Gender Medicine: The Journal for the Study of Sex & Gender Differences RSS feed: Articles in Press. Gender Medicine focuses on the impact of sex and gender on normal human physiology, and the pathophysiology and clinical features of disease. Gender Medicine seeks to publish reports of original scientific investigations that use biological sex and/or gender as a significant variable in the experimental protocol. The journal also encourages submission of brief reports, commentaries, and letters to the editor that address timely or proactive issues in gender-specific medicine, including cardiology, endocrinology, oncology, dermatology, public health policy, infection disease, geriatrics and aging, gastroenterology, and neurology. Specialty Section Gender Medicine features a specialty section, Society, Culture, and Health , focused on original reports from the entire spectrum of academic disciplines devoted to the study of the human condition as it relates to both biological sex and the broader concept of gender. One of the difficult tasks in gender medicine is to determine which phenomena are the results of biology and which are consequences of the environment. Therefore, the journal encourages scholars in disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other allied sciences to consider contributions to the journal. Audience The journal serves an international multidisciplinary audience in a mixture of academic and clinical practice settings. http://www.gendermedjournal.com//inpress?rss=yesElsevier Inc.en © 2012 Elsevier HS Journals, Inc. All rights reserved. Gender Medicine: The Journal for the Study of Sex & Gender Differences1550-85792012-02-03 © 2012 Elsevier HS Journals, Inc. All rights reserved. healthpermissions@elsevier.comhttp://www.gendermedjournal.com/article/PIIS1550857912000253/abstract?rss=yesAbstract: Background: Sex and gender differences exist in the manifestation and prevalence of many conditions and diseases. Yet many clinician training programs neglect to integrate this information across their curricula. Objective: This study aimed to measure the sex and gender medical knowledge of medical students enrolled in a program without an explicit directive to integrate sex and gender differences across a block system of core subjects. Methods: A forced-choice instrument consisting of 35 multiple-choice and true or false questions was adapted from an evaluation tool used in the European Curriculum in Gender Medicine held at Charité Hospital, Berlin, in September 2010. Results: Fourth-year (response rate 93%) and second-year (response rate 70%) students enrolled in Mayo Medical School completed the instrument. More than 50% of students in both classes indicated that topics related to sex and gender were covered in gynecology, cardiology, and pediatrics, and <20% of students indicated inclusion of such topics in nephrology, neurology, and orthopedics. More than twice as many second-year students indicated that topics dealing with sex and gender were included in immunology course material compared with fourth-year students. A consensus of written comments indicated that concepts of sex and gender-based medicine need to be embedded into existing curriculum, with an emphasis on clinically relevant information. Conclusions: Although this study represents only one medical school in the United States, information regarding sex and gender aspects of medicine is not consistently included in this curriculum without an explicit directive. These results can provide guidance for curriculum improvement to train future physicians. Evaluating Sex and Gender Competencies in the Medical Curriculum: A Case Study - Corrected ProofVirginia M. Miller, Priscilla M. Flynn, Keith D. Lindor10.1016/j.genm.2012.01.006Gender Medicine: The Journal for the Study of Sex & Gender Differences (2012)2012-02-03Gender Medicine: The Journal for the Study of Sex & Gender Differences2012-02-03