Comments on Mothers in Medicine: The medical student cervical exam

No way.KC, I've been reading all of these posts wi...

2008-07-31T22:01:00.000-04:00

No way.

KC, I've been reading all of these posts with great fascination. Thanks for your spearheading.

I let our NP put her first IUD in me. I screamed ...

2008-07-31T18:34:00.000-04:00

I let our NP put her first IUD in me. I screamed so loud the whole staff came running in the room to check on me.

For my first prenatal exam, I allowed a 3rd year s...

2008-07-30T23:23:00.000-04:00

For my first prenatal exam, I allowed a 3rd year student (rotating in our family med dept) to do her first ever Pap smear. That's right...first ever. I'd told her I would get her some Paps on my patients. What better way to introduce her to my female patients than, "Hey, she did a Pap on me and I survived." My doc thought I was very brave. Once a resident at this facility, this student became my patient. Alls fair in love and training.

Although it was amniotic fluid, glad the student s...

2008-07-30T21:52:00.000-04:00

Although it was amniotic fluid, glad the student suggested urine and not semen. On another note, being a clinician-educator as well, I'm pro trainee, go for it, make it a learning experience, we're all professionals. Draw my blood, put in my IV. But, given where I gave birth there was a near 100% chance I'd become this student's supervisor some (imminent) day, and hence, when it comes to pelvics, it was an apologetic, "I really believe in education but..." from me.