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Establishing a women's health curriculum using the Delphi Method.
Billy Philips1, Garland Anderson, Kimberly Ridl
1Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1153, USA. bphiliips@utmb.edu
Education for Health (Abingdon, England)
|January 27, 2004
Summary
A Women's Health Initiative Task Force prioritized key women's health topics for medical education. This will inform a new curriculum for medical students and resident physicians, ensuring consistent training on women's health issues.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Women's Health
Background:
- Established a Women's Health Initiative Task Force at UTMB.
- Task force comprised five primary care medical specialties.
- Focused on enhancing medical student education in women's health.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify and prioritize critical women's health concepts.
- Develop a comprehensive women's health curriculum.
- Ensure consistent educational opportunities for medical trainees.
Main Methods:
- Conducted a literature review.
- Employed a three-generational Delphi Method.
- Defined curriculum objectives, tasks, and skills.
Main Results:
- Identified essential content for a women's health curriculum.
- Defined learning objectives, tasks, skills, and materials.
- Curriculum designed for parallel and consistent specialty training.
Conclusions:
- Delphi Method rankings will guide curriculum development.
- Curriculum to define objectives, tasks, skills, and materials.
- Aims to educate medical students and residents on women's health needs.