What Are Medical Student Electives?

Sexual electives is a general term for various types of sex-related electives established in schools. It is set up to strengthen the sex education of adolescents. Due to the sensitive topic of sex, sexual electives have been receiving widespread attention since its establishment .

Sexology Elective

Sexual electives is a general term for various electives related to sexology. The names of courses set up in different schools are different, mainly including "AIDS epidemic development trends", "sex health and behavior", "sex and sociology", "Adolescent Sexual Mental Health", "Introduction to Sexual Science", "Sexology", "Sexual Presence and Sexual Health", "Experts teach you knowledge about reproductive health" and so on.

The main content includes basic knowledge of sexual health knowledge and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. It also includes sex and society, sexology introduction, sex and marriage, love and sex, sex and family, sex and wisdom, sex and health, etc., which involves sexual socio-culture, human sexual history, sexual culture, sexual psychology, sexual physiology, sexual development, Economic, aesthetic and other aspects.

The introduction of sexuality elective courses is of great significance to strengthening the humanistic education of medical students, promoting the harmonious development of their careers and their healthy growth.

From different perspectives of biology, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, the course accepts and respects people's right to sexual choice, and focuses on the theme of health to help students have comprehensive sexual knowledge and scientific theories.

In 2005, Wang Hanlin of Yangzhou University applied to set up an elective course of "Sex and Sociology". The basic content includes sex and society, sex and marriage, love, sex and family, etc., which involves human sexual history, sexual culture, sexual psychology, sexual physiology, etc. . "Adolescent Sexual Mental Health" is another elective course related to "sex" opened by Yangda University. The response from college students is equally enthusiastic.

On the evening of March 28, 2006, the first "sex lesson" in the history of Northeast universities opened in the ladder classroom of the School of Economics and Information, Nanling Campus, Jilin University. Although Professor Liang Qingling, director of Jilin Province Marriage and Family Research Association and visiting professor of Jilin University, stood on the stage without any concealment, the students under the stage were still a little embarrassed. Teacher Liang introduced that in response to the strong demand of college students, Jilin University added "Sexology" to the electives on the 21st. This move ended the history of no sex studies in universities in Northeast China. ^[1]

Since the fall of 2007, "Existence and Sexual Health" has been written into the Harbin Medical University curriculum as an elective course for the first time, with 10 lessons per semester, which means that college students can learn sexual knowledge in the classroom generously and fairly. On November 17, 2007, the elective course of sexology was offered for the first time.

In December 2013, the teacher of Sichuan University's sex education and behavior elective course taught Dai Tao that students admitted that it was too embarrassing. It is understood that the "Sexual Health and Behavior" course of Sichuan University has been open for many years. The content of the course mainly involves "Sex Physiology", "Sex Psychology", "Sex and Wisdom", and "Sex and Health". In addition, the course "Experts in Teaching Reproductive Health Knowledge" taught by Professor Xing Aiyun of Sichuan University was launched as a "Video Open Course of China University" course, which is free for the public.