POWIP Piece of Work In Progress

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   carin
   December 27th, 2009 - 10:58

   In labor with my 5th child. Some guy comes in and does an “exam.” Nurse had already confirmed I was completely dilated (I gave birth w/in 10 min of arriving at the hospital), and they were trying to convince me to wait until MY doc arrived. Anyway, I gave him about 5 second before I started yelling at him to get his hand OUT OF THERE.

   He did and left the room. Never saw him again.

   Afterward, I figured he was an intern hoping to get a bit more experience. And, I still think it was a student who screwed up my kidney donation surgery (they ripped my renal artery and had to be completely opened up immediately turning a 4 hr surgery into a 9 hour dealo). I was introduced to a billion youngish looking docs beforehand.

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   stoo
   December 27th, 2009 - 15:14

   So, they pay big tuition money to… Erm.. play doctor?

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   carin
   December 28th, 2009 - 07:23

   No, I think the point is that these folks are USING you as a lab project on their path of learning. Pelvic exams are merely something that folks prolly object to more than other things.

   A student wants to check my heart rate? Go ahead. Knock yourself out.

   When he wants to stick his hand up my hooohaaa? Now we’ve got an issue.

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   Meep
   December 28th, 2009 - 08:06

   And the big thing is consent. When I was in hospital, had interns come by with attending MD, she asked me if it was okay, that it was for teaching purposes — I had no problem.

   Not getting consent is asking for a whole bunch of legal troubles, at least in U.S. Don’t know about other countries.

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