Medical examinations for school and university

I had to get a number of medical examinations during school and university. Not always a fun experience, but these medical checks were compulsory. Did you have to go through that as well?

Not even once. Why did they do these exams? Was it sports related?

I can't see any reason to do this for students who are just there to get a college degree. The compulsory part is really kind of odd.

Around here in America it is up to the students to get checked reguarly, but most are seen on a case by case basis.

I went to a private all girls Catholic high school in the states. I know in highs school we were required to take a physical every year if we played sports. We had to to take our skirts off. (We wore boxer or soccer shorts under them) We also had to untuck our shirts and form a line. We would provide a urine sample and then we woud go into the sports medicine room one at a time. We would be alone with the doctor. He would lift up are shirts and the back of our bras and check our backs for scoliosis. He would listen to our heart and lungs and then ask for the next girl. Even at the time we all could tell he enjoyed himself. In college there was a clinic but there were no requirments to go. We did have to have proof of vacines before we entered college. So did have to go to the clinic and get caught up on all my shots.

We did have a sports medicine guy come once a week and exam any athletes that were injured. My friend and I were on the track team and she had pulled a hamstring. She had already gone to see him once and asked me this time if I would stand outside the door and wait for her. I guess he had placed his hands on her bottom a few times and she felt it wasn't for clinical reasons. He always left the door open but it was a really secluded hallway in the basement so no one would ever know or probably even hear her if she had screamed. So some girls from the team and I stood outside the door waiting for her and suprisingly it didn't happen again.

I had to get a physical for my grad school. I had a gyno and anal exam. There were also med students watching. Any one else have to strip down in a room full of people

Our school medicals were always conducted with several boys together. You'd undress to underwear and then sit around while the others were examined. Dr always used to drop your underwear for a hernia check. That could get embarrassing as got older. As one person was finished they left the room and another boy would come in, so the door was always opening and closing.

I live in Argentina, and here there is absolutely no exam in high school or in college, unfortunatelly. But some companies here make really complete admissional exams in their employes, specially the public ones.

I was in school during the 60s and 70s here in British Columbia, and I never had to undergo any kind of medical examination in school, nor did I have to have an exam by my family doctor in order to attend school.

I don't know what the situation is now, but considering how difficult it is for new people coming into the province to even find a family doctor, I can't see how it could have changed, since none of the new children to the province would even have been able to find a doctor to examine them, and I doubt if the province would even be able to find doctors to act as school physicians.

I very much doubt if any of the schools have a resident nurse on duty, as we have a severe nursing shortage here too.

We used to have school medicals. We would have some sort of health check every year it seemed. Whether it be Eyes and hearing, the School dentist, Head Lice, or the Full Physical. I only ever remember having a Full Physical twice in school, at about 8 and 14, and while it made me very nervous i can't ever rememember it being too bad. What was far far more embarrassing was when we were checked for Pin Worms. Almost every year until I was about 11 we would be visited by the 'Nit Nurse' who would just come into our class room, have us all line up and go through our hair looking for nits. She was a tall lady who would almost always be involved in some way with any of the school health checks but when I was 7 and again at 10 she came and checked for worms. She would come and take ten pupils at a time and line us up in alpahabetical order along the wall outside the Staff Room handing us a sheet of paper with our names on. The glass door to the staff room was covered with big sheets of coloured paper. The leaving of the child before you was your cue to go in.

With my heart pounding I walked in to see the 'Nit Nurse' sitting on a chair with a table beside her, a bright light standing next to her and two red spots on the floor in front of her. After giving back my sheet of paper, while putting on a pair of latex gloves she'd instruct me to take my pants and uderwear off, place my feet on the red spots and bend over and touch your toes. She would pull your cheeks apart and even spread your anus a little while asking if you ever 'have an itchy bottom'. Finally she would place a small piece of sticky tape over your anus, push it down before pulling it off and placing it on the table. You would then be able to put your clothes back on and leave, giving the cue to the next kid. The whole thing only lasted less than five minutes but it is probably the most embarrasing five minutes ever.

Does anyone else remember these worm checks.

Our school physicals were usually pretty quick. We were clothed for most of the exam, but when it came time for the genital exam, we had to take off our pants and pull down our underwear. The school doctor was this chubby man in his mid fifties and I always remember his command: "drop your pants and pull down your underwear!" One time, I did not pull down my underwear far enough and he pulled it down to my knees. After that, he did the usually hernia check and a quick examination of my penis and testicles then sent me on my way.

We had mandatory school physicals throught the 8th grade. You had the option of going to your own family doctor but very few parents wanted to spend the money so most of the kids had the school doctor perform it. About six or seven students would go to the nurses office at one time. Once there we were told to take off everthing but our briefs. (All boys during that time wore briefs, never boxers.) We sat there as a group while the doctor and nurse would call us in one at a time for the actual physical. The nurse stayed in the room the whole time. All the basics were performed as well as recording our stage of development. Then the doctor would pull down our briefs and check for hernias and also see how our testicles were developing. I remember one year he was concerned because he didnt feel that one of my testicles had descended far enough and suggested to my parents that they have my family doctor keep an eye on it. It did eventualy come down ok. These exams were usually the first experience any of us had to any type of group exposure. I guess it was a good experience to help us get ready for 9th grade when we would start taking group showers after gym.

Violate of privacy is happen quite often in most of countries with totalitarian or dictatorial government. Some state officials, including the teachers usurp rights, unusual for their occupation and competence. A case in point is the presence of a teacher on the regular physical exams we used to have at school from young child until come of age. A class teacher was always present in exam room during the exam, independent of age and sex of the students. The examination accomplish in the school doctors consulting room, separate for girls and boys. I have embarrassed memories of my last physical at age of 14. I went in consulting room by my school teacher an exacting lady about 40. On doctor's orders I striped to undies. Then the doctor, also female done the exam. First she checks weight, height and blood pressure. After that she checked my teeth, tongue and larynx. During exam I wear only the knickers. My class-teacher stay right next to me witnesses at firsthand the procedure and masterminds me assisting the doctor. Become aware of implicit consent of the doctor, she stays immediately to her even during the most embarrassed part of the exam check of my physical development and genitalia. For that I was insist to lower my briefs to my knees. Next following check of the testicles and finally she pulled the prepuce back to see the glans. It was more embarrassing because I had reach puberty and start raises some pubic hair. In despite of obvious discomfort and humiliation to be exposed in front of a woman, who isn't medical personal, nobody of my classmate protest because all this is part of a strong confirmed system.

We used to have a school exam every two years. It would be during gym class, but it was nothing good. One station ould be the gym teacher taking your weight, the next would be the nurse taking your height and the nurses assistant would do eyes and ears. Occasinally in elementary school they did a scolisosis cheeck. Never anything more than that.

I was at junior school in the UK in the late 50s and we had medical checks at key stages in our development. I remember vividly queuing up in my underwear in our school which was a cold Victorian building. The queue went into the medical room so all the next few children in line could see what was happening. The nurse checked height, weight checked our tongue and tonsils etc. Once the nurse finished with you you were passed on to doctor (a fierce woman doctor) and the nurse took the next in line - a very efficient conveyor belt !

In front to the doctor you had to take off your underpants and lift up your vest. The doctor listened to you chest. She the made you stand on tip toes to check for flat feet and then you had to squat - I think to check balance. Once up again she felt you genitals - to see if your testicles had dropped (we were about 10) - mine hadn't. We then were made to turn round and touch our toes. She ran her hand down our spine to check it was aligned I guess. She the pulled our cheeks apart and hos a look at our anus (no insertion). Finally she put her hand in our groin and we had to cough - (hernia check ?). Once finished it was pants on and away to dress.

My friend in front of me got and erection when he took his underpants down. The doctor gave his penis a sharp tap with a 12 inch wooden school ruler (all you nurses take note !!) His erection disappeared like magic. Por boy he was very embarassed and it was not helped by the telling off he received from the doctor. I was so scared I would get a hard on ! Even though we had not reached puberty I remember getting an erection - at that time I had no idea why - we were so much more innocent in those days.

It was a mixed school so I guess the girls had something similar.

I remember being nervous but not too embarrased - maybe my interest in medical started then.

I will post some stories from my two years at boarding school and also playing doctor with my friends if anyone is interested.

We had had no gentital exam at all during our examinations. The exam was about ten minutes, but it looked certainly longer. The doctor was a man and he did a breast exam and listened to my heart and lungs for quite a longe time. During these parts of the exam a was topless, which wasn't a nice experience.

I was joining a normal public school and we were naked during the examination. The temperature was rectally taken, while you were laying on your stomach. The thermometer was cold, when he put it op in anus. Two times I had i real hard erection. He said nothing to it, but it was embarrasing when he afterwards should fell whether my testicles were allright.

When I went to school in the 90s, school medical exams were quite common.

I had different experiences. In most cases, the female doctor just took a look at the penis if everything was OK. However, I can remember that a young sexy nurse was standing in front of me during this who also had the chance to see my penis. That was very embarassing for me. Sometimes I got semi-erect.

However, one day a female doctor did a hernia check but without lowering the pants. Otherwise I would have had an erection 😉

I remember a school physical when I was about ten. It was done in the school library which was closed that day for physicals. We had to remove our shirts and sit while each boy stood before a female doc with the school nurse seated next to her.

Eventually you had to lower your pants and shorts to the floor for a genital check. I was mortified. I was facing the doc and nurse and four classmated could see my backside. In retrospect I wish that had happened more often.

I remember having to have a physical before entering kindergarten (I don't remember), in 6th grade, and in 10th grade. I went to public school.

For the 6th grade exam, I had mine done in school by a school doctor. They called boys down to the nurse's office in groups of 3 or 4 and sent us into a little room adjacent to the nurse's office waiting area to change into our gym shorts. They called us each back individually into an exam room. The doctor did the usual checks, pulse, BP, stethoscope. He then had me lay on the exam table and felt my abdomen extensively. His hands went all the way to my waistband, but no lower. This was strange to me at the time, and alot of my classmates joked about this later. Finally, I was asked to touch my toes for a scoliosis check. Each exam probably lasted 5-10 minutes.

In 10th grade, my parents sent me to our private GP instead. It also wasn't unusual, but I had to give a urine test to check for proteins and glucose (no drug test though). The only bathroom in the office was attached to the waiting room, so I had to walk by my mother, the receptionists, and several other patients waiting, carrying that little clear plastic cup and back with my urine in full view. This was embarrassing for me. The doctor also did a hernia check at the end of the exam. He asked me to pull my pants and boxers down but I could face away from him, to protect my modesty.

I also had a pre-college physical with the same GP and it was pretty much the same.

My university medical (some 20 years ago in England) consisted of a doctor asking which injections you'd had recently and did you want to see a doctor.

If you needed a booster jab or wanted to see the doctor you were given an appointment.

I recall having group examinations over a 10 year period within the british private education system. the exam focused on the chest, and mobility, but ended with a brief examination of the groin area; and a gentle squeeze of the testicles.

I would have love to have been examined properly at school but it never happened of course. We had the nit nurse at infants school a few times, eye tests but that was about it. I used to fantasise about being at an old fashioned all girls boarding school with nude gym and swimming lessons and lots of examinations! In fact sometimes, I still do!

In the 60s we only had weight, height, temp, and heart/lungs examined (with stethoscope). They was a quick eye test with the chart, but that was about it. I don't remember any genital check, and we were definitely not naked, maybe had to remove our shirt and tshirt but that was it.

I had only an examination at school (or so I remember) when I was 10 years. I remember the examination was done by my family doctor woman (only by coincidence) in a room of our school. There was a nurse and entered the room one at a time. The examination was to routine temperature taken orally, weight, measurements, pressure, there was more than genital visual anus and penis and then the control of the testicles. At the end the worst: an injection for a painful injection vacino mandatory seating. It was very painful as well as humiliating.

I went to a public school and had physical exams until the grade 12. It took for about a week or so taking differnt exams at nurse's office. Doctors and nurses did check hight, weight,chest measurment, urine sample, ears, eyes, eye sight, teeth. Then we all had to remove our tops off to have their hearts and lungs checked. It was embarrasing becuase we could not keep our bras on.

I had during my time when i was 13. The teacher would call 3 boys and 3 girls to go the medical room, or so I called it. The doctor, usually male, would be there to check your height, weight and heart beat. (Privacy of course). Then I am told to take off all clothing except underwear. The doctor would then check my abdomen, and then he pulled off my undies and examined my penis. It was dead humiliating. He would ask me to lie on my stomach and check my anus for itching or redness. I admit I quite enjoyed when the doctor fingered around my anus.

When i was 10 I had a medical school exam; the doctor was a female, very sweet lady. She touched my balls..and rolled them in the palm, the she delicately pushed her finger in my anus.. It was no so good that time, but she try to relax me.

She then say to me to put on my clothes and then speak with my mum. ;-)

I remember lining up in a cold corridor holding our medical files, pink for girls, blue for boys.. Outside the medical room at school.

This was at Secondary school, from age 11 - 16.

We had to strip to our vest and pants, (bra and pants once older) with bare feet, and were called in, in groups of about 5 at a time, where the school nurse would take our weight and height, check our hair for nits, and do an eye test, then we would join another queue to wait to go into the Dr's room.. which was infact the sickbay room, where we used to lie down on a bed if feeling ill during a school day.

I remember seeing an older male Dr once, who listened to my chest, looked in my eyes, ears and mouth, with a nurse who took notes.

I remember having the spine exam where we had to bend down while he palpated the bones, which also meant right to the tail bone and therefore pulling down my underwear slightly to the crack of my backside.

And that was about it.. not really embarrassing.

Females also had a rubella injection at 14, in the arm.

Other than that, we had the school dentist in, about once a year.

In Belgium you get school medicals every two years.

All the boys have to strip to their underwear. Then we were weighed and measured ... by the nurse. After that we had to get in the doctor's office seperately. There the doctor examined us more thoroughly. The most exciting part was always when we had to drop our briefs (no boxers here at that time). our foreskin was pulled back and our testicles were examined.

Once we had a female doctor (a very strict old grey doctor). Normally we only had to drop our briefs for the genital exam, but she ordered us to be naked the whole time we were in her office. Although we complained about this among each other, I found it very exciting and I think I wasn't the only one !

A question to "juliemarannès" who adressed this post :

"Hi I am a French nurse assistant working with a female doctor who is used to perform routine physical exam for school boys and girls in Paris 11th district (15yo and 17/1😎. my job consists in helping the doctor, in performing view controls, urine samples checking, taking note of any problem on request of doctor...I sometimes have a quick look to boys during the hernia check. it is sometimes amazing to see them beetred and so embarrassed...poor boys! The doctor herself pull down the underwear of the boys"

I notice that the female doctor pulled herself the underwear or boxer of the boys, it is surprising for boys who are about 15 age as you write, they are no more little boys but teenagers whose puberty had began, she could have asked them to pull down themselves their brief or underwear, it would be less humiliating for them?

I am also surprised about the exam of boys of 18 age ?

I read always in french newspapers that there are no more physical exams in schools for lack of doctors and also of interest. When I was a french student,the physical exams were annual but it is not the case now and some doctors in others forums write that the doctors never ask young men to undress completely like in the past.It is surprising that you can be present when the doctor is performing some private exams.

are you sure your message is not pure fantasy?