Comments on: Learning pelvic exams http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72427 Anonymous Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72427 I don't see the big problem, we learned it on our rotations with real (awake and consenting) patients with our instructors like everything else. It was handled sensitively, the patients knew it was a teaching facility and few refused--of course it was that anachronism called a "charity hospital"--an old fashioned device for making sure everyone had access to healthcare without mucking up other peoples private insurance or doctor relationships or freedoms. I don’t see the big problem, we learned it on our rotations with real (awake and consenting) patients with our instructors like everything else. It was handled sensitively, the patients knew it was a teaching facility and few refused–of course it was that anachronism called a “charity hospital”–an old fashioned device for making sure everyone had access to healthcare without mucking up other peoples private insurance or doctor relationships or freedoms.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72364 Anonymous Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72364 Honestly, there's not much to a pelvic exam beyond using a speculum and being very respectful about the interaction. How many docs can actually palpate an ovary (or notice a cyst?) and how much information is actually gathered outside the visual exam via speculum? The whole palpation part seems uneccesary. Med students can learn this on their ER rotation. Honestly, there’s not much to a pelvic exam beyond using a speculum and being very respectful about the interaction. How many docs can actually palpate an ovary (or notice a cyst?) and how much information is actually gathered outside the visual exam via speculum? The whole palpation part seems uneccesary. Med students can learn this on their ER rotation.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72348 Anonymous Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72348 <i>Here are some other options to learn this sensitive exam.</i><br/><br/>Option 1: Get them out of the library so they can find a girlfriend - problem solved. Here are some other options to learn this sensitive exam.

Option 1: Get them out of the library so they can find a girlfriend – problem solved.

]]> By: Blog, MDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72347 Blog, MD Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/learning-pelvic-exams.html#comment-72347 The history of so-called "standardized patients", who often serve as teaching models for pelvic exams, is fascinating as well. You can read more about it <a HREF="http://blogmd.samblackman.org/?p=179" REL="nofollow">here</a>. The history of so-called “standardized patients”, who often serve as teaching models for pelvic exams, is fascinating as well. You can read more about it here.

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