wainer, Kaye Birks Sudesh Arora Q A Session with those who have taught and evaluated Gender Teaching at Monash
4.20 4.30 JW/AMN Feedback, Discussion and Conclusions
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Presenters

• Ms Ann-Maree Nobelius
• Ms Jo Wainer
• Dr Kaye Birks
• Dr Sudesh Arora
• Ms Mary Samuhel

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Definitions

• What is the difference between sex and gender?
• Sex male and female
• Gender masculine and feminine

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• Sex refers to biological differences
  chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and
  external sex organs.
• Gender describes the qualities that a society or
  culture delineates as masculine or feminine.

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a real man, masculine or manly or a
female a real woman, feminine or womanly in
one culture may be very different to another

• woman female feminine social role
• man male masculine social role

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Misunderstandings

• resistance from staff demonstrated the need for
  training and clarification
• gender does not mean sex, female or feminism
• a gender perspective in medicine is not a
  euphemism for womens health, feminism or for men
  needing to get in touch with their feminine
  side
• there are times when it is impossible to
  differentiate the biological from the social
  determinants of health convention dictates the
  use of gender rather than sex in those cases
• misuse of terms is widespread

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A gender perspective in medicine is
multidimensionalbecause all players in the
healthcare process have a gender

• So from the patients perspective
• gender perspective in medicine simply
  acknowledges the differential roles that
  masculinity and femininity play in mens and
  womens health
• From the providers perspective
• a gender perspective acknowledges the ways in
  which the gender of the provider impacts on the
  health care event

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• From an educational perspective
• identifies the gendered nature of medical
  education/texts/teaching styles
• From an evidence based perspective
• acknowledges the clinical consequences of gender
  blind medical research and the resulting medical
  evidence
• and the list goes on.

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What does mainstreaming mean?

• Mainstreaming
• mainstreaming a gender perspective in medicine
  therefore means acknowledging where difference is
  important throughout the entire curriculum and
  teaching process and providing balance where
  needed
• We are going to focus on the perspectives that
• are most pertinent to your teaching right now.