Deborah
Kwolek,
MD, FACP, FAMWA, NCMP
Lead, Women's Health and Sex and Gender Medicine Program, Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Deborah Kwolek, MD, FACP, NCMP, is a nationally recognized leader in women's health and sex and gender based medicine (WHSGM). She is the founding lead of the WHSGM Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School and is co-editor of the textbook, "Sex- and Gender- based Women's Health: A practical guide for primary care". She served on the national Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI), is Chair of the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Women and Medicine Commission and is Co-Chair of the American Medical Women’s Association/ Sex and Gender Health Collaborative’s mentoring committee.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Interprofessional Student Poster Description: Fewer than 20% of medical schools have incorporated a sex and gender-based health education (SGHE) curriculum that goes beyond the scope of traditional ObGyn. (Jenkins et al. 2016). 94% of medical students acknowledge that understanding SGBM enhances patient management, but only 25% feel adequately prepared to address sex and gender differences in their practice. To address this gap, the Sex and Gender Health Collaborative (SGHC) of the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) launched a National Student Sex and Gender Education Initiative.…