Sexuality education in Japanese medical schools

The present study aimed to investigate current sexuality education in Japanese medical schools and the impact of position title in the Japanese Society for Sexual Medicine (JSSM). Questionnaires were mailed to urology departments in all Japanese medical schools. The responses were evaluated accordin...

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Published in:International journal of impotence research 2017-07, Vol.29 (4), p.160-163
Main Authors: Shirai, M, Tsujimura, A, Abdelhamed, A, Horie, S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Analysis
Curricula
Curriculum
Education
Educational evaluation
Humans
Japan
Medical education
Medical personnel training
Medical schools
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
original-article
Reproductive Medicine
rology
Schools, Medical
Sex Education
Sexual disorders
Sexuality
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urology
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Summary:The present study aimed to investigate current sexuality education in Japanese medical schools and the impact of position title in the Japanese Society for Sexual Medicine (JSSM). Questionnaires were mailed to urology departments in all Japanese medical schools. The responses were evaluated according to four factors: the number of lecture components, curriculum hours, degree of satisfaction with the components and degree of satisfaction with the curriculum hours. We also investigated differences in these four factors among three groups: Directors, Council members and non-members of the JSSM. The medians of curriculum hours and the number of the lecture components were 90.0 min and 7.0, respectively. The curriculum hours of the Directors (140.0 min) were significantly longer than those of the non-members (90.0 min ; P
ISSN:0955-9930
1476-5489
DOI:10.1038/ijir.2017.14