TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - The preparedness of freshman medical students for taking sexual histories
JO  - Archives of sexual behavior
A1  - Vollmer, S. A.
A1  - Wells, K. B.
SP  - 167
EP  - 177
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - With recent epidemics of sexually transmitted diseases, it is increasingly important for medical students to be well prepared to take sexual histories. The authors studied this issue through a self-administered questionnaire completed by first-year medical students at two western U.S. medical schools (response rate 87%). Students who were better prepared (i.e., more knowledgeable, more comfortable, more appropriate attitudes) had more personal sexual experience and were more likely to have spoken with either a physician or a patient about a personal sexual concern. Different student characteristics were associated with different domains of preparation for taking a sexual history (e.g., knowledge v.s. attitudes). The educational implications of these findings are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-0002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -