Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors: Medical Student and Physician Awareness.

Study Objective: Our aim was to assess: (1) medical trainee and practicing physician awareness about domestic sex trafficking of minors; and (2) whether respondents believe that awareness of trafficking is important to their practice.

Design And Setting: We designed an anonymous electronic survey, and a convenience sample was collected from June through October 2013.

Participants: Voluntary participants were 1648 medical students, residents, and practicing physicians throughout the United States.