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Sexual medicine training: Is a department of sexual medicine feasible?

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Sexual medicine physician education and patient care is needed. The establishment of departments of sexual medicine, certified fellowships, and approved residency programs would offer patient care, research, and education. The goal is to establish multidisciplinary departments of sexual medicine. Following the pattern used in sleep medicine, a new multidisciplinary department in sexual medicine would allow for improved diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunction and training of residents and fellows. There is a need for departments in the field of sexual medicine, and therefore, they are fiscally viable. However, there is a paucity of research funds. A department would need the support of the medical school or hospital administration. Medical education, basic science, and clinical research can provide improved and more accessible patient care. Departments of sexual medicine are needed to provide the physician education and patient care.

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Goldstein, S.W., Goldstein, I. Sexual medicine training: Is a department of sexual medicine feasible?. Curr sex health rep 5, 17–20 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-008-0004-y

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