Interviewed by the doctor while undressed to underwear or in a gown?

When it comes to male doctors & male patients, I think the male docs could honestly care less if the patients choose to wear a gown or not. They provide gowns merely to provide the option if the patient would so choose to be in a gown vs not. i would think their insistence to wear one might be in cases of if others were going to be present in the room.

Where the "obligation" for male patients to comply with wearing a gown is more when the doctor is female, especially in a situation where the patient is new or a solid doctor-patient relationship has been established.

My feeling that i've gotten from my experiences with female medical professionals has been that. When i first went for a dermatology exam, if assistant instructed me to wear a gown, even stating that because the doctor was female & i'm male, even though i didn't say anything about it. But once i started seeing her semi annually for exams, i stopped putting them on, regardless of the assistants providing them to wear. And it's never been an issue.

With my new primary doc last year, she had me wear a gown, and i hinted that I'm "old school" and didn't really feel the need for one. But I had the feeling she wanted me to wear it, so i did without trying to give her a hard time or anything. If our doctor-patient relationship develops to the point where i feel she's more comfortable with me, then we'll see.

It has been my experience that a nurse takes you back to exam room does all the initial tests. Weight,temp,blood pressure etc. Then they will have you undress to your boxers or a gown while they go let the doctor know your in the room. Typically a knock on the door and doc followed by nurse and that is how it starts. I have always been undressed before seeing the doctor if that is what was called for.

To JTMac, it was a female nurse and female doctor who made absolutely sure that I was wearing a gown during an employee exam, but it might have been because the exam room door opened onto an exercise area, since it handled physical therapy as well. On the other hand, a male doctor at another occupational health clinic entered the exam room, saw me in underwear only, and told himself that he could handle it.

I've had it both ways. As a kid and teenager the nurse would take my height, weight, blood pressure, etc and instruct me to undress to my underwear before the doctor arrived. So I would be in my underwear during my interview. As an adult, the interview is usually clothed and I am rarely asked to undress even for the physical exam.

When at my annual I am always dressed for the interview and health questions. When the nurse is done, she hands me the gown, sheet, and says you know the drill.

I would find it hard to believe that in the United States a patient would be interviewed while they were naked. I could see being asked a quick question or two during the exam that was related to the part being examined, but not a full interview while naked.

I'm always interviewed by the nurse before she asks me to undress completely and put the gown on before the doctor comes in.

My doc has lately been coming in and talking to me after I've changed into a gown. I talk with my hands a lot so it usually comes open in the front and my breasts pop out hehe. He's too professional to seem like he notices, of course.

These days, vitals and interview questions are usually handled by a med tech and the interview is pretty rudimentary. I'm gowned before the doctor gets there. The doctor has an appreciation my medical history and asks some specific questions about my health conditions. That's the advantage of having a continuing relationship with your doctor. (Hard to mainfain these days). I really don't mind.

I am already undressed and in a gown when the doctor comes in and he talks to me then.

Often the bulk of the questions are asked by a nurse before I undress. When the doctor comes in, just a quick "how are things going?" before the exam begins.

I am actually always interviewed while in a gown.

I go in, the nurse weights me, than I am asked to disrobe and put on gown.

When DR.comes in, she asks me all of the questions that are standard for about 15-20 mins.

I am always interviewed in a gown when I see my dermatologist. The nurse takes me from the waiting room into the exam room. Then tells me to either undress completely or leave my underwear on then she gives me a gown and she and the Dr. come in a few minutes later.

As others have menrioned, the kiddie klinic visits were ALWAYS stripped and mommy or daddy answering hie YOU felt.

I have had perhaps two or three total physicals where we went in the office then the exam room to strip and then proceed.

All of the others have been either partially or totally ready for the exam.

Once had the Doctor asked me to undress to my underwear after the question part and he stayed in the room while I undressed. He stayed in the room and had small talk after the exam while I got dressed again.

.. he stayed in the room while I undressed. ....

That helped move things along quicker, vs if he left and started doing something else and you had to wait for him to come back.

And this might be a subject for a new topic: If you are going to be undressed in front of the doctor, what would the big deal be about "getting" undressed in front of the doctor. You know, provided the doc is not going to stand and watch you as if you are putting on a striptease performance. Sometimes i think some people seem to have a higher level of self consciousness with the act of disrobing vs being disrobed.

That helped move things along quicker, vs if he left and started doing something else and you had to wait for him to come back.

And this might be a subject for a new topic: If you are going to be undressed in front of the doctor, what would the big deal be about "getting" undressed in front of the doctor. You know, provided the doc is not going to stand and watch you as if you are putting on a striptease performance. Sometimes i think some people seem to have a higher level of self consciousness with the act of disrobing vs being disrobed.

I think a big reason patients are allowed to undress and dress in private is that patients would feel pressure to disrobe quickly when in the presence of a doctor who is waiting for them. Being in private allows the patient to take his or her time and get situated and calm before the exam starts.

Regarding getting undressed in front of a doctor, both my pediatrician and first adult doctor had me stay fully dressed for my physicals. When it came time for the genital exam, I found it awkward to stand up directly in front of the seated and gloved doctor and undo my belt, unfasten and unzip my pants, and pull down my pants and underwear. The proximity of the doctor and action of undressing is compounded by the fact that the doctor is waiting with nothing to do looking right at you.

I've done strip as you go, which to me is weird because there's nothing for the doctor to do except watch you. Then nothing to do except watch you. I've had a do everything doctor for whom I got completely undressed while he got vials ready and we talked generally, which continued as I got dressed. I've had everything off except your underwear while the doctor worked on files.

50 50. On if before or after.

Yes... He was talking while I was getting undresseed. I didn't think anything of it at the time but that has never happened since with other doctors.

.... weird because there's nothing for the doctor to do except watch you.

They can always fiddle around at the counter on the side near the sink, or fiddle with the paperwork.

My experience was like Striker75 described. As a kid in the 1950s, through my teens and into my 40s, the nurse did the prelims, told me to strip to my underpants, hop up on the table and wait for the doc. The doc always did the interview with me in just my shorts. Starting around the 90s, the nurse would do the prelims with me dressed, then give me a gown to put on after I'd taken everything off, sit on the table and was it for the doc. The doc interviews with me in the gown. I guess the change to gowns was out of consideration for patient modesty, but I never ever felt embarrassed to be in just briefs with a male doctor. After all, by the time the exam was over he would know me inside and out, and we were just guys anyway.

JTMac, but he didn't. Odd, too, because the first time I saw him, he was borrowing another doctor's office to take a history, and exam room. When he knocked on the exam room door, I was naked, standing on the scale, my briefs on the exam table. So perhaps he wanted more patient control.

The doc always did the interview with me in just my shorts. Starting around the 90s, ....then give me a gown to put on

There must have been that one magic period in the early to mid 90's, where suddenly it a new standard practice was instituted to provide gowns for males for physical exams. I suddenly went from being told to strip to my underwear to additionally being given a disposable gown by the nurse bringing me to the exam room. (It was always already on the exam table when I got to the room

Having seen this same doc (with him literally seeing essentially all of me) for annual physicals for the past several years, I found it a bit silly to start wearing a gown all of a sudden. I figured it would just be a hindrance to being examined, and i did not feel like i needed any additional modesty. We were both guys after all, and i was comfortable with him as a health care professional to not think anything of being in a status of dress/undress similar to how I may be around the house in warm months anyway.

So I never bothered wearing a gown for my annual physicals at work, even as the plant physicians doing the physicals changed a few times over the years. Therefore, i would always be interviewed or have the discussions about my health while being clad in just briefs or boxers without a gown.

There must have been that one magic period in the early to mid 90's, where suddenly it a new standard practice was instituted to provide gowns for males for physical exams. I suddenly went from being told to strip to my underwear to additionally being given a disposable gown by the nurse bringing me to the exam room. (It was always already on the exam table when I got to the room

Having seen this same doc (with him literally seeing essentially all of me) for annual physicals for the past several years, I found it a bit silly to start wearing a gown all of a sudden. I figured it would just be a hindrance to being examined, and i did not feel like i needed any additional modesty. We were both guys after all, and i was comfortable with him as a health care professional to not think anything of being in a status of dress/undress similar to how I may be around the house in warm months anyway.

So I never bothered wearing a gown for my annual physicals at work, even as the plant physicians doing the physicals changed a few times over the years. Therefore, i would always be interviewed or have the discussions about my health while being clad in just briefs or boxers without a gown.

I've posted this before, but 2 years ago I received a physical where I was asked to change into exam shorts which was the equivalent of boxers and then the following year (same doctor) I was asked to change into a gown.

The exam with just the shorts was so smooth and transitioning from body system to body system was extremely easy. Even the genital exam went smoother with a very easy slide down and slide up of the shorts.

The exam with the gown was not nearly as easy because it kept slipping and was ultimately in the way. It was pretty much around my waste for the entirety of the exam. When it came time for the genital exam, my gown was in such disarray that I had no choice but to set it aside and stand in just my underwear.

I'm not sure what prompted the change, but I'd be more than happy to go back to the shorts or even just my underwear this year.

Change, back to underwear, to exam shorts, is only going to happen if patients indicate their preference. I'm sure that there would be executive push back, based on the 'research' which instituted gowns, but what happens in the exam room will work its way back.

There really is no reason to be interviewed naked by the doctor. A gown at least should be required.

Change, back to underwear, to exam shorts, is only going to happen if patients indicate their preference. I'm sure that there would be executive push back, based on the 'research' which instituted gowns, but what happens in the exam room will work its way back.

Maybe some people would feel comfortable expressing their gowning preferences to a doctor, but I wouldn't. I'm unsure how much of the decision of what to provide patients to dress into rests with the doctor and how much rests with the administration.

The doctor's office has their processes in place for conducting visits of all types. In the grand scheme of things, there are many other things more important to question than whether I'm provided a gown or shorts to change into. Part of being a responsible patient, in my opinion, is respecting the processes that are in place but questioning things that are detrimental to health and well being.

Not by the doctor. A physician's aide usually handles these things for me, done before any examination begins. I am typically offered a gown for the exam, which I don for temperature concerns - the offices are kept oddly cool! - and respect.

Recently, I had a quick thing done regarding a legitimate concern about my penis. (It turned out to be nothing of consequence, thankfully.) The physician's aide handled it for me and we actually chatted for a brief bit while I was standing there nude.

Luckily I am in the nice gown sitting or laying on the exam table nice and relaxed and pleasant, when the doc comes in talks to me and examines me.