Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools
Objective: To describe the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices on clinical sexology in students of the last year of the faculties of Medicine, Medellín, Colombia. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study that included medical students from the last year in five schools in Medellín,...
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| author | Restrepo-Payán, Hernando Zapata-Ceballos, Katherine Tamayo-González, Nathalia Andrea Salinas-Builes, Jairo Escobar-Araque, Laura Rodríguez-Padilla, Libia María |
| author_facet | Restrepo-Payán, Hernando Zapata-Ceballos, Katherine Tamayo-González, Nathalia Andrea Salinas-Builes, Jairo Escobar-Araque, Laura Rodríguez-Padilla, Libia María |
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| description | Objective: To describe the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices on clinical sexology in students of the last year of the faculties of Medicine, Medellín, Colombia.
Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study that included medical students from the last year in five schools in Medellín, 2018. A survey was applied, with prior informed consent of the participants. The knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of clinical sexology were investigated.
Results: 318 students were surveyed, 54.1% women, the median age was 24 years (RIC: 23-25); Regarding knowledge, 71.4% knew the definition of Sex, 57.3% that of Gender and 80.3% that of sexuality. Regarding attitudes, 38.8% expressed feeling comfortable with the dialogue on sexual health issues with their patients, 89.1% considered that their beliefs not affected the discussion of sexual problems with their patients and 27% felt safe inpatient focus and management. 92.8% considered that sexology should be relevant during the career. Regarding healthcare practices, 77.4% had never carried out a sexological medical history and of these, 42.5% claimed lack of knowledge as the main cause of not doing so.
Conclusions: The most of last year students of Medicine are still not clear about some basic concepts in clinical sexology and feel uncomfortable when approa-ching a patient with sexual problems. The majority considered that sexology is relevant in their training, but the Faculties of Medicine have few academic and clinical practice spaces to address this issue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d9fe83db7604c3e982daec519f8edf62022-12-21T18:53:29ZspaUniversidad de AntioquiaIatreia0121-07932011-79652021-04-0134210711510.17533/udea.iatreia.74Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schoolsRestrepo-Payán, Hernando0Zapata-Ceballos, Katherine1Tamayo-González, Nathalia Andrea2Salinas-Builes, Jairo3Escobar-Araque, Laura4Rodríguez-Padilla, Libia María5Universidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaPontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaObjective: To describe the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices on clinical sexology in students of the last year of the faculties of Medicine, Medellín, Colombia. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study that included medical students from the last year in five schools in Medellín, 2018. A survey was applied, with prior informed consent of the participants. The knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of clinical sexology were investigated. Results: 318 students were surveyed, 54.1% women, the median age was 24 years (RIC: 23-25); Regarding knowledge, 71.4% knew the definition of Sex, 57.3% that of Gender and 80.3% that of sexuality. Regarding attitudes, 38.8% expressed feeling comfortable with the dialogue on sexual health issues with their patients, 89.1% considered that their beliefs not affected the discussion of sexual problems with their patients and 27% felt safe inpatient focus and management. 92.8% considered that sexology should be relevant during the career. Regarding healthcare practices, 77.4% had never carried out a sexological medical history and of these, 42.5% claimed lack of knowledge as the main cause of not doing so. Conclusions: The most of last year students of Medicine are still not clear about some basic concepts in clinical sexology and feel uncomfortable when approa-ching a patient with sexual problems. The majority considered that sexology is relevant in their training, but the Faculties of Medicine have few academic and clinical practice spaces to address this issue.https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/340673/20803464health knowledge attitudes practicesexologystudents medical |
| spellingShingle | Restrepo-Payán, Hernando Zapata-Ceballos, Katherine Tamayo-González, Nathalia Andrea Salinas-Builes, Jairo Escobar-Araque, Laura Rodríguez-Padilla, Libia María Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools Iatreia health knowledge attitudes practice sexology students medical |
| title | Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools |
| title_full | Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools |
| title_fullStr | Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools |
| title_short | Clinical sexology: an approach to the knowledge, attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the Medellin, Colombia medical schools |
| title_sort | clinical sexology an approach to the knowledge attitudes and healthcare practices of final year students of the medellin colombia medical schools |
| topic | health knowledge attitudes practice sexology students medical |
| url | https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/340673/20803464 |
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