CEHAT, an NGO in Maharashtra in collaboration with the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) and the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) undertook a unique experiment to implement gender-integrated modules in undergraduate medical education. [...] In this policy brief, we summarise the lessons learnt from this 10-year implementation study in Maharashtra, which is being expanded across other states, and how these lessons and the resource material generated can contribute to the realization of the vision of the Indian Medical Graduate (Vision 2015, Medical Council of India) and the Competency-Based Medical Education with its Attitudes, Ethics. [...] University of the Western Cape School of Public Health What was our study about, where was it done and how? The Public Health Foundation of India’s Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health (RCESDH), Bengaluru, supported by CEHAT Mumbai, conducted research on Gender in Medical Education (GME) to examine and systematically document: i) the context which gave rise to the CEHA. [...] results and in sustaining the initiative? What are the output and outcomes of the gender in medical education initiative? What are some of the transferable lessons in gender integration? Pg 2 What were the key findings of the study? We found several enabling factors in the macro environment: (i) legal and policy changes both globally and within the country, such as the WHO’s commitment to integrat. [...] As the experiment enters other states, such as Karnataka, it is important to remember that some of the important enablers for the Maharashtra experience (such as buy-in from the University and the Director of Medical Education) are not visible.
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