Student doctors

Has anyone ever experienced having the doctor call in student doctors to either observe or even take their rectal temperature. I had a female friend experience this at the doctors office, as the doctor had a working relationship with a university medical program.

My answer is a no. My mom was the only one who took my rectal temperature. No doctor of mine never called in student doctors.

I've never heard of that before. I've been told that medical and nursing students, practice procedures in the classroom, under the instructor's supervision.

Some local doctors do have university appointment at a nearby medical school and so may have medical students observing patient care in their office. While I can imagine the students being present for a history and physical and procedures with the attending physician, I cannot imagine it would just be for rectal temperature taking. If that was your question I'd think that circumstance would be odd indeed.

Some local doctors do have university appointment at a nearby medical school and so may have medical students observing patient care in their office. While I can imagine the students being present for a history and physical and procedures with the attending physician, I cannot imagine it would just be for rectal temperature taking. If that was your question I'd think that circumstance would be odd indeed.

We did practice some procedures on each other. There were other procedures we practiced at home with our classmates in earnest--NOT for sexual gratification. We did a lot of physical exam/diagnosis practice on each other.

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Some local doctors do have university appointment at a nearby medical school and so may have medical students observing patient care in their office. While I can imagine the students being present for a history and physical and procedures with the attending physician, I cannot imagine it would just be for rectal temperature taking. If that was your question I'd think that circumstance would be odd indeed.

Hahahahahaha Odd circumstances? You mean NON-EXISTENT circumstances?

I had this many times when I went to the pediatrician throughout my teen years. At times there would be a student doctor following one or more of the doctors around to various patients in the various examination rooms. They were predominately male student doctors. There were also student nurses following the registered nurses. Most of these were female, maybe 2 or 3 were male. When this occurred, and this was only some of the time not all, the nurse would have the student take my temperature and my doctor's office only used the rectal thermometer. It was bad enough having this done by the regular nurses, although I sort of got used to it, but when you are 16 or 17 and you get your temperature taken by a girl maybe 2 years older than you it is kind of embarrassing.

Not for a rectal temperature but recently I had to go to the urologist and he had a very hot medical student there and he was there for all of our discussion then he asked me to drop my pants and they gave me a hernia check and then I bent over for a prostate exam went on forever ,would love to have that experience again. the only thing that would have made it better is if they took my temperature.

No I have not .

My last DRE had a student doctor present he observed i wanted to ask if he wanted to try but was to embarrassed

No I have not

I've had lots of med students observing physical exams and procedures performed on me, as well as a couple surgeries, but never a rectal temperature. I had a prostate exam performed with a med student observing, which I've written about elsewhere on here.

There are professional patients who are hired by medical schools to have students practice prostate, and gyn exams on them. I read about one of the male patients who's real doctor discovered a callous which had developed on his prostate, from all the students practicing on him!

I've had med students do gyn exams, breast exams, and ultrasounds, but never rectal temps.