IOM Workshop Better use of existing assessment methods and new innovative tools are needed to assess the kind of competencies health professional students will need to adapt to a “new professionalism” that is transdisciplinary and is focused on the triple aim of improved patient care and experience, improved population health and reduced costs. In an […]
IOM, medical educationVirginia M. Miller, PhD,1 Morrisa Rice, MHA,2 Londa Schiebinger, PhD,3Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD,4 Janice Werbinski, MD,5 Ana Nu´n˜ez, MD,6Susan Wood, PhD,7 Thomas R. Viggiano, MD,8 and Lynne T. Shuster, MD9 AbstractSex, a biological variable, and gender, a cultural variable, define the individual and affect all aspects of diseaseprevention, development, diagnosis, progression, and treatment. Sex and […]
IOM, medical education, NIH, Women's HealthBlaustein 153 (6): 2539 E-mail: [email protected]. NEWS & VIEWS Beginning with papers submitted as of July 1, 2012, the methods sections of manuscripts submitted to Endocrinology must indicate the sex of animals used, or in the case of primary cells or cultures, the sex of animal from which they were derived. Although not required, […]
Endocrinology, IOM, research reporting
An Institute of Medicine (IOM) report (April 2001), “Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health,” confirmed that differences between the sexes exist in the prevalence and severity of a broad range of diseases, disorders and conditions. The groundbreaking report, Does Sex Matter?, underscores the need to better understand the importance of sex differences and how […]
clinical practice, clinical research, disease prevention, IOM