ERIC Number: EJ899520
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Publication Date: 2010
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Teaching Sexual History-Taking Skills Using the Sexual Events Classification System
Fidler, Donald C.; Petri, Justin Daniel; Chapman, Mark
Academic Psychiatry, v34 n5 p353-356 Sep-Oct 2010
Objective: The authors review the literature about educational programs for teaching sexual history-taking skills and describe novel techniques for teaching these skills. Methods: Psychiatric residents enrolled in a brief sexual history-taking course that included instruction on the Sexual Events Classification System, feedback on residents' video-recorded interviews with simulated patients, discussion of videos that simulated bad interviews, simulated patients, and a competency scoring form to score a video of a simulated interview. After the course, residents completed an anonymous survey to assess the usefulness of the experience. Results: After the course, most residents felt more comfortable taking sexual histories. They described the Sexual Events Classification System and simulated interviews as practical methods for teaching sexual history-taking skills. Conclusion: The Sexual Events Classification System and simulated patient experiences may serve as a practical model for teaching sexual history-taking skills to general psychiatric residents.
Descriptors: Patients, Classification, Sexuality, Sex Education, Psychiatry, Graduate Medical Education, Medical Students, Teaching Methods, Surveys, Feedback (Response), Interviews, Video Technology, Physician Patient Relationship, Simulation, History
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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