Windows in exam rooms

Some exam rooms have windows, but these windows not necessarily are on first floor or see through from the outside. If doctor office is say for dentist, eye doctor or other specialist which doesn't not involve private part examination, then not a big deal to be seen from outside.

Many of my exams have been in windowed rooms, most on the upper floors. Only once in my 68 years have I ever had a close call.

When I was in probably my 30s, and back when there were many more solo or small practices, I went to a doctor who had an office in a residence.

After I was ushered in, I noticed that the room had a window by the driveway of the converted home

Only later, probably when the nurse realized my reason for visit did she ask me to move

I can't remember how far I had stripped, but definitely remember the end result that day was the finger finale as I have heard it referred to..

Thre can be a lot of different situations but I have noticed sometimes that the exam room in a medical center was aside a parking lot and if it was at the ground floor , and if the curtain was not closed, I presume that the persons who walked by could have a view inside but not directly.

at school , I have already explain how it was possible to see inside the locker room where the classes undressed for their physical examinations from the yard court.

During military service, I presume that the persons who lived in the opposite buildings at upper floors had a view on the corridor where we were instructed to undress before a physical examination because there was no curtain to the windows but it was not a very close view. Same for the corridor along the wall in front of dormitories.

And more generally, it was depending on the floor , if the door was closed completely or partially, if there was curtains to windows ot not or if there was tinted glasses but sometimes because you did not see anything outside from the inside due to tinted glasses on windows, you could believe that it is the same for persons outside but it was not always true, it could not be the case, it could be wrong.

For most of my childhood exams (till a teen), I had the same pediatrician. Until I was about 12, he shared practice with a female doctor in a ranch-style home that she converted into offices. The bedrooms were used as exam rooms, but the style of home had oblong windows placed very high on the wall - maybe 4.5 feet above the floor - and the windows themselves were maybe 2 feet high and 6 to 8 feet long. They were so high up in the room, that no one could have seen in from the outside. That never worried me then, the worst part of going there was being weighed and measured in my undies in the very public hallway.

When I was 12 my pediatrician bought a one-story home across town and converted it into his own office space. It was a different style house and I think the waiting room and reception area had been an attached one-car garage. The exam rooms were in the rest of the home, which had large windows throughout - maybe 3 feet wide and 5 feet high - that were mounted halfway between the floor and ceiling. In at least two rooms, the exam table was placed in front of the window, probably because it was the longest wall in the room. One of these exam rooms (in which I always seemed to be placed) looked right out onto the front yard and side walk, which was maybe 20 feet to the street.

There were blinds on the windows but they were always turned open. One day in middle school I walked to the doc's office for the mandatory school physical and some classmates of mine were walking in the general direction of his office, since they lived in that part of town. I avoided them seeing me walk that way, and hoped that the girl who lived just across the street did not see me go in.

Of course, I was taken to the exam room in the front by the nurse and ordered to strip off everything by my undies. She came back to weigh and measure me (thankfully there was a scale in the room) and then had me sit on the exam table to wait for the doc. Whether or not anyone could have seen my bare back from the street I do not know, but thinking of how he conducted the exam, I turned and closed the blinds.

When the doc entered he asked me a few questions and listened to my chest, but then said "I wonder why these are closed?" and reached over and opened them up. That was immediately followed by having me lay down, which included a genital inspection. Of course, I felt like I was on display for the whole world!

I can’t remember ever being in an exam room without windows, however, they have either had blinds or shades with drapes covering the sides.

The clinic I go to now doesn't have windows in the exam rooms. The exam rooms are all built into the interior of the building. The clinic is closing next month so I am going to end up going to the clinic my doctor transferred to. I am very curious as to what it will be like? What the rooms and the staff will be like?

I think I have only ever been to one doctor with any exam rooms with a window. It was a dermatologist. So perhaps it could have been embarrassing if you got a full skin check in there… I never did. But other than that, I don’t think I have ever been in an exam room with a window.

My pediatrician didn't have windows, but when I moved up to a different doctor, the entire wall was windows haha. But that was also because we were on like, the 40th floor (downtown city)

Our gp has windows in all the rooms, there are blinds but they don’t usually close them because there are no buildings close by. Although one time when my wife was pregnant she waiting naked with just one of those short paper gowns that are like ponchos, when a window cleaner appeared out of the blue. He apparently saw her and just moved on to another window.

This reminds me of this anecdote about a company who manufactures sensitive products whose headquarters had meeting rooms with normal glass window, which could be seen from across the street… (they had to add blinds, if I recall correctly)

My pediatrician had exam rooms with floor to ceiling windows with metal mini blinds. The building was only one floor, and the window looked out onto the sidewalk between the building and the parking lot. The window was on the same wall as the long side of the exam table. This was back in the 80s and early 90s before the typical exam room had an exam table sticking out diagonally into the room. The foot of the table ended before the window started, so nobody outside could see anything happening on the exam table. Since the window was opposite the door to the exam room, someone could have seen me being led by the nurse in just my undies out to the scale in the hallway for height and weight, but since anyone in that parking lot was there for that doctor, they had better odds of seeing me on the scale in the hallway.

My pediatrician didn't have windows, but when I moved up to a different doctor, the entire wall was windows haha. But that was also because we were on like, the 40th floor (downtown city)

That's pretty awesome though.

Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever been in an exam room with windows. Waiting rooms, sure, of course... even at the dentist. But not at the Dr's.

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At the current clinic I go to - the scale and nurse pre-check area is in an open area - Before you go to a treatment room / office - The room / office has windows to the outside, but they all have blinds and curtains on them...

I have been examined in only one room with a window and yes, I was anxious (in a good way) about people maybe seeing me being examined. That particular exam I had my shirt off and my pants down for a few minutes too, so that added to the feeling.

There is a dermatologist practice near the parking garage that I park in for work has large windows in their exam rooms which face a sidewalk and the access road to the parking garage.

Usually the blinds are shut but occasionally the windows will be uncovered and you can kind of see into the exam rooms as you walk or drive past. There was one morning I was on my way in and I happened to look over and I saw a man undressing to his boxer briefs and putting on an exam gown. Haven’t caught sight like that since!

Windows in exam rooms: the potential for someone to look in who is not supposed to see you in your vulnerable state. They're going to see you, and you will have to live with the fact they cannot unsee you.

I have to imagine that as an exciting turn on for some people.