Instructional design framework for the sex and gender-specific health multimedia case-based learning modules.

Marjorie Jenkins,Robert Casanova,Jongpil Cheon,Steven M. Crooks

doi:10.1186/s13293-016-0095-5

Abstract

The goal of the Sex and Gender Specific Health (SGSH) curriculum at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is to advance the understanding of sex/gender differences, increase the awareness of gender-specific health issues, and improve the knowledge of sex and gender evidence-based medicine. The purpose of this paper is to explain the development and theoretical rationale for an important aspect of the curriculum: the SGSH Multimedia Case-Based Learning Modules (MCBLMs). The MCBLMs are designed to be used throughout the TTUHSC curriculum as a stand-alone or a supplementary instructional resource. The MCBLMs provide students with authentic learning opportunities that integrate the learning of SGSH with more traditional clinical knowledge and skills. The MCBLMs are specifically designed to enhance students’ clinical reasoning and decision-making skills by portraying realistic clinical scenarios. In this way, students are able to practice effective SGSH as competent health-care professionals.

Highlights

A compelling amount of evidence suggests that many diseases common to both women and men contain sex or gender differences in etiology, pathology, presentation, and treatment response [1]
It is vital to understand and apply these differences in the clinical care process in order to improve health-care outcomes for both women and men; this is the primary purpose of sex and gender-specific health (SGSH) initiatives in clinical medicine [3, 4]
An important component of this educational initiative was the development of the SGSH Multimedia Case-Based Learning Modules (MCBLMs)

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Introduction

A compelling amount of evidence suggests that many diseases common to both women and men contain sex or gender differences in etiology, pathology, presentation, and treatment response [1]. An important component of this educational initiative was the development of the SGSH Multimedia Case-Based Learning Modules (MCBLMs). Increase awareness of gender-specific health issues Advance understanding of sex/gender differences Improve knowledge of sex/gender evidence-based medicine Demonstrate the benefits of an interprofessional approach to health care Engage students in real-world medical problemsolving

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