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Recent national and global initiatives have drawn attention to the importance of sexual health to individuals’ well-being. These initiatives advocate enhancement of efforts to address this under-represented topic in health professions curricula. University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has undertaken a comprehensive effort to develop an integrated curriculum in sexual health. The UMMS project draws upon the expertise of a multidisciplinary faculty of clinicians, basic scientists, a medical ethicist, and educators. This article describes the project's genesis and development at UMMS, and reports on three innovations in sexual health education implemented as part of this endeavor.
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Ferrara, E., Pugnaire, M., Jonassen, J. et al. Sexual health innovations in undergraduate medical education. Int J Impot Res 15 (Suppl 5), S46–S50 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901072
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