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

Margaret Rees; Kathy Abernethy; Gloria Bachmann; Silvia Bretz; Iuliana Ceausu; Fatih Durmusoglu; Risto Erkkola; Ivan Fistonic; Marco Gambacciani; Marije Geukes; Dimitrios G Goulis; Amanda Griffiths; Haitham Hamoda; Claire Hardy; Caiomhe Hartley; Angelica Lindén Hirschberg; Angela Kydd; Skye Marshall; Blazej Meczekalski; Nicolas Mendoza; Alfred Mueck; Emma Persand; Kathleen Riach; Antonina Smetnik; Petra Stute; Mick van Trotsenburg; Nese Yuksel; Rachel Weiss; Irene Lambrinoudaki

doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.001

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

Maturitas. 2022 Apr:158:70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.001. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

Authors

Margaret Rees¹, Kathy Abernethy², Gloria Bachmann³, Silvia Bretz⁴, Iuliana Ceausu⁵, Fatih Durmusoglu⁶, Risto Erkkola⁷, Ivan Fistonic⁸, Marco Gambacciani⁹, Marije Geukes¹⁰, Dimitrios G Goulis¹¹, Amanda Griffiths¹², Haitham Hamoda¹³, Claire Hardy¹⁴, Caiomhe Hartley¹⁵, Angelica Lindén Hirschberg¹⁶, Angela Kydd¹⁷, Skye Marshall¹⁸, Blazej Meczekalski¹⁹, Nicolas Mendoza²⁰, Alfred Mueck²¹, Emma Persand²², Kathleen Riach²³, Antonina Smetnik²⁴, Petra Stute²⁵, Mick van Trotsenburg²⁶, Nese Yuksel²⁷, Rachel Weiss²⁸, Irene Lambrinoudaki²⁹

Affiliations

¹ Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
² Peppy Health, Mortimer House, Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK.
³ Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
⁴ Clinica Silvia Bretz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology I, Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
⁶ İstanbul Medipol International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.
⁸ Institute for Women's Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁹ Menopause and Osteoporosis Unit, San Rossore Clinical Center, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (Hospital Group Twente), Post box 7600, 7600 SZ Almelo, the Netherlands.
¹¹ Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹² School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK.
¹³ Department Gynaecology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
¹⁴ Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4AT, UK.
¹⁵ Menopause Health Clinic, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁶ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁷ School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen AB10 7QG, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Science, Nutrition Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Bond University Nutrition & Dietetics Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁹ Department of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
²⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Granada, Spain.
²¹ Department of Women's Health, University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany; Beijing OB/GYN Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
²² Lemur Health Ltd, Wilmslow, UK.
²³ Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia.
²⁴ Department of Gynecological Endocrinology, National Medical Research Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
²⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
²⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital St. Poelten-Lilienfeld, Austria.
²⁷ Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
²⁸ Menopause Café Charity, c/o Rowan Consultancy, 4 Kinnoull Street, Perth, PH1 5EN, UK.
²⁹ Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Electronic address: ilambrinoudaki@med.uoa.gr.

PMID: 35115178
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.001

Abstract

Introduction: 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.

Aim: To provide recommendations for the curriculum of education programs for healthcare professionals worldwide, so that all can receive high quality training on menopause.

Materials and methods: Literature review and consensus of expert opinion.

Summary recommendations: 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.

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Dementia; Education; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Premature ovarian insufficiency; Women's health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Consensus
Curriculum*
Europe
Female
Health Personnel* / education
Humans
Menopause*
Societies, Medical