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This innovative course aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills for more inclusive, effective, and contextual care, addressing crucial aspects of sex and gender in healthcare.
In the dynamic field of healthcare, the nuanced understanding of the impact of sex and gender on health and care is becoming increasingly critical. INSIGHTS is a comprehensive course designed to deepen your understanding of these crucial factors and their influence on healthcare practices.
Drawing upon recent research and practical insights, this course emphasizes the significant consequences of overlooking sex and gender in health. It explores the wide-ranging effects on patient access to healthcare, treatment efficacy, and overall population health.
Key areas of learning include
- Conceptual clarity: Understanding sex as a biological variable and gender as a socio-cultural factor in health and medicine.
- Impact analysis: analyze how sex and gender affect patient care and health care practices.
- Interdisciplinary Insights: Apply these perspectives in your own research, clinical practice and public health.
- Practical application: Hands-on activities using human centered design thinking and individualized learning experiences.
- Expert knowledge: Learning from international experts and access to practical tools for everyday work.
Course objectives focus on understanding and integrating sex and gender in healthcare practices and health research, applying analytical skills to real-world problems, and fostering critical reflection among healthcare professionals.
