Sexual Health Competencies for Undergraduate Medical Education in North America

Bayer, Carey Roth; Eckstrand, Kristen; Knudson, Gail; Koehler, Jean; Leibowitz, Scott; Tsai, Perry; Feldman, Jamie

doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.01.017

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“…43 Bayer et al reported on the competency development process that experts across sexuality disciplines used to develop comprehensive, standardized sexual health competencies for undergraduate medical education to address the wide range of sexual concerns that patients experience. 44 This particular initiative built off the model process described by Eckstrand et al and resulted in the articulation of 20 sexual health competencies and 34 qualifiers aligned with the eight overall domains of competence as delineated in the PRCS. Bayer et al slightly modified the Eckstrand process to include psychological aspects of sexual health, as an integrated biopsychosocial approach is so critical to addressing sexual health issues.…”

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Developing Physician Educational Competencies for the Management of Female Genital Cutting: A Call to Action

Atkinson

Geisler

2019

Journal of Women's Health

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Female genital cutting (FGC), also called female genital mutilation, is defined as ''all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious, or other nontherapeutic reasons.'' FGC can have significant health consequences, including multiple physical and psychological complications, throughout the life course. Despite violating numerous human rights and existing legal prohibitions, the practice continues. In the United States, FGC is becoming increasingly prevalent, however, physicians are not routinely trained to care for these patients. Despite the evidence of the need, there is a woeful lack of training regarding FGC in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education programs. Furthermore, many health care providers (HCPs) are unaware of their mandatory reporting obligations regarding FGC under current state laws. There are no established educational competencies or training guidelines for incorporating FGC into all levels of medical education. This article establishes the need to develop competencies and underscores that models exist for undertaking this work. It also aims to engender dialog about FGC education and calls for launching an initiative to develop educational competencies to train HCPs about FGC. By integrating comprehensive, evidence-based education and training at all levels of medical education, HCPs will be able to provide high-quality, team-based, culturally sensitive care to the hundreds of thousands of affected women and girls in the United States, and work to prevent the practice from being carried out on girls who are at risk but have not yet been cut.

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Section: Education Competencies For Female Genital Cuttingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Physician Educational Competencies for the Management of Female Genital Cutting: A Call to Action

Atkinson

Geisler

2019

Journal of Women's Health

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“…HCPs working with AYA males should feel comfortable with and be skilled in delivering SRH care to all AYA males, including sexual and gender minorities, or know where to make referrals to competent providers and/or those with specialized expertise. While competencies are established for general SRH education and care [21] and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer healthcare [22], SRH competencies for AYA males are lacking [23]. As a result, HCPs often do not receive adequate SRH education and patient care opportunities while in training [24].…”

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Advocating for Adolescent and Young Adult Male Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Position Statement From the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine

2018

Journal of Adolescent Health

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There is a critical need to improve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education and care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) males around the globe, as SRH is a basic human right for all AYAs. This special attention toward the SRH of AYA males is warranted given the fact that they often have difficulty accessing SRH services and education relative to their female counterparts and have higher rates of sexual risk behaviors than females. To promote AYA males' SRH and the health of their sexual partners and children, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) recommends that leaders in research, policy, public health, and clinical practice develop and implement evidence-based, comprehensive SRH education that supports AYA males at school, within communities and families, and through healthcare services that are developmentally appropriate, gender affirming, inclusive of, and informed by AYA males. Additionally, SAHM recommends that healthcare systems and healthcare professionals (HCPs) across disciplines establish and implement competencies for SRH education and skills preparation to meet the unique needs of AYA males across diverse healthcare and community settings. This statement examines multilevel barriers that AYA males face in accessing comprehensive SRH education and services and makes recommendations aligned with the World Health Organization's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to address such barriers, improve AYA male SRH, and promote overall gender equity in SRH services.

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“…The expression of sexuality is an integral part of every person, it is a basic human right, and it continues throughout life, regardless of age or physical state. Despite the increase in sexuality issues faced by individuals across the lifespan, the number of hours spent teaching sexuality content and skills in medical education is limited (Bayer et al, 2017;Shindel et al, 2016). Health professionals are requesting more psychosocial and practical education on topics including fertility and sexuality to address these topics with clients proficiently (Bradford et al, 2018;Verrastro et al, 2020).…”

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Sexuality Within Occupational Therapy Education: Assessing Faculty and Student Perceived Competence

Durán

Valdes

2021

JOTE

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Sexuality is a valuable activity of daily living that contributes to an individual's quality of life. Although sexuality can be addressed in occupational therapy practice, it is often overlooked due to a lack of time, comfort, and knowledge. For sexuality content to be fully incorporated into practice, it has been suggested that education will facilitate the inclusion of sexuality topics into occupational therapy practice. The purpose of this survey study was to assess occupational therapy faculty and students' perceived competence with addressing sexuality, to determine the methods of sexuality education, and the time spent on the topic in occupational therapy curriculums. A piloted 13-question survey was electronically mailed to program directors of accredited occupational therapy programs in the United States for them to forward to their faculty and students. The survey was available for four weeks, with a reminder sent at the two-week mark. Data was collected from Qualtrics at the end of the response window and themed by the occupational therapy doctoral student and the faculty mentor. A majority of faculty felt competent addressing sexuality (76%) and a majority of students felt neutral (34%) about discussing sexuality with their future clients. The most frequently reported amount of time being spent on sexuality topic education was one to two hours (41%). A majority of respondents felt that sexuality is an essential topic and should be incorporated into occupational therapy curriculums further.

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Sexual Health Competencies for Undergraduate Medical Education in North America

Cited by 37 publications

References 9 publications

Developing Physician Educational Competencies for the Management of Female Genital Cutting: A Call to Action

Developing Physician Educational Competencies for the Management of Female Genital Cutting: A Call to Action

Advocating for Adolescent and Young Adult Male Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Position Statement From the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine

Sexuality Within Occupational Therapy Education: Assessing Faculty and Student Perceived Competence

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