Please participate in this AMSA endorsed study on student sexuality
Keck AMSA
Dear Colleagues,
A forwarded message from AMSA National regarding a study of medical
student sexuality and stress follows below. Please consider
participating if you have a few minutes to fill out the survey.
Russell Buhr, MS2
Chapter Co-President
American Medical Student Association
Keck School of Medicine of USC
russel...@usc.edu
626.327.3186
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www.keckamsa.org
keck...@gmail.com
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Dr. MLK, Jr.
>
> Dear Medical Student,
>
> We write in order to invite you to take part in a research study of
> stress, depression and sexuality in American medical students. This
> study is being conducted with the support of the American Medical
> Student Association (AMSA, www.amsa.org) and financial support from
> the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA, www.smsna.org).
> The Committee for Human Research at the University of California at
> San Francisco has reviewed and approved this research.
>
> You are no doubt aware of the significant stress of medical training
> and how this impacts many aspects of your personal life. While
> stressors and their impact on quality of life have been studied in
> medical students, the last published studies on sexuality in
> American medical students are over 40 years old. Sexuality is an
> important component of quality of life and sexual problems are
> likely to have a significant impact on not just the person with the
> problem but also on her or his partner.
>
> Our survey is designed to collect demographic information as well as
> an abbreviated sexual history. After this information is obtained
> you will be asked to complete a series of surveys; the first two
> will assess for symptoms of depression and stress. The remaining
> surveys are validated instruments for the assessment of human
> sexuality and sexual relationships. The specific surveys you will
> take are dependent on your gender identity. You may choose not to
> answer any questions that make you uncomfortable. The total time
> required to participate will be approximately 15-30 minutes.
>
> Your participation is completely voluntary; there will no negative
> consequences if you elect not to participate. All responses will be
> kept strictly confidential. The surveys do not require any
> identifying information and the investigators will have no way of
> knowing your name, date of birth, medical school of attendance, e-
> mail address, or any other information about you specifically.
> Tracking cookies will not be required to complete the relevant
> surveys.
>
> If you are interested in participating in this research, you may
> find the survey by clicking on the link below or pasting the URL
> into your browser's address bar. To further insure your privacy, we
> recommend that you complete the surveys when you will have at least
> 30 minutes in private and that you close your web browser after the
> survey is complete.
>
> We believe that our findings may help to illuminate a significant
> and under-diagnosed problem, which may in turn lead to improved
> medical student quality of life. At your discretion, we ask that you
> please inform your medical student friends and colleagues who may
> not be aware of this study.
>
> PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SURVEY IS INTENDED ONLY FOR STUDENTS CURRENTLY
> ENROLLED IN OSTEOPATHIC OR ALLOPATHIC MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time,
>
> Alan W. Shindel, M.D.
> Fellow in Sexual Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
> E-Mail: shin...@urology.ucsf.edu
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