ArticleBMC medical education2025
Sexual health in patient care: shortcomings in medical training and experienced barriers in sexual history taking.
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- Enhancing medical students' self-assessed competence in sexually transmitted infections: outcomes of an interdisciplinary workshop on syphilis, stigmatization and sexual history-taking.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Sexual Health in Psychiatry: Bridging the Communication Gap and Training Needs between Patients and Clinicians - A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Pilot Study.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Midwives and Obstetricians/Gynecologists on Sexual Activity During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
- Healthcare providers' approaches to sexual function in women with migration histories: a qualitative study using Andersen's behavioural model.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
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- Feminine hygiene products and black women's reproductive health: a review of health inequities, racialized marketing, and practice implications.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- Sexual health and gender perspective among female physicians: a cross-sectional analytic study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sexual Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Narrative Review and Call for Multidisciplinary Framework.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pre-Implementation Assessment of a Sexual Health eClinic in Canadian Oncology Care.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSexual health is recognized as a fundamental component of well-being, with implications for individuals, communities, and healthcare practices. This study explores medical residents' perspectives on training in sexual history taking, emphasizing its importance and the challenges faced at the onset of their clinical practice.
methodsA survey was conducted among 167 medical residents at the largest medical school in Belgium and their training curriculum was analysed. The participants completed an online questionnaire addressing aspects of sexual history training, skills, knowledge, attitudes, and factors influencing sexual history taking.
resultsThe survey revealed several shortcomings in the medical training in sexual history taking. Dissatisfaction is expressed regarding the adequacy of provided training, with a prominent barrier being the lack of skills and knowledge necessary for effective sexual history taking. Discomfort, experienced by physicians and their patients, emerges as a critical factor affecting the initiation and quality of sexual history discussions. Other challenges include biases related to religion, ethnicity, age, and gender, while practical factors, such as time constraints and language barriers, underscore the multitude of obstacles in comprehensive sexual history assessments.
conclusionThis study highlights the opportunities for improved training in sexual history taking in medical education, contributing to more inclusive and effective sexual history taking practices. Recommendations are made, including targeted interventions to improve skills, knowledge and attitude of the students.
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