• Beatriz Manuel, Kristien Roelens, Armindo Tiago, Ines Keygnaert, and Martin Valcke.
• Department of Community Health. Faculty of Medicine. University Eduardo Mondlane. Maputo. Department of Public Health and Primary Care. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Ghent. Belgium.
• Acta Medica Port. 2020 Jan 3; 33 (1): 22-30.

IntroductionThe aim of the study described in this paper is to screen medical curricula in relation to the attention paid to intimate partner violence, by applying a framework derived from the international literature.Material And MethodsWe screened curricula of five Mozambican medical schools based on a state-of-the-art intimate partner violence curriculum framework. The latter framework was based on a review of the literature.ResultsFew medical schools of Mozambique could be identified addressing intimate partner violence in their curriculum. When tackled, intimate partner violence content is mostly dealt within the context of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health and Forensic Medicine rotations. Intimate partner violence contents are integrated as stand-alone modules in some specific subjects. In none of the schools, specific teachers teaching intimate partner violence could be identified. No time allocation was specified to address the topic; no teaching and learning strategies could be identified invoking awareness or supporting basic knowledge acquisition; additionally, hardly any information about related assessment methods was found. Only in one medical school was the subject part of the formal curriculum.DiscussionIntimate partner violence content is hardly and inconsistently addressed. The limited intimate partner violence content tracked in the Mozambican medical schools' curricula, mainly addresses violence in general, for instance as identified in Orthopaedics or Surgery contexts and sexual violence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The inclusion of elements of intimate partner violence in the curriculum remains restricted, questioning the impact of medical education of future practitioners' competencies.ConclusionCritical changes are needed in medical curricula to match the current epidemiology of intimate partner violence in Mozambique.

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