Peer physical examination skills ?

How do people feel about medical students examining each another in first year ?

I've heard that a few medical schools ask for guys to take off their shirts and ladies to come in a sports bra so that students can examine one another for exams like neck, heart, lungs etc ?

Would you feel comfortable examining members of the other gender or having them examine you ?

Yeah we've done that and it's quite fun actually because it makes a change from lectures! Not a big deal at all and no different to what you'd see if you went to the beach or a swimming pool.

It is voluntary though, if you don't want to you don't have to. Quite a few of the girls didn't want to take their tops off so it's fine really.

I see, did the ones who didn't want to take shirt off still manage to practice ?

Also, did they do mixed gender exams or not ?

Yes and yes, they just kinda maneuvered the stethoscope under their clothes. Probably easier to just take your top off, but whatever I guess.

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Would you feel comfortable examining members of the other gender...