Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by ...

Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...

Healthcare practitioners, including medical students, are now prohibited from performing pelvic examinations on female patients without first obtaining written consent, but many specific, logistical ...

To the editor: I’d like to offer an unconventional approach to learning what to expect during a pelvic exam: Attend one of your mother’s. The summer before I left for college, my mother brought me to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.

Experts are still debating whether women need a pelvic exam at their yearly visit to a gynecologist, according to a new report. The report comes from a government-appointed expert panel that reviewed ...

The gynecology clinic is often a discouraging learning environment for medical students. Although those who complete a third-year clerkship in obstetrics and gynecology may take histories from plenty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the study, these numbers are concerning as “pelvic examination is no longer recommended for asymptomatic, ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new Pennsylvania law will require doctors to get a patient’s verbal and written consent before medical students can perform pelvic or rectal exams on someone who receives ...

A new law in Colorado says providers must get a patient’s prior consent for medical students to perform pelvic exams while the patient is unconscious during a procedure. Proponents of the law say it ...