COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.

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 ...

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

The patient lying before me was about to undergo a hysterectomy. Did she know a student would be performing an unnecessary pelvic exam while she was unconscious? I tried to think of something to say.

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 patients. At least 20 ...

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 ...