Let's Talk About Sex:  Incresing Comfort and Addressing Bias in Conducting Sexual Health Histories

Jennifer A. Vencill, Ph.D., L.P.

Introduction

Dr. Jennifer Vencill is a licensed psychologist and AASECT certified sex therapist. She is dually appointed in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, as well as General Internal Medicine, where she spends the bulk of her time providing integrated sexual health care in the Menopause and Women’s Sexual Health Clinic. She has taught courses focused on human sexuality to medical students, residents, and physicians at both the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. Dr. Vencill recently received a Rising Scholar Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and has research interests focused on sexual health, health disparities and minority stress in marginalized sexual and gender communities, and mixed orientation relationships. She sits on the editorial board of Current Sexual Health Reports and is past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women’s Section on Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns. Dr. Vencill received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Texas Tech University and completed her postdoctoral training as the first Michael Metz fellow in Couples’ Sexual Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Program in Human Sexuality, where she went on to serve as coordinator of their Relationship & Sex Therapy Program before joining the Mayo Clinic.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify factors that contribute to sexual health and the role of mental health providers in addressing these factors.
2. Describe two-evidence based strategies for conducting an ethical, culturally sensitive, and through sexual health history.
3. Assess personal biases/fears that have arisen (or might arise) related to conducting a sexual health history.

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AMA
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APA
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Industry Acknowledgment (if applicable): None.

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Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed…

Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:

Mark Frye, M.D. - Mayo Clinic

Grant Support: AssureRx, Janssen R&D, Myriad, Pfizer Consultant: Janssen R&D, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., Myriad Genetics, Sunovion, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Neuralstem, Inc.

CME/Travel: American Physician Institute, CME Outfitters

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Kriti Gandhi, M.D., Allison Holgerson, Ph.D., Matej Markota, M.D., Charlene Nelson, Reem Shafi, M.B.B.S., Laura Suarez, M.D.

Speaker:  Jennifer Vencill, Ph.D., L.P.

References to off-label usage(s) of pharmaceuticals or instruments in their presentation:
None