Below are case studies submitted by our SGBM trainee/physician community based on clinical experiences and reviewed by SGBM experts. Each case study includes a relevant discussion and references, and can be adapted to TBL, PBL, or Flipped Classroom styles of teaching.
Topic List of Current Cases:
- Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea in an Adolescent Indian Girl
- Addressing Abdominal Pain
- ACL Tears in Female Athletes
- Assessing the Altered Mental Status of an Elderly Patient
- A Complex Case of Chronic Pain
- Sex Differences in Chronic Pain
- Colorectal Cancer in Women
- Sex and Gender Differences in COPD
- COVID and Chest Pain: Patient Case Study
- Common Complaint of Unusual Fatigue and Chest Pressure
- Treating Gender Dysphoria
- Sex and Gender Differences in Lower Extremity Amputation
- Sex Differences in Migraines
- Sex Hormone Differences in Migraine: A Woman with Essential HTN and Preeclampsia
- Assessing Neurological Symptoms
- Panic Disorder and Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Sex Differences in Pain
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
- Pregnancy During Transition
- Gender and Prescription Opioid Abuse
- Sex and Gender Differences in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
- The Role of Estrogen in Pulmonary Hypertension
- Addressing Residual Pain after Abdominal Surgery
- Sex Differences in Sepsis
- Sex Differences in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Takotsubo in this Case
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Template for Creating Sex and Gender Cases
Use the template below to create your own sex and gender based cases and contribute them to our site.
Submit cases to Dr. Jennica Siddle, Sex and Gender Educator and Case Editor/Research Fellowship Director at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, at [email protected]
Total Word Count: 800-1000 words
Title: In This Case: Sex and Gender Based Health Patient Study
- Case Overview: Briefly explain the relevance of this Patient Case study in demonstrating a specific sex and/or gender concern and identify the clinical challenge
- Pertinent Medical History
- Medications
- Relevant Vital Signs
- Laboratory Evaluation
- Physical Exam
- Assessment/Testing
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Follow up
- References (Must be in AMA Citation Format)