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Persistence, planning, patience, and prevention: aspects of sex education in medicine.

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:This paper emphasizes the rapid response of American medical schools to the absence of sex education in their curricula, which has led to diversity of design, strategy, and evaluation of human sexuality courses. It further points out that most such courses are inadequate to teach physicians knowledge and skills that will be required when they leave medical school. Major areas of resistance to full implementation of comprehensive sex education programs are cited, with one method outlined to overcome institutional resistance. The authors cite case examples of the variety of sexual conflicts that become accessible in students and faculty as a result of such instruction. They suggest that groups of persons who are sexually knowledgeable and possess counseling skills in sex therapy could greatly improve sex education in the medical institution. :Number of medical schools offering formal instruction in human sexuality has increased from 3 in 1960 to 106 in 1974. These courses range from formal lectures to case study and small group discussion approaches. Small group discussions with group leaders have 2 advantages: 1) the group leaders help promote attitudinal change in the medical institution by talking to faculty members curious about the course, and 2) they serve as counselors for student problems. In their 1st role these leaders can help overcome faculty resistance to such courses. This resistance usually stems from inadequate sexual information among the faculty members themselves and a generally negative attitude. Faculty attitude change is, therefore, the greatest problem faced by the sexuality course leaders. Such courses often make the students more aware of their own sexual problems. Case studies are given of instances in which trained counsellors were able to help students resolve their own conflicts. At present sex education courses in medical schools are inadequate. Such courses need to be spaced throughout the entire medical education process with opportunities to expand clinical skills needed to deal with the complex problems doctors must face.

journal_name

J Sex Marital Ther

journal_title

Journal of sex & marital therapy

authors

Marcotte DB,Kilpatrick DG

doi

10.1080/00926237608407072

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1976-04-01 00:00:00

pages

47-52

issue

eissn

0092-623X

issn

1521-0715

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Persistence, planning, patience, and prevention: aspects of sex education in medicine.