title: Sexual health innovations in undergraduate medical education.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Office of Medical Education, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), Massachusetts 01655, USA. emily.ferrara@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pugnaire
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jonassen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Dell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clay
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hatem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlin
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000628:therapy*; D019529:Sexuality