Dr T & The Women

Anyone see this movie that starred Richard Gere as a gynecologist?

There was a scene in which a woman is on the exam table in a hospital gown. He auscultated her over her gown. Then he pulls it down to examine her breasts. Why auscultate over the gown when her chest is going to be exposed anyway?

I don't consider this a plothole though; since that silliness seems to reflect real life.