Simulation sessions can help maintain clinician proficiency and prepare staff members to be part of the multidisciplinary team during high-risk procedures that happen suddenly and infrequently. One ...

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 ...

Close-up of examination table with stirrups in gynecologist's office On April 1, the Department of Health and Human Services released a letter to the nation’s teaching hospitals and medical schools to ...

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 receives anesthesia. At a press ...

A new law in Colorado says providers must get a patient’s prior consent for medical students to perform pelvic exams while the patient is unconscious during a procedure. Proponents of the law say it ...

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 ...

Michigan has no laws to prevent medical students from practicing invasive exams on unconscious patients. Two policy experts ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JESSE BEDAYN (Associated Press/Report for America) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level ...