Last year, Hannah Shacter learned to perform a procedure known to invoke anxiety among medical students: the infamous pelvic exam. But the third-year medical student may have been among the last batch ...

A new device known as the Pelvic Cradle aims to provide a more comfortable way for patients to get examinations.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new Pennsylvania law will require doctors to get a patient’s verbal and written consent before medical students can perform pelvic or rectal exams on someone who ...

The law requires healthcare providers to get consent from patients before having medical students perform pelvic exams while patients are under anesthesia. Work on this started years ago ...