Medical Student Education / Harvard Medical School

Ambulatory Care for Women: An Interdisciplinary Approach (IND514.23)


Building on our partnership with Harvard Medical School (HMS), we have developed a women’s health clinical elective for medical students that emphasizes new understandings in gender-informed medicine across a person’s lifespan. Students will gain a multifaceted perspective on women’s health through learning in varied clinical environments. The elective is primarily based at the interdisciplinary Gretchen S. and Edward A. Fish Center for Women’s Health (Fish Center) and offers unique opportunities in outpatient training in primary care, medical specialties, neurology, behavioral health and family planning, among other specialties. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the division affiliated C.A.R.E. Clinic and the Bridges to Moms Clinic. The course includes a focus on career development in sex- and gender-specific medicine and offers mentorship opportunities in the field. The curriculum spans the prevention, presentation, and treatment of disease in women, with an emphasis on trauma-informed care.


Course Directors

Eve Rittenberg, MD

Kari Braaten, MD, MPH

For more information, please contact Stacey Escalante at: snescalante@bwh.harvard.edu