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The evolution of a course in human sexuality University of Edinburgh, 1972–1978
Author(s) -
DICKERSON M.,
MYERSCOUGH P. R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb01204.x
Subject(s) - human sexuality , interview , relevance (law) , psychology , medical education , cognition , course (navigation) , medicine , sociology , gender studies , engineering , neuroscience , anthropology , political science , law , aerospace engineering
Summary A short undergraduate course in human sexuality has been developed over a period of 7 years. The objectives, initially concerned with cognitive learning, shifted to affective aspects of the topic, introduced through a format of sexually explicit films and small‐group discussions. Continuing evaluation of successive courses by students has been particularly valuable in identifying helpful and unhelpful behaviour in group leaders, and has been used in their training. The evaluations also demonstrated that students saw a need to develop their interviewing skills. The course, therefore, now seeks to combine affective learning with other topics of direct relevance to clinical practice.