ESSM Newsletter # 37

7 ESSM Today able for ESSM members on the ESSM website (www.essm.org/science-and-publications/ the-essm-manual-of-sexual-medicine) . 3. EFS/ESSM Syllabus of clinical sexol- ogy: In collaboration with EFS, the ESSM educational committee developed the EFS/ ESSM Syllabus of Clinical Sexology . This textbook covered all the aspects of sexology and served as an information source for sex- ologists and candidates for the ECPS exam. The Syllabus is also available to the ESSM members on the ESSM website (www.essm. org/science-and-publications/the-efs- and-essm-syllabus-of-clinical-sexology) . 4. ESSM preparation course: A 3 days in- tensive course on Sexual Medicine is tak- ing place each time prior to the MJCSM and ECPS examinations. This course provides an overview of all the Sexual Medicine topics in curriculum along with the exam-taking skills. The objectives of the course are not limited to revising the Sexual Medicine knowledge but also to improve the clinical skills of the candidates. 5. The ESSM School of Sexual Medicine: This school has been initiated in 2007 under the leadership of Dr. John Dean. In the recent years the school become very popular all around the world, and some students are supported with scholarships from the ISSM and the EFS. ESSM school alumni turned into key opinion leaders in the field of Sexual Medicine in their countries with increasing amount of time devoted for the care of pa- tients with sexual concerns or dysfunction (3). The future of Sexual Medicine and clinical sexology In spite of the significant progress that we have achieved through the last 5 years, we are aware of the fact that it is only the beginning of a long marathon. Considering the multi-dimensional as- pects of the Sexual Medicine, there is a need for postgraduate sexual medicine education cent- ers, which provide specific and well-constructed training program dedicated to Sexual Medicine. To overcome the need for acquirement of the right attitude as sexual medicine physician or sexologists, the MJCSM designed an online log- book (www.mjcsm.org ) for establishing a mentor- fellow interaction which provides an excellent opportunity for collaboration. This logbook offers the possibility for each exam candidate to record his/her clinical, educational, and scientific experi- ence in the field of Sexual Medicine. Fellows with certain clinical and educational experience ac- cording to MJCSM criteria, are invited to become a supervisor and to contribute to the education of the future fellows. Moreover, the MJCSM initiated a certifica- tion program for standardization of the sexual medicine education centers all over the world. Currently, we have 4 certified sexual medicine training centers and we wish to increase their number. We are willing to have at least one edu- cational center in each European country where fellows will be able to get clinical and scientific experience in their own language (4). Sexuality is an important component of quality of life, each patient deserves to have the possibility to discuss his/her sexual complains or problems with their physician. Therefore, there is a need for acquisition of basic knowledge in sexuality. We wish that basic sexology/sexual medicine will be included in the curriculum of each medical student in each medical faculty in each country in Europe, so future physicians will be able to practice it in their own language. The figure bellow summarize the current activi- ties and future targets (white text = currently available and yellow text = in development). References and information sources 1. Reisman Y, Eardly I, Porst H eta la. New de- velopments in education and training in Sexual Medicine . J Sex Med 2013;10:918- 923. 2. Lowenstein L, Tripodi F, Reisman Y et al. EFS/ESSM-certified psychosexologist with mark of excellence . J Sex Med 2014;11:2141-2142 3. Lowenstein L, Reisman Y, Tripodi F. Oxford School of Sexual Medicine: How are we doing. J Sex Med 2015;12:59-65 4. Bitzer J, Reisman Y, Lowenstein L. Center of excellence for Sexual Medicine . J Sex Med 2013;10:2127-2128. 5. Porst H & Reisman Y editors. ESSM Sylla- bus of Sexual Medicine . Medix: Amsterdam 2012 6. Reisman Y, Porst H, Lowenstein L, Tripodi F, Kirana PS editors. ESSM Manual of Sexual Medicine . Medix: Amsterdam 2015. 7. Kirana PS, Tripodi F, Reisman Y, Porst H edi- tors. EFS and ESSM Syllabus of Clinical Sexology . Medix: Amsterdam 2013. ESSM and MJCSM education & certification: Where we are now and where we want to be