Section: Module 2: Lesson 4: Sexual Disorders | Psychiatric Clerkship for Medical Students

Required Learning Resources and Activities

A Guide to Taking a Sexual History URL

Read the entire content. (12 minutes)

CDC

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sexual Dysfunction URL

Read the content under the following headings: (21 minutes)

-Assessment of Patients with sexual dysfunction

-Specialist Consultation and Referral

-Management of Sexual Dysfunction ( from Principles of management to General Non-pharmacological measures: Education about sexuality)

Indian Journal of Psychiatry - 2017

Paraphilias: From Diagnosis to Treatment URL

Read the entire article except. (14 minutes)

Psychiatric Times - 2019

Paraphilias and Paraphilic Disorders: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management URL

Read the content under the headings " Assessment", "Nature and history of paraphilic behaviors" "Treatments" until "conclusions." (10 minutes)

Cambridge University Press - 2018

What is Gender Dysphoria? URL

Read the entire webpage. (8 minutes)

American Psychiatric Association - 2020

Management of Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents in Primary Care URL

Read the following sections: (11 minutes)
-Key points
-How do adolescents with gender dysphoria present in the primary care setting?
-How common is gender dysphoria among youth, and does it persist?
-What are the gaps in knowledge?

CMAJ - 2019

Progression of Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study URL

Read the following sections: (17 minutes)
-Introduction
-Discussion
-Conclusion

Pediatrics - 2019

Activity : Discussion Forum 4 (120 minutes)

In this learning activity, you will discuss recommendations for further evaluation and management of the following sexual disorders:

Primary and Secondary sexual dysfunction
Paraphilias
Dysphoria related to gender identity.

Instructions:

Step 1: Analyze

Review the required learning materials for this lesson

Step 2: Respond

Prepare a 400-600 word piece of writing explaining recommendations for further evaluation, referral and management of primary and secondary sexual dysfunction, paraphillias and dysphoria related to gender identity. Ensure that your response includes the following key points :

Available evaluation strategies for each sexual disorder
Avalable treatment/ management options for each sexual disorder

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner, using the items in this Rubric to guide you. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas on other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You may use the following as a guide:

Item A is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is .…. because…. My suggestions for improvement are….

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

Introduction

Course Registration

Peer Corner

Pre-Test

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