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Feeling medicine : how the pelvic exam shapes medical training /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Underman, Kelly
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Colección:Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The quandary of the sacred vagina : medical education in a new era
  • The pelvic exam and the politics of care
  • From assessing knowledge to assessing performance : GTA programs, medical education research, and technologies of affect
  • "This power with my body" : intimate authority in GTA sessions
  • Practicing professionalism, performing authenticity
  • "What does it mean to relax your hand?" : learning to feel with the body in the pelvic exam
  • Not just bones, organs, and science : the new clinical subjects of patient empowerment
  • Conclusion. Is the vagina different than the mouth? Affect and the making of physicians.