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Research in human sexuality education

J Carmichael, L Tanner, L Carmichael

    Medical Education
    |March 1, 1977
    PubMed
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    Medical students showed significant positive attitude changes toward sexuality concepts after a 5-day course. The semantic differential tool effectively measured these shifts, particularly for homosexuality.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Education
    • Human Sexuality Studies
    • Psychological Assessment

    Background:

    • Human sexuality courses are recent additions to U.S. medical curricula.
    • Established evaluation procedures for these courses are lacking.
    • Assessing attitude changes in medical students is crucial for effective training.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the effectiveness of a 5-day human sexuality course.
    • To measure changes in medical students' attitudes toward sexuality concepts.
    • To test the semantic differential as an assessment instrument.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the semantic differential technique to assess attitudes.
    • Administered pre- and post-course tests to 96 second-year medical students.
    • Measured attitudes toward "my sexuality", "masturbation", "homosexuality", and "my role in understanding sexual problems".

    Main Results:

    • Statistically significant attitude changes (p < 0.001) were observed for all four concepts.
    • The concept of "homosexuality" demonstrated the most substantial attitude shift.
    • Multivariate analysis of variance confirmed significant differences between pre- and post-test scores.

    Conclusions:

    • The semantic differential is a potentially effective tool for assessing attitude changes in medical education.
    • Human sexuality courses can positively influence medical students' attitudes.
    • Teaching methodologies from sexuality courses may be transferable to other medical education domains.

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