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Residents from both obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) and family medicine (FM) departments are ideally placed to address sexual problems.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This survey explored the experience of residents from OBGYN and FM in managing sexual problems and their views on training in sexual medicine (SM).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>An anonymized questionnaire collecting data on trainee characteristics, exposure to male and female sexual problems, and training in SM was sent to all FM and OBGYN residents in Singapore. These residents had completed their medical registration with the Singapore Medical Council and were at various stages of specialty training in both FM and OBGYN residency programs in Singapore.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Trainees\u2019 exposure to male and female sexual problems and their views on training in Sexual Medicine.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The overall response from the survey was 63.5% (122\/192)\u201454% (70\/129) and 69% (52\/75) of FM and OBGYN residents responded, respectively. 63% were female, with 22% being senior residents, and 55% attended Singaporean medical schools. About one quarter (30\/122) of the respondents encountered patients with sexual problems at least monthly. Most would refer these patients directly to specialists, psychologists, and sex therapists. More than 80% of residents were not confident in managing sexual problems in either sex (89% for male problems; 83% for female problems). Among the recognized categories, only 30% felt confident to manage erectile dysfunction, 26% for vaginismus, while less than 10% felt confident to manage libido, arousal, or orgasm disorders. 95% of the residents agreed that SM should be part of both training curricula, with 70% and 25% suggesting at junior and senior residency, respectively. 93% of them were interested to obtain further knowledge and skills in SM through their core training curriculum and from seminars.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This survey reported a significant number of residents in OBGYN and FM departments are regularly exposed to patients with sexual problems but lack the skills to manage them. OBGYN residents were more familiar with managing female sexual problems while FM residents tend to have more experience in male sexual problems. Almost universally, the residents in FM and OBGYN were very keen to acquire skills in SM, and the results support the incorporation of appropriate knowledge and skills into both national residency program curricula.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.esxm.2019.12.001","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,3]],"date-time":"2020-01-03T17:25:11Z","timestamp":1578072311000},"page":"107-113","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["A Survey on the Experience of Singaporean Trainees in Obstetrics\/Gynecology and Family Medicine of Sexual Problems and Views on Training in Sexual Medicine"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Zhongwei","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology \u00a0 , , Singapore"},{"name":"National University Health Systems \u00a0 , , Singapore"},{"name":"Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology \u00a0 , , Singapore"},{"name":"Agency of Science, Technology and Research \u00a0 , , Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Derek Shangxian","family":"Choong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Family Medicine Service \u00a0 , , Singapore"},{"name":"KK Women\u2019s and Children's Hospital \u00a0 , , Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adaikan P.","family":"Ganesan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology \u00a0 \u00a0 , ,"},{"name":"Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine \u00a0 \u00a0 , ,"},{"name":"National University of Singapore \u00a0 \u00a0 , ,"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Logan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology \u00a0 , , Singapore"},{"name":"National University Health Systems \u00a0 , , Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023012006124035700_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"311","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2006.00319.x","article-title":"The prevalence of sexual dysfunction and potential risk factors that may impair sexual function in Malaysian women","volume":"4","author":"Sidi","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Sex Med"},{"key":"2023012006124035700_bib2","first-page":"537","article-title":"Male sexual dysfunction in Asia Asian","volume":"13","author":"Ho","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Androl"},{"key":"2023012006124035700_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2911","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2012.02773.x","article-title":"Female sexual dysfunction among young and middle-aged women in Hong Kong: prevalence and risk factors","volume":"9","author":"Zhang","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Sex Med"},{"key":"2023012006124035700_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"909","DOI":"10.1111\/jsm.12451","article-title":"Prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in urban Chinese women based on cut off scores of the Chinese version of the female sexual function index","volume":"11","author":"Ma","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Sex Med"},{"key":"2023012006124035700_bib5","first-page":"54","article-title":"A critical look at descriptive epidemiology of sexual dysfunction in Asia compared to the rest of the world - 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