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Table 1 List of eGender Medicine module and course titles

From: eGender—from e-Learning to e-Research: a web-based interactive knowledge-sharing platform for sex- and gender-specific medical education

Module

Course

Key terms

Module 1: Gender Medicine—Basics

1.1 Gender Medicine—Basics

Sex, gender, personalized medicine, gender equality, social determinants of health

Module 2: Gender differences in cardiology

2.1 Cardiovascular risk factors—traditional and new!

Risk factors, pregnancy, autoimmune diseases, Mosca Score, prevention

 

2.2 Heart failure diseases

Heart failure with preserved (normal) ejection fraction (HFPEF) or diastolic heart failure, Cardiomyopathies

 

2.3 Chronic ischemic heart disease

Chronic ischemic heart disease, pathophysiology

 

2.4 Acute coronary syndrome/myocardial infarction

Risk factors, non-obstructive coronary artery disease, symptoms, outcome

Module 3: Pulmonology

3.1 Allergic airway diseases

Asthma, allergic airway disease, environmental factors, genetic predisposition, dyspnea

 

3.2 COPD and female smokers

COPD, smoking, shortness of breath, corticosteroids, BODE index, spirometry

 

3.3 Lung cancer

Cancer, smoking, CT, estrogen receptor, fatigue

 

3.4 Sleep disturbances

Sleep, fatigue, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs, snoring

Module 4: Renal diseases

4.1 Pathophysiology

Endocrine function, testosterone deficiency, uremic state, peritoneal sclerosis

 

4.2 Clinics and diagnosis

Chronic renal disease, diabetic nephropathy, albuminuria, diabetes mellitus, polycystic kidney disease

 

4.3. End-stage renal disease

ESRD, transplantation, dialysis, age, diabetes

Module 5: Rheumatology

5.1 The immune system

Autoimmunity, humoral- and cell-mediated immunity, antibodies, lymphocytes, cytokines, microchimerism

 

5.2. Systemic lupus erythematosus

Autoimmune, inflammatory, renal disease, hypertension, young women, Klinefelter’s syndrome

 

5.3 Multiple sclerosis

Central nervous system, autoreactive CD4+ T cells, demyelisation, prolactin

 

5.4 Rheumatoid arthritis

Inflammation, auto-antibodies, smoking, pregnancy, Anti-TNFα medications

Module 6: Gastroenterology/hepatology

6.1 Autoimmune diseases

Autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, fetal microchimerism, cirrhosis, fatigue, anorexia, amenorrhea

 

6.2 Infectious diseases

Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, infection, HBsAg seroconversion, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver fibrosis, viral genotype

 

6.3 Mechanical diseases

Erosive reflux disease, non-erosive reflux disease, lower esophageal sphincter, hiatal hernias, heartburn, Barrett’s esophagus

 

6.4 Functional diseases

Abdominal pain, psychological distress, widespread gastrointestinal disorder

 

6.5 Multifactorial diseases

Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, inflammation, X chromosome, menstrual cycle, pregnancy,immunosuppression

Module 7: Endocrinology

7.1 Insulin resistance and beta-cell secretion

Pre-diabetes, diabetes mell., obesity, OGTT, IGT, PCOS

 

7.2 Appetite and weight gain

Obesity, lifestyle, disease, stress, puberty, adiponectin, energy metabolism, BMI

 

7.3 Bone structure and osteoporosis

Primary osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, osteoporotic fractures, periosteal growth, bone mineral density, menopause

Module 8: Neurology

8.1 Inflammatory neurological diseases

multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, demyelination of neurons, central nervous system, inflammation, autoreactive CD4+ T cells, autoimmune diseases, TNFalpha,interferon

 

8.2 Degenerative neurological diseases

Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, agitation, depression, strogen, ß-amyloid plaque, brain function, dopamine, rigidity, tremor, functional disability

 

8.3 Epilepsy

Seizures, catamenial epilepsy, teratogenic effect of antiepileptic drugs

 

8.4 Stroke

Cardio-embolic, atherosclerotic and lacunar stroke, atrial fibrillation, hypertension