Sexual health innovations in undergraduate medical education.
Recent national and global initiatives have drawn attention to the importance of sexual health to individuals' well-being. These initiatives advocate enhancement of efforts to address this under-represented topic in health professions curricula. University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has undertaken a comprehensive effort to develop an integrated curriculum in sexual health. The UMMS project draws upon the expertise of a multidisciplinary faculty of clinicians, basic scientists, a medical ethicist, and educators. This article describes the project's genesis and development at UMMS, and reports on three innovations in sexual health education implemented as part of this endeavor.
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Office of Medical Education, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), Massachusetts 01655, USA. emily.ferrara@umassmed.edu
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D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000628:therapy*; D019529:Sexuality