The essential menopause curriculum for healthcare professionals: A European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) position statement

•Managing perimenopausal and postmenopausal health is a key issue for all areas of healthcare, not just gynecology.•Training programs for healthcare professionals worldwide should include menopause and postmenopausal health in their curriculum.•The curriculum should include assessment, diagnosis and...

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Published in:Maturitas 2022-04, Vol.158, p.70-77
Main Authors: Rees, Margaret, Abernethy, Kathy, Bachmann, Gloria, Bretz, Silvia, Ceausu, Iuliana, Durmusoglu, Fatih, Erkkola, Risto, Fistonic, Ivan, Gambacciani, Marco, Geukes, Marije, Goulis, Dimitrios G., Griffiths, Amanda, Hamoda, Haitham, Hardy, Claire, Hartley, Caiomhe, Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén, Kydd, Angela, Marshall, Skye, Meczekalski, Blazej, Mendoza, Nicolas, Mueck, Alfred, Persand, Emma, Riach, Kathleen, Smetnik, Antonina, Stute, Petra, van Trotsenburg, Mick, Yuksel, Nese, Weiss, Rachel, Lambrinoudaki, Irene
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiovascular disease
Consensus
Curriculum
Dementia
Education
Europe
Female
Health Personnel - education
Humans
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Menopause
Osteoporosis
Premature ovarian insufficiency
Societies, Medical
Women's health
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Summary:•Managing perimenopausal and postmenopausal health is a key issue for all areas of healthcare, not just gynecology.•Training programs for healthcare professionals worldwide should include menopause and postmenopausal health in their curriculum.•The curriculum should include assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based management strategies. The menopause, or the cessation of menstruation, is a stage of the life cycle which will occur in all women. Managing perimenopausal and postmenopausal health is a key issue for all areas of healthcare, not just gynecology. To provide recommendations for the curriculum of education programs for healthcare professionals worldwide, so that all can receive high quality training on menopause. Literature review and consensus of expert opinion. Training programs for healthcare professionals worldwide should include menopause and postmenopausal health in their curriculum. It should include assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based management strategies.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.001