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Therefore, it is important for medical students and other health professionals to receive instruction in sexual medicine that is sufficient to prepare them to address these issues as a routine part of practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To consolidate and update recommendations published from prior International Consultations on Sexual Medicine and other consensus-based recommendations from across the world for standards of sexual health education (SHE) among medical students. To evaluate the status of recommendations for various health professionals and of existing training and educational platforms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A conceptual review of previous reports on curriculum standards of SHE in medical schools and an updated literature review from 2016 to current was conducted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We provide a summary and comprehensive recommendations based on expert opinion, accumulated experience, and literature review for a sexual health curriculum for medical students, including how it should be taught, recognizing that curricula are diverse worldwide. Scant research exists regarding the impact of sexual medicine training on sustained clinical skills and patient outcomes. Existing sexual medicine education platforms can be applied, adapted, and optimized across training levels, disciplines, and geographic locations. We discuss opportunities to improve evaluation of knowledge and competency, as well as the importance of studying methodologies to improve curriculum and methods of evaluation, particularly for disciplines in which these curricula have not previously been evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sexual medicine societies are encouraged to implement previous recommendations and make medical student SHE a priority. Extending these recommendations to post-graduate and practicing clinician and other health professionals\u2019 education would help close education and clinical practice gaps. Future training interventions should incorporate assessment of skill acquisition and meaningful patient outcomes, as well as integrate educational platforms including web-based formats, interactive technology, and experiential learning strategies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Recommendations of Expert Consensus Committee<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sexual health educational curricula should be expanded to include sexual well-being and pleasure in addition to pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention. (Strong) ISSM and affiliated sexual medicine societies (ASMS) should follow through on previous recommendations (ICSM 2009, 2016) and prioritize sexual health education in their missions. (Strong) Sexual medicine societies should join with other organizations to promote standards through position statements and other joint efforts. (Strong) ISSM\/ASMS should play a key role in setting curriculum standards, promoting sexual health education in medical schools and other health professions, providing teaching methods and materials, and training of educators. (Strong) ISSM\/ASMS are encouraged to establish standing committees promoting sexual medicine education in medical schools, other health professions, and graduate\/postgraduate training. (Weak) ISSM\/ASMS should utilize international, regional, and virtual meetings as vehicles for disseminating updated knowledge and training educators. (Strong) ISSM\/ASMS should advocate to regulatory organizations that set standards for the requirement of sexual health training and assessment of competency in all professions. (Strong) The committee encourages exploration of the use of digital interactive platforms and modern technologies (avatars, AI -artificial intelligence, NLP -natural language processing) and inclusion of quality assurance of virtual domains. (Weak) Beyond the evaluation of student and postgraduate trainee performance and curricula effectiveness, the committee urges research on the impact of educational interventions on sustained clinical practices and patient outcomes in sexual health. 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