This paper describes a module incorporated into the curriculum at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The module helps the medical students see how their own feelings are inevitably involved in the doctor/patient relationship. A distinction between sex and sexuality is made and discussed. Sex is used as a limited term referring to one's reproductive system and having to do with biology, anatomy and physiology. Sexuality is seen as a broader term referring to the fusion of sex with personal identity. A film, "Sex and the Professional," is shown and discussed. This serves as a catalyst for students to recognize their own feelings of sexuality regarding patients, and to share methods for handling them constructively. (Author)