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PEER-REVIEWED LECTURE SERIES (PERLS) Gender-specic Emergency Medicine Research: Overview and Opportunities Sex and gender are now known to be critical variables that affect health and illness. There is a need for investiga- tions that analyze data according to sex and gender as this may affect patient outcomes and thereby change clinical practice. In this brief 30-minute video presentation, we review the effect that sex- and gender-specic research has had on the eld of emergency medicine (EM) and present concrete examples of current EM literature that methodi- cally study how sex and gender affect patient presentation, management, and outcomes for acute conditions com- mon to our specialty. At the completion of this presentation, participants should be able to dene sex- and gender-specic research and its implications in the eld of EM, provide concrete examples of current EM literature that successfully investi- gate sex and gender differences, and obtain analytical strategies to perform gender-based research in existing research data. Video is available at https://vimeo.com/68387081. Alyson J. McGregor, MD, MA ([email protected]) Department of Emergency Medicine Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence, RI Basmah Safdar, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT Marna Rayl Greenberg, DO, MPH Department of Emergency Medicine Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Allentown, PA Esther K. Choo, MD, MPH Department of Emergency Medicine Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence, RI Supervising Editor: John H. Burton, MD. Sponsored by the Division of Womens Health in Emergency Care at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 1180 PII ISSN 1069-6563583 doi: 10.1111/acem.12239 ISSN 1069-6563 © 2013 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

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Page 1: Gender-specific Emergency Medicine Research: Overview and Opportunities

PEER-REVIEWED LECTURE SERIES (PERLS)

Gender-specific Emergency MedicineResearch: Overview and Opportunities

Sex and gender are now known to be critical variables that affect health and illness. There is a need for investiga-tions that analyze data according to sex and gender as this may affect patient outcomes and thereby change clinicalpractice. In this brief 30-minute video presentation, we review the effect that sex- and gender-specific research hashad on the field of emergency medicine (EM) and present concrete examples of current EM literature that methodi-cally study how sex and gender affect patient presentation, management, and outcomes for acute conditions com-mon to our specialty.

At the completion of this presentation, participants should be able to define sex- and gender-specific researchand its implications in the field of EM, provide concrete examples of current EM literature that successfully investi-gate sex and gender differences, and obtain analytical strategies to perform gender-based research in existingresearch data.

Video is available at https://vimeo.com/68387081.

Alyson J. McGregor, MD, MA([email protected])

Department of Emergency MedicineWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Providence, RIBasmah Safdar, MD

Department of Emergency MedicineYale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CTMarna Rayl Greenberg, DO, MPH

Department of Emergency MedicineLehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

Allentown, PAEsther K. Choo, MD, MPH

Department of Emergency MedicineWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Providence, RI

Supervising Editor: John H. Burton, MD.

Sponsored by the Division of Women’s Health in Emergency Care at the Department of Emergency Medicine atWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

1180 PII ISSN 1069-6563583 doi: 10.1111/acem.12239ISSN 1069-6563 © 2013 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine