Feeling Medicine : : How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training / / Kelly Underman.
The emotional and social components of teaching medical students to be good doctorsThe pelvic exam is considered a fundamental procedure for medical students to learn; it is also often the one of the first times where medical students are required to touch a real human being in a professional manner...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biopolitics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 8 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Quandary of the Sacred Vagina: Medical Education in a New Era
- 1. The Pelvic Exam and the Politics of Care
- 2. From Assessing Knowledge to Assessing Performance: GTA Programs, Medical Education Research, and Technologies of Affect
- 3. “This Power with My Body”: Intimate Authority in GTA Sessions
- 4. Practicing Professionalism, Performing Authenticity
- 5. “What Does It Mean to Relax Your Hand?” Learning to Feel with the Body in the Pelvic Exam
- 6. Not Just Bones, Organs, and Science: The New Clinical Subjects of Patient Empowerment
- Conclusion: Is the Vagina Different from the Mouth? Affect and the Making of Physicians
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Appendix B: Pelvic Exam Checklists
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author