Does Unconscious Gender-Bias in Medicine Lead to Inequity of Care for Women?

Dr. Janice Werbinski is a staunch advocate for medical education that changes the way healthcare is delivered to women. She will discuss gender and sex differences in medicine, harm caused when women’s issues are not considered in research and treatment, and why medical schools should incorporate sex and gender differences in curriculum.

Dr. Werbinski is board-certified in OB GYN, is a Certified Menopause Provider, and she practiced Women's Health and Gynecology for 40 years. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor Emerita at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine where she teaches Sex and Gender Specific Medicine and has written an iBook on that topic. She has published numerous peer reviewed articles on Women’s Health and Sex Specific Medicine. During her career in Kalamazoo, she was the Medical Director of both Bronson’s Center for Women’s Health and Borgess Women’s Health and she served as volunteer Founding Medical Director of the Kalamazoo YWCA Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program.

For more information, contact Kelsey Caras:  [email protected]

Objective(s): 1 Participants will be able to identify potential gaps in research and studies regarding sex and gender. 2 Participants will be able to include appropriate numbers of women and men in studies and report differences based on sex/gender 3 Participants will be able to integrate the question ''how might this appear in the other sex?''
Location: Online
Specialties: Cardiovascular Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, General Practice, General Surgery, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, Nutrition, Obstetrics, Orthopedic Surgery, Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Psychology, Public Health, Social Work, Academic/Research, Occupational Therapy, EMS, Law Enforcement, Vascular Surgery, Surgical Specialties, Medical Assistants

Faculty Disclosures:
Janice Werbinski, MD (Janice Werbinski, MD: Nothing to disclose - 05/11/2020 )


Saturday, May 1, 2021, 1:57 PM - Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 2:57 PM

1. Participants will be able to identify potential gaps in research and studies regarding sex and gender.
2. Participants will be able to include appropriate numbers of women and men in studies and report differences based on sex/gender
3. Participants will be able to integrate the question "how might this appear in the other sex?"

In support of improving patient care, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 
 
Credit amount subject to change. 

Interprofessional Continuing Education 
 
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. 
 
Physicians 
 
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
 
Nurses 
 
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine designates this activity for 1.00 contact hours for nurses.  Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Workers 
 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits. 
 
Psychologists 
 
This program is co-sponsored by the American Psychological Association for continuing education credit. The American Psychological Association retains responsibility for the program.  This activity is designated for 1.00 APA CE Credits. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ACE CE Credits (1.00 hours), APA CE Credits (1.00 hours), Continuing Nursing Credit- ANCC (1.00 hours), General Attendance (1.00 hours), IPCE Credit (1.00 hours), Other Learner Attendance (1.00 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.