Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy
At a glance
- Project leader : Tiziana Sala Defilippis
- Co-project leader : Ursula Meidert, René Schaffert
- Project team : Pauline Roux, Noelia Delicado, Véronique Hasler, Sibylle Juvalta, Catherine Ludwig, Virginie Stucki
- Project budget : CHF 300'000
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Federal government (Projektgebundene Beiträge / P-7 Chancengleichheit und Hochschulentwicklung)
- Project partner : Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana SUPSI, Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne HETSL
- Contact person : Ursula Meidert
Description
The project aims to increase awareness and competence regarding gender-related health issues in the physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing curricula by 1) identifying topics that need to be addressed with regard to sex and gender; 2) collecting the current status regarding sex and gender in the respective curricula; 3) creating respective teaching materials; and 4) exchanging teaching material between the participating universities of applied sciences.