[Insufficient sex education in medicine].
The present paper--actually a synthesis of the author's thesis for M.D. degree--aims at pointing out the need there is for an MD-oriented education in normal and pathological sexuality to be implemented. A 228-medical student/175-physician sample was administered the well-known SKAT test altogether with a questionnaire dealing with sexual personal experience, contraception procedures, and self-evaluation on knowledge, training, and personal attitude toward sex-related matters. Results showed mistakes and misinterpretations in the area of knowledge of both groups: Personal experience appears to be a physician's sole guideline. Doctors' reluctance to approaching sexual matters when writing clinical records was also observed, an aspect confirming physicians' limitations--in connection not only with knowledge per se but also with inhibitions shared by both a professional and his or her patient. Thus, the convenience of implementing sexual education as another subject in curriculum is suggested.
Franco Ramini
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D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians; D012736:Sex Education; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Insuficiente educación sexual en Medicina.