Evaluating the Impact of an Adolescent Sexuality Education Workshop on Medical Student Communication in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Gaps still exist in medical education about the sexual health needs of sexual diverse populations, and little is known about how translatable current learning modules are to patient encounters. Efforts at an academic medical institution have been made to address this need, including a two-hour adolescent sexuality workshop during the Core Clerkship in Pediatrics. This workshop's efficacy was evaluated in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) given to rising fourth-year medical students, where the standardized patient case focused on an adolescent cisgender male with dysuria and in a new, same-sex relationship.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Ren DeBrosse, Xian Mao, Neha S. Anand, Alexa Mullins, Priya Singh, Jill L. Sorcher, Julianna Jung, Renata Arrington Sanders, Mary Catherine Beach, Amit K. Pahwa, W. Christopher Golden, Errol L. Fields Tags: Original article Source Type: research