AN 18-MONTH FOLLOW-UP ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SEXUALITY WORKSHOP - SOME METHODOLOGICAL PITFALLS

Students from four health sciences programs (Medicine Nursing, Occupat ional Therapy and Physiotherapy) participated in a two-day Sexuality W orkshop and completed pre- and post-workshop questionnaires dealing wi th sexual attitudes, comfort, and Knowledge, Eighteen months later, th ese students were asked to complete the same questionnaires. Not only had they sustained the gains made during the workshop, but they contin ued to show improvement in the three areas during this interval. Howev er, of greater importance than the positive finding is the need to und erstand the range of methodological problems encountered in carrying o ut this type of follow-up educational inquiry and in seeking measures for improving the validity and generalizability of such research.