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Table 2 Medical student attitudes and perceptions of sex- and gender-based medicine, question 5

From: Sex and gender in medical education: a national student survey

 

I am familiar with the topic of sex and gender differences in medicine

Women’s Health focuses solely on issues specific to females (menarche, pregnancy, menopause)

Sex and gender medicine is the same as women’s health

Knowing sex and gender differences improves one’s ability to manage patients

The majority of medical knowledge is based on data obtained from males

Medical education should include the teaching of sex and gender differences

My medical education has included the teaching of sex and gender differences

Year in medical school

Percentage agree/strongly agree

First year

79.3

31.2

4.0

97.8

58.3

93.8

48.6

Second year

86.4

29.6

1.6

96.2

63.9

94.8

62.8

Third year

87.1

31.1

1.3

94.0

63.8

93.2

57.4

Fourth year

89.1

33.3

1.6

95.3

63.1

94.8

66.7

Average

85.3

31.0

2.1

96.0

63.2

94.2

58.6

ANOVA (p value)

0.004

0.871

0.033

0.004

0.678

0.050

0.001

ANOVA F

4.527

0.236

2.914

4.533

0.506

2.615

5.246

  1. Students were asked their level of agreement or disagreement via four-point Likert scale about certain statements regarding sex and gender education in medical education, from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”. (n = 1070)