Comments on: Another "get a chaperone" story http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: lawyersuxhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67803 lawyersux Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67803 Thyroid exams have been taught that way (from behind) in medical schools across the country for years. I never even thought of it as a risk of sexual impropriety until reading this blog. From now on i'll use a chaperone, though I think I may be laughed at for it. Thyroid exams have been taught that way (from behind) in medical schools across the country for years. I never even thought of it as a risk of sexual impropriety until reading this blog. From now on i’ll use a chaperone, though I think I may be laughed at for it.

]]> By: SarahWhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67802 SarahW Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67802 I've had that type of exam performed by three doctors. These thyroid exams have been done standing. Some loss of daylight between the participants was experienced. Enough to be slightly blushworthy.<br/><br/>There was of course no impropriety at all and none was suspected by me on any level. It's just a very "familiar" position comically reminiscent of, uh, "romance" when performed by a member of the opposite sex. <br/><br/>Even when the the real object of Dr. Mcfeely's, Mctouchy's and McPalp's affections is a decidedly unromantic thyroid nodule. I’ve had that type of exam performed by three doctors. These thyroid exams have been done standing. Some loss of daylight between the participants was experienced. Enough to be slightly blushworthy.

There was of course no impropriety at all and none was suspected by me on any level. It’s just a very “familiar” position comically reminiscent of, uh, “romance” when performed by a member of the opposite sex.

Even when the the real object of Dr. Mcfeely’s, Mctouchy’s and McPalp’s affections is a decidedly unromantic thyroid nodule.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67798 anonymous Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67798 Kevin: Registering your guests is not enough in this case....You have some loose cannons on several fronts. Edit at will. Kevin: Registering your guests is not enough in this case….You have some loose cannons on several fronts. Edit at will.

]]> By: lawyersuxhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67795 lawyersux Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67795 "I'm guessing you're just the kind of physician who needs a chaperone."<br/><br/>And I'm guessing you should have a Cop around when you and your lawyer friends go on your little "Thai Boy Junkets" every year around christmas. “I’m guessing you’re just the kind of physician who needs a chaperone.”

And I’m guessing you should have a Cop around when you and your lawyer friends go on your little “Thai Boy Junkets” every year around christmas.

]]> By: NoAcuteDistresshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67794 NoAcuteDistress Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67794 Geez Sarah, Does your doctor examine your thyroid from behind while you're sitting on a stool? Does he (I assume it's a "he" if your're uncomfortable with this technique) press his groin into your back? If so, I'd have to agree there exists the likelihood that he should rethink the logistics of the exam. Geez Sarah, Does your doctor examine your thyroid from behind while you’re sitting on a stool? Does he (I assume it’s a “he” if your’re uncomfortable with this technique) press his groin into your back? If so, I’d have to agree there exists the likelihood that he should rethink the logistics of the exam.

]]> By: CJDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67791 CJD Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67791 I'm guessing you're just the kind of physician who needs a chaperone. I’m guessing you’re just the kind of physician who needs a chaperone.

]]> By: lawyersuxhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67782 lawyersux Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67782 I trained IN Canada. Using a chaperone is an American idea, due to the litigousness in this country. I never saw a chaperone used in Canada, they didn't even teach us about chaperones. We were taught however, to be careful when we examined females that we weren't doing anything that could be construed as sexual. Most private physicians in Canada don't make enough money to hire female assistants to stand there while they examine a patient. But in the US, where health care dollars are flushed down the toilet every day with entire "risk management" departments, to protect us from the legal sodomites, a chaperone is a cheap investment. I trained IN Canada. Using a chaperone is an American idea, due to the litigousness in this country. I never saw a chaperone used in Canada, they didn’t even teach us about chaperones. We were taught however, to be careful when we examined females that we weren’t doing anything that could be construed as sexual. Most private physicians in Canada don’t make enough money to hire female assistants to stand there while they examine a patient. But in the US, where health care dollars are flushed down the toilet every day with entire “risk management” departments, to protect us from the legal sodomites, a chaperone is a cheap investment.

]]> By: SarahWhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/another-get-chaperone-story.html#comment-67778 SarahW Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/another-get-a-chaperone-story.html#comment-67778 Yes, wehre was the chaperone? <br/><br/>I felt a little uncomfy getting a thryoid exam from behind, and it IS a frequently used exam position.<br/><br/>I would go so far as to suppose there might actually be some medical advantage to the unorthodox breast exam technique, as there is in stand-to the rear thyroid palpation - but it's such a close and "familiar" examination, it's best to keep the contact clearly cold and clinical.<br/><br/>Nothing like a third wheel in the exam room to dispel wrong ideas. Yes, wehre was the chaperone?

I felt a little uncomfy getting a thryoid exam from behind, and it IS a frequently used exam position.

I would go so far as to suppose there might actually be some medical advantage to the unorthodox breast exam technique, as there is in stand-to the rear thyroid palpation – but it’s such a close and “familiar” examination, it’s best to keep the contact clearly cold and clinical.

Nothing like a third wheel in the exam room to dispel wrong ideas.

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