Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...

Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...

Colorado medical providers will need to get patients' prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill signed into law ...

Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...

A new Pennsylvania law will require medical facilities to obtain written and verbal consent from patients before performing pelvic, prostate and rectal exams on them while they are unconscious. The ...

Several stories over the past few years have shown some patients have been victimized during medical exams. Here's how to protect yourself. (Getty Images) It’s easy to view your doctor's office as a ...

A new state law aimed at protecting patients from unwanted pelvic exams does not apply to people who are "biologically male," according to a state medical board. The Florida Board of Medicine, which ...

When you’re under anesthesia, you shouldn’t have to worry that a medical student will perform a pelvic exam without your consent. But in Michigan, no state law forbids a medical student to perform ...

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (News Service of Florida) — A new state law aimed at protecting patients from unwanted pelvic exams does not apply to people who are “biologically male,” according to a state medical ...