High blood pressure and knowledge of gender differences in cardiovascular disease among the top priorities for physicians in new research report
Professor Eva Gerdts participated in an international study where European physicians assessed the importance of expert statements on women’s health. Both knowledge of hypertension and differences in symptoms and disease patterns between women and men ranked high on the list.
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The Delphi study was led by Amsterdam University Medical Center and included European and American experts in women’s health related to cardiovascular disease, emergency medicine, psychiatry, neurology, pharmacology, gynecology, reproductive health, oncology, socioeconomics, violence against women, and public health.
Patient representatives were organized by the European Institute of Women’s Health.
The study demonstrates what all physicians should know about women’s health and what education on women’s health should include. It also highlights the need for these findings to lead to the development of dedicated learning objectives and teaching in curricula for all health and social care professions, as well as in continuing education for current healthcare workers and in specialist training for physicians.
“This is an opportunity for political and administrative health leadership in Norway to take the lead in innovative follow-up of these important findings,” says Professor Eva Gerdts. The findings are also relevant for further development of the DRIV Center for Women’s Health.