Funny exam stories

[Tritleb]

Me (a second year) talking to a first year in the weight room:

Him: "So, what section of clinical medicine are you guys in now?"
Me: "Started OB/GYN last Friday"
Him: "Oh man, do you have to do pelvic exams and stuff like that?"
Me: "Yeah, actually we have some volunteers for this Friday"
Him: "Volunteers? Not plastic models? Geez, I guess we'll keep our fingers crossed."
Me: "No, I think it hurts more when you do it that way."

Moments like this need to be shared.

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[Habeed]

I wonder...does it hurt to receive a pelvic exam? (I'm a male M0 so i don't know)

I mean, I do know that that area of the body tolerates two fingers pretty well under normal circumstances....and it doesn't appear to hurt...

 

[Erina]

I wonder...does it hurt to receive a pelvic exam? (I'm a male M0 so i don't know)

I mean, I do know that that area of the body tolerates two fingers pretty well under normal circumstances....and it doesn't appear to hurt...

the bimanual exam isn't too bad but that speculum is the devil, in my opinion.

 

[Tritleb]

I wonder...does it hurt to receive a pelvic exam? (I'm a male M0 so i don't know)

I mean, I do know that that area of the body tolerates two fingers pretty well under normal circumstances....and it doesn't appear to hurt...

I assume the "normal circumstances" you're talking about are intimate times with a girlfriend, the "non-normal/exam circumstances" are, from my understanding, much more unnerving for women.

Additionally, Erina is right in that most women don't have trouble with the bimanual (that's one hand into and one hand on top, not two in...), but the speculum, and worse the pap smear tool, tend to be what makes them jump.

But that's not what this thread is about. Come on, surely some people have funny exam stories to tell without breeching HIPAA.

 

[Erina]

I assume the "normal circumstances" you're talking about are intimate times with a girlfriend, the "non-normal/exam circumstances" are, from my understanding, much more unnerving for women.

Additionally, Erina is right in that most women don't have trouble with the bimanual (that's one hand into and one hand on top, not two in...), but the speculum, and worse the pap smear tool, tend to be what makes them jump.

But that's not what this thread is about. Come on, surely some people have funny exam stories to tell without breeching HIPAA.

My research mentor used to help teach the breast and pelvic exams with standardized patients. He said that one year, one of his students (a male) decided to take off the patient's bra for her. Disturbing, yet extremely amusing.

 

[psychforme]

He said that one year, one of his students (a male) decided to take off the patient's bra for her. Disturbing, yet extremely amusing.

Maybe I am missing something or do you mean that for all those years they had practiced breast exams with the patients' bras on?

 

[ZagDoc]

Maybe I am missing something or do you mean that for all those years they had practiced breast exams with the patients' bras on?

That's something you always want to ask the patient to do herself.

Kinda like pulling down a guy's pants and undies for him for a testicular exam. "Now just relax Mr. Shepard while I unbuckle and remove your pants..."

 

[Erina]

That's something you always want to ask the patient to do herself.

Kinda like pulling down a guy's pants and undies for him for a testicular exam. "Now just relax Mr. Shepard while I unbuckle and remove your pants..."

exactly.

of course you can't perform a breast exam with the bra on, but taking her bra off for her is crossing the line and seriously creepy haha

 

[Habeed]

Now, see, this is where guys and girls differ. If the doctor were male and not too creepy, I would only be slightly irritated. If the doctor was female, I would have no problems with it at all...

 

[shantster]

I assume the "normal circumstances" you're talking about are intimate times with a girlfriend, the "non-normal/exam circumstances" are, from my understanding, much more unnerving for women.

Generally you aren't relaxed and in the mood when you are in an exam room and the doctor is coming at you with gloves and a speculum. And as much as they try to get you to relax to make the exam easier and less painful, it just doesn't happen.

 

[psychforme]

exactly.

of course you can't perform a breast exam with the bra on, but taking her bra off for her is crossing the line and seriously creepy haha

I assumed he offered to help because she looked unable to do it herself or w/e. If the patient was 22 and in perfect condition it's creepy but if she is 89 and barely able to move I'd offer my assistance.

 

[woolfda]

But that's not what this thread is about. Come on, surely some people have funny exam stories to tell without breeching HIPAA.[/QUOTE]

Interestingly enough, we (also an M2) just finished pelvic exams in Clinical Medicine. Five students for one patient were in my room. One of my classmates as he was about to palpate the external areas, prepared the patient by saying "Ma'am, now I'm just going to feel around down here....." 😱 He promptly received a two-minute lecture from the patient about using "professional language."

 

[Erina]

I assumed he offered to help because she looked unable to do it herself or w/e. If the patient was 22 and in perfect condition it's creepy but if she is 89 and barely able to move I'd offer my assistance.

The standardized patients we use are capable of taking off their own bras, so no need for assistance haha. Maybe the guy just wanted to show off the bra-removing skills he had worked so hard on to impress the girls he brings home.

 

[Tiger26]

But that's not what this thread is about. Come on, surely some people have funny exam stories to tell without breeching HIPAA.

Interestingly enough, we (also an M2) just finished pelvic exams in Clinical Medicine. Five students for one patient were in my room. One of my classmates as he was about to palpate the external areas, prepared the patient by saying "Ma'am, now I'm just going to feel around down here....." 😱 He promptly received a two-minute lecture from the patient about using "professional language." [/QUOTE]

During M2 year, one of my friends said that he "was just going to be coming inside you now"--he's very asian, though, so the dialect thing made it even more hilarious

 

[Tiger26]

During M2 year, one of my friends said that he "was just going to be coming inside you now"--he's very asian, though, so the dialect thing made it even more hilarious

 

[Abilene85]

Another vocabulary issue: While learning the breast exam last year, one of the male students leaned across the standardized patient and asked "Am I hard enough?"

 

[BoneNibbler]

Another vocabulary issue: While learning the breast exam last year, one of the male students leaned across the standardized patient and asked "Am I hard enough?"

That makes no sense. Why would he say "I"??

 

[diosa428]

That makes no sense. Why would he say "I"??

He probably meant "Am I pushing hard enough?"

 

[Tritleb]

Interestingly enough, we (also an M2) just finished pelvic exams in Clinical Medicine. Five students for one patient were in my room. One of my classmates as he was about to palpate the external areas, prepared the patient by saying "Ma'am, now I'm just going to feel around down here....." 😱 He promptly received a two-minute lecture from the patient about using "professional language."

During M2 year, one of my friends said that he "was just going to be coming inside you now"--he's very asian, though, so the dialect thing made it even more hilarious[/quote]

AH Hahaha! Now that's funny. Stuff like this makes clinical medicine bearable.

 

[minhaj]

During M2 year, one of my friends said that he "was just going to be coming inside you now"--he's very asian, though, so the dialect thing made it even more hilarious

Asian as in chinese or indian/paki. Either way I think I would have died laughing.

 

[synapsefire]

Kinda like pulling down a guy's pants and undies for him for a testicular exam. "Now just relax Mr. Shepard while I unbuckle and remove your pants..."

This is exactly what happened to me, but I'm a girl. My doctor vaguely asked me, "can I...?" and he unbuttoned and unzipped my pants and looked down there without clarifying what he was going to do. 😡