Approaches to considering sex and gender in continuous professional development for health and social care professionals: An emerging paradigm.

ATTITUDE (Psychology); CLINICAL competence; CONTENT analysis; CONTINUING education; DATABASE management; GENDER identity; HEALTH care teams; INTERDISCIPLINARY education; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL research; PROFESSIONAL employee training; PROFESSIONS; SEX distribution; GENDER role; HUMAN services programs; SOCIAL worker attitudes

Consideration of sex and gender in research and clinical practice is necessary to redress health inequities and reduce knowledge gaps. As all health professionals must maintain and update their skills throughout their career, developing innovative continuing professional education programs that integrate sex and gender issues holds great promise for reducing these gaps. This article proposes new approaches to partnership, team development, pedagogical theory, content development, evaluation and data management that will advance the integration of sex and gender in continuing professional development (CPD). Our perspectives build on an intersectoral and interprofessional research team that includes several perspectives, including those of CPD, health systems, knowledge translation and sex and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]