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The study was designed as a postal questionnaire survey. The participants were all UK medical graduates of August 2004. The response rate 1737\/4746 (36%). The main outcome measures were Doctors\u2019 views on their preparedness to manage patients with sexual health and HIV-related problems. Since graduation, 90% of respondents had seen at least one patient with a sexually transmitted infection or HIV-related issue. Seventy-six percent felt confident to take a sexual history. In all, 63% and 53% felt competent in male and female genital examination, respectively. Forty-three percent felt they could conduct an appropriate HIV pretest discussion and 59% felt they could recognize clinical indicators suggestive of HIV. Seventy-eight percent had been formally assessed in sexual health and 55% in HIV medicine. Increased confidence in sexual history taking, HIV pretest discussion and recognition of HIV indicators was associated with a longer duration of teaching and formal examination. 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