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Can a Doctor leave the exam room, & let a medical student, who has not graduated medical school yet, perform the exam?
Asked on Jan 10th, 2015 on Medical Malpractice - New Jersey
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After the medical student completed the exam, offered NO feedback, went to get the Dr. I had an appt. with. They both return in 5 minutes. The medical student sat with her back to me. The Dr. stood in front of the room with arms folded and said " I read your ER papers, I don't know what you have against Pain Management." The only way the Dr. would know, I broke down and cried, when the ER suggested Pain Management (at the time of my ER visit, I did not know what PM did, nor was it explained), was if the Dr. a Rheumatologist, called the ER. The office visit was in 12/2013. I was eventually dx with Lyme Disease, from another Dr. I rec'd treatment, & I am suffering terrible (spine, & all joints).
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It is hard to follow your question, but doctors do not have to be in an examining room when a resident examines you. Residents (medical students) are MDs.
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Answered on Jan 10th, 2015 at 10:42 AM