Nitasha
Sharma,
BS
Evaluation Committee Leader
American Medical Women's Association
Nitasha Sharma is an Evaluation Committee Leader for the Sex and Gender Health Collaborative (SGHC) of the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). She graduated from University of California Davis in 2021 with a BS in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior. She currently works as a researcher at the University of California Davis and is interested in pursuing higher medical education.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Join the leaders of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative Student Engagement Group (SEG), Teresa Cochran and Heather Miselis, along with a panel of students from institutions across the United States, to learn more about interprofessional student groups and initiatives.
Learning Objectives: Following the panel discussion, participants will be able to:
Recognize strategies to initiate an interprofessional student group at your institution
Identify ways to balance interprofessional learning with profession-specific demands
Network with others to learn strategies that…
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.…