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Re: Joe-- Ob/Gyn US practice in Asian countriesFrom: James Smeltzer (James.Smeltzer@wellstar.org)Mon Jun 13 14:12:39 2005
Terry, In the news the other day a Starbuck's asked a woman to breast feed her baby in the lavatory because other customers were annoyed by it. She suggested they take their latte to the lav instead. I recently ran into a patient - running 3 rooms, behind because of an anomaly, sonographer out & doing all my own work as well - who was middle aged and had a terrible experience because I had to do a perineal for a Bartholin's gland problem the sonographer did not know how to evaluate. She complained bitterly to her husband afterward some things that were not true - unchaperoned etc. - mostly because she was freaked by evaluation by a man - 1st in her life. She had a look of fear and I thought it was cancer phobia but did not say anything. I should have paid attention, said "you look like you are afraid,"& asked why, but I did not. If you are careful, respectful and explain you can usually examine almost anyone, but you need to take the time & it is VERY important to do so (Also ALWAYS have a chaperone if male). I regret that I did not for this one. Jim S
>>> DuboseTerryJ@uams.edu 6/9/2005 9:36:09 AM >>> As a non-physician sonographer, I should jump in here with another point-of-view. I agree the issue is primarily one of culture. Before going into sonographic education full-time, I was in clinical practice with a group of radiologist for 22 years. When we first started endovaginal sonography in the mid 1980s, the main question about the insertion of the transducer. I always gave the woman the option of inserting it herself on the basis that if there was pain she would have better control of the process. Back in those days we still saw a few older women who did not want to insert "anything there" themselves. These were women who had past menopause before the advent of tampons. The only women, that I recall, who did not want me doing the exam (I am male) were on religious grounds, a few women from the USA and the Middle-East.
>From my observation of our students, and with the rise of more In the USA today, approximately 85% of all sonographers are women, and the number of males seems to be continuing to decline. Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM Associate Professor & Director Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, CHRP 4301 West Markham St. Mail Slot #563 Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205 USA 501-686-6510 DuBoseTerryJ@UAMS.edu http://www.io.com/~dubose/ http://www.uams.edu/chrp/dms/default.asp http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------
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