Teaching sex education improves medical students' confidence in dealing with sexual health issues

Contraception

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-139

  Faulder, Georgina S ^a   Riley, Simon C ^a   Stone, Nicole ^b   Glasier, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical student education; Sex education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 3342974764     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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