Medical students

I think being seen or examined by a young medical student could be very embarrassing, especially for a modest person, such as a teenager.

I know this might not be the exact spot for this but I am reasonably sure a lot of you realize about Gynecological teaching assistants(GTA) and Male urological teaching associates(MUTA). These are people that use there bodies to teach medical students the right way to perform sensitive exams as second year students. I am pretty sure later in there careers as students they repeat this on the GTA and MUTA's. To me it would make a lot of sense that people on this Board would be interested in doing that. Number one it is what excites people here and number two they are probably the highest paid standardized patient. There are tons of stories on the internet about these people. Honestly I found out about these types of standardized patients in the last few months and that is how I got to this website.

Indeed you'll be in a world of trouble. Also after only a short time we examine and treat real patients. Just as we become the physicians we will be.

Andie and Liquidsky, Thank you. I did what you said Andie and I completely understand and agree. The GTA and MUTA's really need to want to help medical students and if you are only doing it for kink you will not make it. Before I came here I read tons of stuff on these people and I was having a tough time understanding what there motivation was. After reading several posts here tonight and thinking about my earlier research, it has become quite clear. So again to Andie and Liquidsky, thanks.

During I was lying at hospital in my teenaged time several times and later when I had to undergo regular complete thorough exams at the dermatology clinic during my nursing student time, I had those exams which were done by medical students. I often found them very embarrassing, because the students were not much older than I was and they often need longer for an exam. It was embarrassing when often other students made the exam next time and asked again the same questions.

I have been visiting doctor with a couple boils above my penis, I had to go to Haemotology dept in hospital. The first appointment was OK a small Chinese man had me drop trousers on bed had a quick look and done! Second appointment was to be with him again but he wasn't there 2 young male doctors I thought shit!! I get embarrassed easy. I got called and on was to room the consultant tells me he's being shadowed by a student doctor did I mind? Yes I did mind if they insisted me dropping pants again lol but felt I couldn't say no. This time a lot more questions were asked, I don't know if this was for the benefit of the student, I thought I'd got away with it!!! But no he then asked me to remove trousers and pants and hop onto bed. I was so embarrassed as the good looking young docs both staring at my groin. Managed to refrain from erection but a semi was obvious to them I think even though it was embarrassing lol only other time was when I got my testes scanned as they thought one was twisted, there was a student doc there but at least I got to pull my penis away and hold it so they didn't see too much

I never had it before, but in my fantasy i would love it. In real, i dont know. But when i think about it i like the idea of have a female doctor listen slowly on my chest and back, when i must slowly breath in and out, when two tree other future doctors are standing by the side. It had been lovely to let them try it afterward. But it is smal chances that it will happend, because at the time i goes almost never to the doctors.

I would have absolutely no problem with that at all. I was at the emergency room for a serious painful issue and the ER Doctor was teaching some students. The students were about ten feet away while the Doctor was trying to teach them. I actually had to ask the students to come closer so they could see better. They said they thought that would make me nervous. I told them they needed to learn and the only way they could was to do it and come closer. The one young lady could not get blood from me to save her life. The nurse finally had to take over. I talked to the nurse for a while and she thanked me for being a nice patient.

It doesn't matter to me, there Med Students and they are there to learn how else would they learn if they didn't have hands teaching.

I have no problem with medical students watching during my physical exam they have to learn some how i am a very open person nothing to hide

I have no issue with anyone examining me, but I'm probably not *normal*. I am here, after all, hehehe!!

Lax, there is nothing about being here that isn't normal, at least the way I look at it. The way I see it is everyone, for the most part, has some sort of a kink, fetish, desire or need. No matter what that is for one person will be "abnormal" to the next person. Example. For me Doc and I, with very few exceptions have sex with the lights on. That's normal for us. When we have sex in the dark that is abnormal for us. But compared to everyone else just about they think Doc and I are abnormal, and they are normal, Doc and I think the same but in reverse.

The concept of "normal" is all relative actually. You Lax are here in our club house, where almost everyone else here shares your thoughts and feelings, desires and needs about some kind of medical thing. So you are normal, completely normal here in our little corner of the world.

Mashie

For over 15 -years, my doctor's office is down the street from a university. She is a teaching doc who many times has two to four students at a time during physical exams. Being naked does not phase me and I will let my small flimsy gown fall leaving me more than 90 % uncovered. It is not sexual for me, but love that the student's aren't quite sure to look while i am lying there propped up on my elbows during the question and answer period.

They do need to learn although giving an exam hasn't happened yet.

LadyM

Personally, I have no issues with med students observing, but there are certain discussions that I prefer to have with my doctor only - no students, no assistant, no nurse.

On the one hand, they have to learn somehow. For example, when I had an inflamed appendix, when the doctor came in to check me out, he brought in the medical student who was temporarily shadowing him--because really, what were the odds that another patient would come in with that condition while the student was there? But yes, if there are personal issues I have to bring up, I'd rather have a one-on-one conversation with my PCP.

It's never happened to me at a physical, but it did happen at a dermatology skin check. Attractive young woman ... pretty hot. Sadly I wasn't feeling it -- I hadn't slept well the night before and I just wanted to get the whole thing over with.

There might be some interest from here in reading from the standardized patient blog that I have in a separate thread since he is talking about encounters with brand new doctors during their training.

Yeah I think it would be exciting to get in an exam and have the doctors student see u because it would be more fun that way

I've had a medical student there a few times. Once was just having my chest listened to when I had a bad cold - short was still on but pushed up quite a bit. Another time was for a full exam, so she saw everything. The most recent time was during STI tests - the only time the student was actively involved. She took the rectal swab.

I quite enjoyed having someone there watching so closely.

Several years ago, I had a sigmoidoscopy done at a teaching hospital. The doctor asked if I would mind having some students watch. Since I am not particularly uptight about modesty I agreed. Several students came in, both male and female. I don't know how much they learned inasmuch as their main topic of conversation seemed to be about a party they were planning for later that evening. I remember thinking that I should have been invited since I was the guest of honor at their lesson.

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I specifically went to the doctor at the time when he had the students. I was checked medical students.

I would imagine that these different medical training establishments have a rigorous screening process for weeding out kooks and pervs. 😃

My wife was a patient in a teaching hospital for nearly a week after there were complications with a minor operation. Four Second Year medical students would visit her in her private room. One, a Chinese immigrant, was very keen and would read up his books and come back every morning to examine her for an hour. She would present in only her panties and he would study human anatomy and conduct different examinations (but not internal). She didn't mind and he learned a lot from the first live patient he had access to. I would have liked to have been there to watch.

Depends on the Med student. I wouldn't turn down an attractive young med student 😉.

All depends really. Normally I don't refuse.

I'm perfectly ok with Med students observing and examining. They have to get practical experience somehow, and I'd rather think I had helped someone learn or practice a skill to further their education (I'm not one, but enjoy teaching).

I recently had a full skin exam done at my dermatologist office. I wasn't asked prior to, but when my derm came in (a female NP) she had a female PA in tow who was "training". She introduced her and said they would both be examining me. I said that's fine. It was kind of interesting to listen to the NP give advice and direction and what to look for. The PA was kind of quiet, but did ask some questions, and was very professional and courteous.

If the PA was nervous at all, she didn't show it. I was probably the most nervous, because this was the first time I was going to be examined totally nude. Last year I had the skin exam done by my NP and had left my underwear on. The NP only did a peekaboo at my nether regions, which was done while I was standing. This time because of loved ones skin cancer scares, and my sun exposure as a kid, I'd decided I'd better do the full monte (which is optional). Well, I was prepared for my derm to see me waving in the breeze, but wasn't prepared for the other young lady....luckily for my psyche, there wasn't a flagpole incident.....

All depends really. Normally I don't refuse.

If you go to hospital attached to a medical college, you face this situation. It depends what kind of exam it is and how comfortable are you with a third person examining you or just being in the room.

Once I went for a neurological exam in a hospital attached to a teaching institute. There I was examined by two female students. They took turns. While one examined,the other made notes. At the end of the exam they explained their findings to the doctor.

At one point I was only in undergarments but still I was fine with being examined by students despite slight hesitation as the hospital was a famous one.

So all of it depends upon the situation.

In general I have no problem with it. Has only happened once when I was about 40, in my male internist's office. He asked if a third-year medical student, male, could observe and participate in my complete physical. I said yes. I was surprised, however, that my internist excused the medical student when it was time for the genital and rectal exams. I think the medical student was surprised also.

I've had med students examine me many times. Both male and female. I have no problem with it at all. I'm not shy when it comes to simple nudity. For one physical my dr asked me why I'm so willing to let a student examine me? I told him that "everyone has to learn"

I had a very early miscarriage at 10 weeks, and had to be admitted to hospital for a D&C and when being examined a trail of students gathered around my bed with the consultant, and I had to endure about 3 internal exams from them, who all had to tell their findings to the consultant while I was lying there legs wide open..

Very embarrassing..