Perceptions of lecturers and students regarding discriminatory experiences and sexual harassment in academic medicine - results from a faculty-wide quantitative study.

Background: Discrimination and sexual harassment are prevalent in higher education institutions and can affect students, faculty members and employees. Herein the aim was to assess the extent of discriminatory experiences and sexual harassment of students and lecturers at one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe. We analyze whether there are differences between lecturers and students, different study programs as well as sex/gender differences.

Impact of COVID-19 on the private and professional lives of highly educated women working in global health in Europe-A qualitative study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a deepening of existing inequalities and a rollback of achievements made in gender equality. Women in Global Health (WGH) is a global movement that aims to achieve gender equality in health and increase female leadership in global health. Here, the aim was to understand how the pandemic affects the private and professional lives of women working in global health in different European countries.

Survival and therapeutic response in patients with melanoma of unknown and known primary: a single-centre retrospective analysis.

Background: The survival of patients with melanoma of unknown primary (MUP) is proposed to be more favourable than that for melanoma of known primary (MKP). This may be due to an enhanced initial immune response in patients with MUP, which could also affect the efficacy of immunotherapy in advanced disease.

Objectives: The present study compared therapeutic outcome and survival in Stage III and IV MUP and MKP.

[The use of workplace health promotion interventions in Germany-results of the study "German Health Update" (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS)].

Background/objectives: Workplace health promotion (WHP) interventions can reach a large part of the population. They are designed to improve work organisation and conditions and to promote the personal competencies of employees. Here the aim was to describe the use of WHP interventions based on individual factors and factors related to the size and branch of the companies.

Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis on Sex and Gender in Preparatory Material for National Medical Examination in Germany and the United States.

Background: Sex- and gender-based medicine (SGBM) should be a mandatory part of medical education. We compared the quantity and quality of sex- and gender-related content of e-learning materials commonly used by German and American medical students while preparing for national medical examinations.

Methods: Quantitative, line-by-line analysis of the preparatory materials AMBOSS 2017 and USMLE Step 1 Lecture Notes (2017) by KAPLAN MEDICAL was performed between April and October 2017.

Evaluation of curricular relevance and actual integration of sex/gender and cultural competencies by final year medical students: effects of student diversity subgroups and curriculum.

Diversity issues play a key role in medical practice and have recently been more explicitly integrated into undergraduate medical curricula in Europe and worldwide. However, research on students´ perspectives on the relevance and curricular integration of diversity issues, such as sex/gender and culture-sensitive competencies, is still limited. The Charité Berlin (Germany) ran in parallel a traditional and a competency-based medical program.

The modular curriculum of medicine at the Charité Berlin - a project report based on an across-semester student evaluation.

The introduction of a reform clause into the German licensing laws for medical doctors has enabled German faculties to pilot alternative designs for medical degree programmes. The aim of this project report is to outline the curricular features of the modular curriculum of medicine (MCM) at the Charité and to assess the results of its implementation based on a student evaluation across semesters. The MCM was planned and implemented in a competency- and outcome-based manner from 2010-2016 in a faculty-wide process.

Single-center real-life experience with low-dose ipilimumab monotherapy in adjuvant setting for patients with stage III melanoma.

Ipilimumab is approved for adjuvant melanoma treatment at a dose of 10 mg/kg, but its use is limited owing to high toxicity and treatment-associated costs. We retrospectively analyzed 29 patients who underwent complete resection of stage IIC-III melanoma and were treated with ipilimumab 3 mg/kg in an adjuvant setting. The aim was to assess development of adverse events (primary endpoint) and to evaluate survival outcomes (secondary endpoint) under adjuvant treatment with ipilimumab in a real-life setting.

The use of quality assurance instruments and methods to integrate diversity aspects into health professions study programmes.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background With the increasing diversity in our population, future medical doctors need to have adequate diversity and gender competencies in order to provide adequate and good quality of medical care.

Moving a mountain: Practical insights into mastering a major curriculum reform at a large European medical university.

Aim: Undergraduate medical education is currently in a fundamental transition towards competency-based programs around the globe. A major curriculum reform implies a dual challenge: the change of the curriculum and the delivering organization. Both are closely interwoven.

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

Background: Sex and Gender Medicine is a novel discipline that provides equitable medical care for society and improves outcomes for both male and female patients. The integration of sex- and gender-specific knowledge into medical curricula is limited due to adequate learning material, systematic teacher training and an innovative communication strategy. We aimed at initiating an e-learning and knowledge-sharing platform for Sex and Gender Medicine, the eGender platform (http://egender.

A Successful Strategy to Integrate Sex and Gender Medicine into a Newly Developed Medical Curriculum.

Background: A new modular, outcome-based, interdisciplinary curriculum was introduced for undergraduate medical education at one of the largest European medical faculties. A key stated institutional goal was to systematically integrate sex and gender medicine and gender perspectives into the curriculum in order to foster adequate gender-related knowledge and skills for future doctors concerning the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and research of diseases.

Methods: A change agent was integrated directly into the curriculum development team to facilitate interactions with all key players of the curricular development process.