Place of examination

Where you prefer to perform the medical examination (medical bed, bed, hard surface, etc.)?

I would prefer it to be a medical bed.

Exam table flat or Medical bed.

This may be slightly off topic but one doctor that I saw growing up had his office in his home. The exam room was just off the living room, which was his waiting area, and separated by louver doors, the kind with slats all the way. I felt that one could easily hear what was going on as well as possibly see through the slats. I don't know if one could really see a lot but it was a huge concern.

His exam requirement was for me to strip to by briefs and then be given my examination that eventually had me naked! There was no reprieve; he would ask me to lift my hips up and then remove my briefs. It was not a question of lowering them at all. He steadily lowered past my thighs, knees and ankles until he could toss them onto a chair. He never seemed to be concerned about how I felt or the fact that it seemed endless!

The exam table had that white paper that was always cold and made terrible crinkling sounds as my body moved about. I also would feel like it stuck to my bottom.

The exam room was small, which only made me more nervous, as everything was in plain sight! The experience still resonates with me today!

I had a friend who used a direct care clinic here in our town. Its a paid membership type of thing. He has had brief exams at his office with the doctor coming to visit him. This clinic is really decent with a small group of doctors that provide services. I wouldnt mind experiencing an exam at home or in my office as long as no one else at home can hear whats going on..

Medical bed.

Hard very cold service...sometimes I lay on the cold basement floor.

All of my physical exams have been on firm exam tables except two I can think of that were in beds. I guess I prefer the table, but the bed is cool in that it was unusual/different.

Always sitting and laying on a paper-covered exam table with portions of the exam done standing on the floor.

On an exam table. The exam experience wouldn't be as good without a table.

I prefer an exam table with paper cover.

Paper-covered exam table would be best but a hard table covered by a white sheet can do a nice job too. There is something about the hard, cold surface that makes it exciting. The office better be quite cold as well!

As a play doctor I would like to imagine patients coming to my clinic that has a medical bed.

Now reading this question I feel house call is also an interesting option. So, I can even examine on the normal bed at patient house.

Have had role play exams and sex play upon a potable massage table and it was very serviceable including the face opening at end during numerous portions of the exam such as rectal check portion me looking down at floor while in on all fours position. Different twist. Table covered in white high grade cloth much like examiner coat jackets worn by physicians. Fretter

Paper covered exam table is the best. I have a folding table that works great, just need to actually get ahold of some paper...it's not a huge priority for me but I think that would add to the experience for the patient at least.

I would prefer to have an exam table if I had a permanent exam room set up. I’ve used a hospital bed for doing exams before. That works well because it can be raised up higher than a conventional bed.

Exam table, medical bed, operation table, gynecological chair - depends from the type of the exam and the procedures after it.

I like as much realism as possible and would prefer an exam table with paper as opposed to a bed of any kind.

I'd leave it up to my "doctor". Part of the exam for me is to let the doctor take control and give in to his exam.

Always leave it up to whoever is examining me

If I was meeting someone to have a play exam done I’d want it as realistically as possible. I’d want them to have a table at the very least, preferably a whole room to make it as realistic as possible.

I’ve tried meeting people to have my temperature taken in a hotel room and it’s not the same. Now it probably would’ve been ok if they had some kind of table, and the dreaded crinkly paper for my to sit and lay on and then we could’ve used the desk as like a doctors desk...maybe. But it still wouldn’t be the same feeling as going into a small doctors office.

Ccm93: Is the doctor setting the trigger for you? In my case, temperature time is associated with the pungent odor of the disinfectant used by the nurses for their thermometers when I was in hospital for appendicitis 40 years ago. We could hear and smell their trolley when it was time.

Definitely an exam table that has a padded top with the crinkly paper over that. I feel like the hard exam tables would be uncomfortable when you have to lay down on them.

@youngpatient same. Yes the exam table in the middle of the room.

I agree with many posters here that some kind of a table, whether it is an exam table or massage table works best that in which the doctor can walk around it. I have used regular beds on occasions when nothing else is available, but find them unrealistic and hard to work with. For one thing, it is very uncomfortable and hard on the back for the doctor to have to be bending over for such a long period of time.

Definitely prefer exam to exam table setting.

I don't perform exams, but will reply, as I think many members have done here, as the patient. If I were to be examined I'd like it to occur almost anywhere other than a bed made for sleeping.

Exam table, gyn procedure chair, massage table .. the older and more scary looking the better, cloth or paper covered, I'm not fussy about that part of it. No bed pillows either. If my head must be cushioned or elevated then I'd hope something least resembling a bed pillow would be used.

When I was a kid the family doctor would make house calls. The examination was carried out on the kitchen table!

My wife and I bought a home where the third car slot in the garage was made into a office during the construction. We bought a Ritter by Midmark 304 table, and a 6 panel room divider from Amazon. We only play in our office!

I love hard tables. When I am playing with my friends, we always use an table or desk on which we sometimes put a sheet.