Universidad de ciencias Médicas de Camagüey. Camagüey, Cuba
Universidad de ciencias Médicas de Camagüey. Camagüey, Cuba.
Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador. Instituto Pedagógico Rural “Gervasio Rubio”. Camagüey, Cuba.
Objective: to sensitize in gender the first-year students of the medical career of the University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey.
Method: the research was carried out from a mixed research approach, with a sequential exploratory design. For the diagnosis of the need for gender awareness, the sample will be non-probabilistic.
Results: the gender awareness needs were diagnosed (clarification of the differences in the terms sex and gender; stereotypes and gender roles; prejudices and beliefs associated with gender and gender perspective in health-disease dynamics), a program was designed to sensitize first-year medical students to gender.
Conclusion: there are needs for gender awareness in first-year medical students. The designed program has a total of 6 work sessions to sensitize first-year medical students to gender.
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