Macpherson, BE and Quinton, ND (2022) Menopause and healthcare professional education: A scoping review. Maturitas: An international journal of midlife health and beyond, 166. pp. 89-95. ISSN 0378-5122
Abstract
Objectives
There has been a growing discourse regarding menopause, but despite this growth there is little education on this important topic across health professions. This scoping review provides a comprehensive synthesis of how menopause is represented in health professions' education literature, to inform future pedagogy and practice.
Design
A scoping review using the framework developed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005).
Methods
In the scoping review, only empirical studies were considered and only those published in the English language were included. Four databases were interrogated using a variety of search terms, including menopause, healthcare, medical and education.
Results
Twelve studies were included and mapped independently by the authors onto the internally developed data-extraction tool. Insights into how menopause is understood in educational terms and how it is taught within health professions' education were gained, specifically in relation to knowledge, language used, and learning and educational gaps.
Conclusion
The review establishes how menopause is understood in educational terms and how it is taught within health professions' education, and develops an understanding of the pedagogy of menopause. There is an urgent need for menopause to be included in mainstream curricula and for an appropriate pedagogy that acknowledges the complexity of the topic, to achieve excellence in education across health professions' education. There is a broader perspective in addressing the challenges for health professions' education in terms of the prioritisation and pedagogy of women's health.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Menopause; Education; Health professions; Medicine |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Education > Clinical Education (LIME) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2022 10:58 |
Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2022 10:58 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.08.009 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190953 |