Examination | School Medical exam Notice Fo…

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My brother is going to be participating in winter sports, and he brought over a physical exam form from school to fill out the history form. Supposedly, the form has an option to check whether or not the parent gives permission for the school nurse to do the sports physical exam. But as I was glancing through it, there was some interesting paragraph.

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As part of the HSP, complete head to toe physical examination may be performed with no charge by our school's NP, by parental request. You also have the option to have the examination done by your family physician.

Parents, if you wish to schedule a physical examination for your student, this may be done by calling the main office or submitting the attached permission form. Examinations take place in the nurse's office, and student will be given a pass to be excused from class at the time the examination will take place. The examination will be done in private.

FOR MALE STUDENTS:

A third party, either the secondary ARNP or parent, must be present for all male students under the age of 18 being examined. The student will be asked to remove all clothing except underwear. The examination WILL INCLUDE the external genitalia, testicle and a hernia exam. For those participating in contact sports will also be given a tanner scaling.

FOR FEMALE STUDENTS:

Breast or genital examination will NOT be performed. However, we recommend them come to the school on the day on the examination wearing a T-shirt (as opposed to a button shirt) to facilitate the auscultation examination of the heart and lungs.

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I was a bit surprised by this. It seems like girls don't have to take off any clothing, but boys are to strip down to underpants. Also, I thought breast development and cancer screening was important also in females.

JohnTom

In 1979-80 we had school medicals at my school in Scotland just after we reached 15.

You got sent home with a letter and an appointment/parent consent card. The letter said “please note if approved this will be a full body examination with a focus on physical development”. Same letter to both girls and boys. The letter and card was handed to you in an open envelope at registration to take home.

Everyone got a medical but it was more “hand on” or more embarrassing questions than anything else depending on consent.

Reman

I never had my genitals examined during my school medical examination. However, I had my genitals regularly examined by a pediatrician during visits with my mother. However, I heard about children and teenagers undergoing such tests during medical examinations at school.

However, I am not entirely sure of their veracity. Children often scared others with intimate examinations. In these stories, genital examinations usually concerned boys. One of these stories was about a boy who went to high school medical school. He was the only boy in the class. When the medical examination took place, he was the only one left in the classroom. His friends were examined in panties and bras. To listen to the breasts, they had to take off their bra, but they did not take off their panties.

The boy was called for an examination when the girls left the locker room. During the examination he was only in his underwear. At the end of the examination, the woman doctor told him to take off his underwear. He was very embarrassed, but he felt it was necessary. The woman carefully examined his penis and testicles. He was also examined rectally. After the examination, he talked to one of the girls and learned that they did not take their panties off. The girl did not keep the secret and told her friends that he had been examined very thoroughly.

scotty95

We would be handed a form in registration at school to take home and get signed.

It made it clear how we would be dressed, saying that boys would be weighed in their underpants and girls in their underwear.

It also said that genitals would be examined, but didn't go into details beyond that.

Tighty Whiteis Now

"This is very interesting that the note includes an explanation of the genital and hernia exam for males and that the genital and breast exams will not be included for females. This adds to the embarrassment of the boys. That is that they have to undergo inspection of their genitalia while the girls get to have those parts omitted. It is also interesting that Tanner staging is specifically mentioned. I wish we could see the form used to record the exam."

I think one reason why the examination of a boy's testicles seems always to be included is because testicular cancer is the #1 cancer in adolescent boys. It is the surging of testosterone that sometimes triggers the cancerous growth. There is not the same situation with adolescent girls breasts and genitalia.

I have seen the state approved form for a pre-participation physcial (all schools use the same form) and there are specific check boxes for males: genitalia (which I guess means penis), testicles, hernia, and it even says "rectum if indicated".