Audit and exploration of graduating medical students' opportunities to perform digital rectal examinations as part of their learning

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Bhoopatkar, Harsh;Wearn, Andy;Vnuk, Anna
Anna Vnuk
Abstract

[Extract] Dear Editor, There appears to be a trend indicating a decrease in the number of digital rectal examinations (DREs) performed by medical students over the last few decades.1, 2 Reasons why opportunities to practise have fallen include ethical concerns3 and deterrents such as being told not to by medical staff, embarrassment, refusal by patients and lack of a chaperone

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ANZ Journal of Surgery

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89

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1445-2197

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Wiley-Blackwell

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10.1111/ans.15236