Knowledge on male sexual and reproductive health: A comparison between final year medical students in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Monash University (MU), Melbourne, Australia

Introduction: Greater needs of medical doctors to provide appropriate care for both genders related diseases, however men face more problem since their problems have less been recognized. Objective: The objective was to determine the level of men’s health knowledge among final year medical students in USM and MU. Method: A total of 199 final year medical students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Kelantan, Malaysia and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (75 students from USM and 124 students from MU) were enrolled in the study and completed self-administered questionnaire on the topics related to male sexual and reproductive health. Result: The response rate for USM and MU was 44% and 68.9% respectively. Out of 52 items, 17 items were significantly had higher percentage in answering correctly (p 0.005) by MU students as compared to USM students. Meanwhile, USM students had 10 items which had significantly higher percentage in answering correctly (p 0.005) as compared to MU students. There was a significant difference in 2 domains which were knowledge on physiology of penile erection and male sexual dysfunction in both groups (p 0.005). The highest score for men’s health knowledge was 90.3% and the lowest score was 38.4%. Approximately 46.7% of the USM and 66.1 % of the MU students had significantly good knowledge score (marks 75 % of the total score) (p 0.05). Conclusion: There was still a gap in knowledge on Men’s Health among the final year medical students in both universities.