Monica
Ybarra
Undergraduate Student
The University of Houston
Monica A. Ybarra is an Undergraduate Biochemistry and Anthropology student at The University of Houston in Houston, TX. She is an Evaluation and Publishing Committee Leader for The Sex and Gender Health Collaborative of the American Medical Women’s Association. She currently is the Secretary of the University of Houston Chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association.
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.…