Introduction: Sexuality is one of the most basic human experiences. But in India, there are many myths and misconceptions about sexuality. Poor sex knowledge causes many of these problems. Liberal attitude without adequate knowledge is harmful. As a future frontier of health care, medical interns play an important role to improve knowledge and attitude. But, in India, very few students can communicate about sexuality, and friends and pornographic materials remain as common sources of sex knowledge, which are unreliable. Aims: To asses sex knowledge and attitude among medical interns and find its correlation with sociodemographic details. Materials and Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 60 interns using a Sex Knowledge and Attitude Questionnaire II (SKAQ II). Data was analyzed by MS Excel for Windows. P < .05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Mean age of interns was 22 ± 0.89 yrs. Mean score of sex knowledge of males was 25.47 ± 4.44, whereas that of females was 24.88 ± 4.77. Females had more knowledge of menstrual cycle and conception. Males had better knowledge regarding sexual acts in adolescence and its effects on marriage life. Sex knowledge and attitude were moderately correlated. Males had a liberal attitude, especially about abortion and masturbation. Conclusion: The result revealed a need to improve sex knowledge and attitude among medical interns through sex education and adding sex education sessions in the teaching curriculum. Better knowledge and positive attitudes toward sex will be beneficial to the interns and the whole society.

Background and Objectives: Psychiatry lectures & clinical posting are the only learning experience of psychiatry for Medical Graduates. Only interns attend their compulsory psychiatry posting. The aim is to make Interns competent to elicit & write proper history of MDD and able to describe different components of history taking, diagnostic criteria, to demonstrate communication skills. Methods: It was a Prospective Interventional Study done in 45 Interns posted consecutively in Psychiatry. On Day1, Interns were asked to take and write history of MDD patient and evaluated on Checklist for history taking (10 components), SMCQ (15) and Mini-CEX. Then Interns were taught about MDD by CBL, SGL and Role Play. On Day 7, they were again evaluated on Mini-CEX. On term ending, they were again evaluated as per Day1. Feedback of Interns and faculties were taken. Appropriate Statistical Tests were used using SPSS Version 16. Results: On Checklist for history taking of MDD apart from Negative History and Mental Status Examination, Interns' skills improved significantly. Mean score on SMCQ got doubled from 6±0.83 to 12±0.83. On Mini-CEX, apart from clinical judgement, counselling skills and overall clinical competence, Interns improved from unsatisfactory to superior level. Feedback was positive on most of the components of study but few were satisfied completely with their history writing & communication skills and diagnosing ability. Faculties' perceptions were very encouraging. Conclusion: Teaching of MDD case history taking was well taken & perceived by interns. Knowledge about MDD & competency to take history and identifying patients of MDD improved satisfactorily.