Is auscultation the same in all countries?

I'm an American female (living in the U.S.) and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with receiving a real auscultation exam in other countries, such as Chile, for example…. Do real doctors there auscultate over or under the shirt? Does it matter if the patient is male or female… or do they always auscultate over the shirt for all patients? etc. I'm just curious how it's typically done in other countries.

Please share your experiences if you have any!

A friend of mine is a (real) doctor in Belgium. We played together a few times, and she always had me take my shirt off.

She said her doctors always did likewise when she went to them.

In the UK, I’ve only taken my shirt off to be auscultated once, about twenty years ago.

Until several years ago the doc would lift my shirt up to listen underneath, but then I got a different doc who asked me remove my shirt. It's got to the stage where if they ask to listen to my chest, lungs or belly it's just an automatic reaction for me to take my t-shirt off for them to listen.

I think it depends on the doctor. Old GP in my home town in Georgia didn't believe in gowns. He stethed everybody bare chested, male or female, regardless of age. He did the athletic physicals for the local high school and junior high. The girls who were his regular patients knew the drill. The girls who did sports or cheerleading referred to their athletic physicals as “showing our tits to Dr. Charlie.”

I'm a guy from the UK. I've always been stethed bare chested over here, but whenever I've been with my female partner and she's ended up being stethed, the doctor (regardless of their sex) always went underneath her top or just had her lift her top briefly

In Europe no serious doctor auscultates over shirt. You have uncover the chest or the back unbottoning shirts or elevating. Never over the wear.

Growing up in SE Asia, my last exam there was during my Junior High years. The school doctor/nurse would unbutton our uniform (button up, short sleeve shirt) and auscultates either on bare screen or through undershirt (if you're wearing one).

I think it depends on the doctor. Sometimes they will have me lift my shirt up and other times I’ll have to take it off

My family doctor always asks me to remove my shirt when he listens to my heartbeat.

He asked my wife to remove her bra

In Italy doctors usually invite women to remove their shirt. Most doctors in Italy, when they visit women, men are not allowed in

It has been years since I was auscultated at the doctor's. But whenever they decide to give me a check, they would ask me to take off my shirt. It's convenient and easy to listen to both my back and chest that way (and it feels very nice for me).