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Drexel University College of Medicine’s Women’s Health Education Program (WHEP) is one of six original National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. WHEP is committed to advocating for women’s health issues in medicine. Our efforts are directed toward long and short term change, with the hope that the future physicians we train will view women’s health as a fundamental element of medical care that is more than reproductive health.

Mission
Innovate, Educate, Advocate, and Integrate: preparing tomorrow’s physicians for excellence in health care delivery to all women across the lifespan.

Philosophy
The lives of women will improve as health professional training becomes imbued with holistic, comprehensive strategies for the care of women. A curriculum that truly incorporates sex and gender medicine and expands women’s health beyond reproductive medicine to the entire lifespan requires a robust multidisciplinary approach that blends biomedical, psychosocial, and public health aspects of health and disease. The academic framework for achieving this curriculum nurtures excellence in: educational innovation, clinical care, research endeavors, advocacy for patients, and mentorship and advocacy for students and future physicians.

Primary goal is to train medical students to be physicians who treat patients holistically and are active listeners who integrate new knowledge with clinical care.