Notes/waiting during an exam

During your exam, how often is the doctor taking notes? Do they pause often after a breast exam or your pelvic exam to take notes, and leave you waiting? Does your doctor tell you what's going on, or leave you guessing?

Most of my doctors have never taken notes with me in the room, although when I was about ten years old, I had a doctor who always examined me with a medical student in the room. The student was always scribbling on a clipboard, and it was embarrassing since the doctor would always call out observations to the student while examining me.

What kind of observations would the doctor call out?

Oh, all sorts of things! I had something that was kind of like arthritis, so he'd examine my hands and say "Look at the way her fingers are bent," or "She's not nearly flexible enough." The most embarrassing part was that the medication I was on made me constipated, so he'd talk about that during my belly exam and tell the medical student to come see how backed up I felt!

After she puts the thermometer in my heiney, she uses this time to ask questions and take notes while the thermometer is still inside me. Then, she'll leave and the nurse will come in to check on me. The Dr. returns after what seems like an eternity, asks more questions then removes the thermometer.

My doctor is a male and so i have a nurse in the room during my examination. sometimes the doctor will dictate and she will write down what he saids while he examines me. like he will say eyes, ears, throat normal. or he will listen to my heart and dictate normal heart beat and breath sounds. during the abdominal exam he will listen and then say normal or active bowel soudns etc.

My wife's Dr writes her exam notes when it is completed. Otherwise she writes while taking the history.