2017 Abstracts American Physiological Soceity Experimental Biology Information

Curricular Innovation in Sex and Gender Based Medical Physiology Education

Refresher Course — Saturday, April 22, 2024 — 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM — , Room W190A
Education Committee — Chair: Karie Scrogin — Co-Chair: Jennifer Sasser

Discoveries in sex and gender differences in health and disease are now beginning to impact clinical practice as we move closer to the ideal of individualized medicine.  This refresher course is targeted toward the medical school instructor who desires to update their course or lecture content with clinically relevant information on sex and gender differences in physiology.  Four lectures will be presented which together cover a broad spectrum of topics taught in medical physiology.  Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, Chief Research Officer of the Laura Bush Institute for Womens Health will discuss why and how to integrate a sex and gender-based curriculum into an existing medical physiology course.  Dr. Gillian Einstein, Director of the Collaborative Program in Womens Health at the University of Toronto will discuss the impact of sex hormones on cognition.  Dr. Kent Thornburg, Director of the Moore institute for Nutrition and Wellness at Oregon Health and Sciences University will provide an update on how sex differences in fetal programming impacts the health of adults.  And finally, Dr. Virginia Miller, Director of the Womens Health Research Center at Mayo Clinic will provide an overview of clinically important findings on sex and gender differences in cardiovascular function.  Attendees will be provided with links to resources that can be used to guide the development of a sex and gender based medical physiology curriculum.

Speakers

  • Why we need it, where we are now and where we need to go
    Majorie Jenkins — Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences

  • Ovarian Hormones Mood and cognition

    Gillian Einstein — Psychology, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

  • Sex Differences in fetal programming: consequences for multiple generations
    Kent Thornburg — Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University

  • Educating the Educators

    Virgina Miller — Surgery, Mayo Clinic