We have been unable to persuade administration to support this instruction. Geriatric assessment and community resource identification are a major component of this course. Where applicable, pharmacology lectures incorporate age and gender specific information into all lectures. Examples would be discussion of the differences in rates of cardiovascular disease and stroke in women and how that might effect therapeutics. Discussion of the use of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer in women and the gender differences in chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting are also examples.
Pharmacology also devotes two lectures to oral contraceptives, estrogens and androgens.
A text in transcultural healthcare supports the discussion in this course. Evidence Based medicine is introduced with opportunity to review current medical research of women's health studies. As an example all students were required to evaluate the HERS study. There are ten 5 weeks clerkships. Students are required to prepare powerpoint presentations.