This week I have been working in a county reproductive health clinic in the area (perhaps an euphemism for STD clinic). For me who, like most of the male doctors nowadays, is somewhat deficient in getting trained for gyn exams, it is a pretty wonderful experience. If I haven't learned anything else, I have learned to do pelvic and breast exams efficiently and picked up some techniques to help ease patients' stress.
An interesting observation is that some of the patients have no questions with a male doing their exams, whereas the rest have different degrees of reluntance. A couple of them even freaked out when they saw a guy walking into the room. And while I always keep everything professional, I think it is absolutely against nature when you walk into a room, see this gorgeous 19-year-old blonde, and not have other thoughts. It's kind of a guilty pleasure. It's times like this when I really start to wonder - how much do these patients trust you for them to let you touch their most sacred parts of their body?
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