Gender awareness among medical students in a Swiss University
| العنوان: | Gender awareness among medical students in a Swiss University |
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| المؤلفون: | Toine Lagro-Janssen, Aude Fauvel, Isabella Locatelli, Joëlle Schwarz, Ilire Rrustemi, Carole Clair |
| المصدر: | BMC Medical Education, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) BMC medical education, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 156 BMC Medical Education, 20, 1 BMC Medical Education BMC Medical Education, 20 |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Gender stereotypes, Students, Medical, lcsh:Medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 0302 clinical medicine, 5. Gender equality, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, 030212 general & internal medicine, lcsh:LC8-6691, 4. Education, General Medicine, Awareness, 3. Good health, Female, Gender sensitivity, Gender, Gender bias, Medical education, Psychology, Switzerland, Clinical psychology, Research Article, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Adult, Medical curriculum, Adolescent, Sexism, education, Education, Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18], 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Sex Factors, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Cronbach's alpha, Humans, Female students, lcsh:Special aspects of education, business.industry, Significant difference, lcsh:R, Mean age, Cross-Sectional Studies, Stereotyped Behavior, business |
| الوصف: | Background Gender 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. Methods A 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. Results In 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 p = 0.04, GRID p = 0.02) with students getting older. Conclusion Medical 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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| تدمد: | 1472-6920 |
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