| Medical student sexuality: how sexual experience and sexuality training impact U.S. and Canadian medical students' comfort in dealing with patients' sexuality in clinical practice. | |
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PMID: 20671459 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: To determine factors associated with students' comfort in addressing patients' sexuality in the clinical context. METHOD: The authors invited students enrolled in MD-degree-granting and osteopathic medical schools in the United States and Canada to participate in an anonymous Internet survey between February and July 2008. The survey assessed ethnodemographic factors and sexual history. Respondents also completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Male respondents completed the International Index of Erectile Function and the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool. Female respondents completed the Female Sexual Function Index and the Index of Sex Life. The authors used descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and multivariable logistic regression to analyze responses. RESULTS: The authors' analyses included 2,261 completed survey responses: 910 from men, 1,343 from women, and 8 from individuals who self-identified as "other" gendered. Over 53% of respondents (n = 1,206) stated that they felt they had not received sufficient training in medical school to address sexual concerns clinically. Despite this, 81% of students (n = 1,827) reported feeling comfortable dealing with their patients' sexuality issues. Students with limited sexual experience, students at risk for sexual problems, and students who felt that they had not been trained adequately were less likely to report being comfortable talking to patients about sexual health issues. CONCLUSIONS: Perception of inadequate sexuality training in medical school and personal issues pertaining to sex may be associated with students' difficulty in addressing patients' sexuality. Adequate training is preeminently associated with feeling comfortable addressing patients' sexuality and should be a priority for medical education. |
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Authors:
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Alan W Shindel; Kathryn A Ando; Christian J Nelson; Benjamin N Breyer; Tom F Lue; James F Smith |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 85 ISSN: 1938-808X ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-30 Completed Date: 2010-09-21 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1321-30 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. shindela@urology.ucsf.edu |
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Adult Canada Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Physician-Patient Relations Problem-Based Learning / methods* Questionnaires Retrospective Studies Sexual Behavior / ethnology, physiology* Sexual Partners Sexuality / ethnology, psychology* Students, Medical / psychology* United States |
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