Medical examinations for school and university

In the past it was frequent that boy's students had an examination in group

it was more frequent in high schools than in unversities but it could happen also

at more than 18 age, when I was a student in what we called in France a great school, at the beguinning of the year school, I had to report in the gym for a physical examination to be declared fit for sports and to be classified in one group according my size and strength ( thre was three groups)

I discovered that we were about 15 male students together in a room which was used as a locker room in front of the office of the PE teacher , one Pe teacher got out of the office, instructed us to undress until briefs without keeping anything else, no socks, no watches nor any jewelleries, and then once we were all undressed he made a roll call ( he could have done it before we undressed?) and told us to sit on benches before entering in the office by group of three, There was four persons in the office: two male Pe teachers rathermiddle aged, one woman doctor middle aged and one woman nurse more young, and very soon we had to remove our briefs to be weighted in the nude by the nurse under the sight of everybody in the room and to stand naked like at attention in the room for a check from the head to toes by the doctor, face and back and including a check of the spine for which we had to walk a little and to bend over to touch our ankles and eventually last but not least we had an embarrassing inspection of our genitals with a palpation of the balls performed by the doctor.

I don't know why we were called three by three rather than one by one..

it was very embarrassing more than the physicals at high school whre we were examined one by one after undressing in group

As I am I teacher now, our school does do a full exam with genital checks. I usually get roped into chaperoning the girls exams, just waiting outside the curtain telling kids when to go in. Only once, we had this very shy, and developmentally delayed child, around 13. Me and another teacher had to physically hold her still while the doc examined her breasts and vagina/anus. She was terrifyed, but her mom had even sent in a noteto make sure she was examined.

I had to have my shot records looked at, but I never had to get an exam. Apparently I would've needed some shots to attend school, but I already had them.

As a kid i underwent a lot of medical exams... some thorough...others not so thorough...

and doctors in my country, at least most of those i came across, kept my modesty safe (to my disappointment)...

i always dream of being examined thoroughly and for a long time....

As a kid it was usually just quick check ups. Eyes , ears , heart that short of stuff. Sometimes I had to give a urine sample but not always. Never anything compared to what some of you experienced!

In elementary school I remember I got just some vision test. The most through exam was in the middle school. In my town every student of 12 years old had to take this examination. Me and my classmates went to a medical center. First we were instructed to strip down to our underwear and to put on a gown. First I had to make an urine sample then I was sent to an other room to attend a series of strength tests. Then came the posture check, I had to strip down to my panties and climb on a cube so the doctors could check my feet too. In the same room I did some exercise in my panties while the doctor watching. Last they took my measurement. Then I went to an other room for EKG. We went here with an other school mate. One underwent a rest ECG and the other the stress test. After we exchanged. The next step was a general physical exam in which even my genitalia were checked. Last came a spirometry. It lasted almost all the morning because you had to wait for every test.

I never had a school medical exam thorugh as this was and for high school or university I never had to undergo a medical exam.

I remember one in high school,and one in middle school

For HS my physician did mine in private - basic stuff bra & knickers, sethed, height, weighed, as he had all the information anyway it was more a formality.

When I had one for private school it was done as a group in panties only. As I had joined late I was examined with a younger group of pupils who were of the age where they were as flat chested as boys so I really stood out. It was like before at HS except that it also included BP, feet and skeletal check.

We always went to our family doctor for school physicals, which happened once a year, so it was a thorough exam and often included some

shot(s) for entrance into school for September. Until I was 14 or so, I had to disrobe to panites and eventually had them removed by the nurse during the exam. When I developed, it was undress and put on a paper gown always bare underneath and receive an exam. Either way, the doctor did see me naked and by the end either my panties or gown were off. All physicals came with a rectal temperature taken by the nurse usually while she chattted with my mom.

When I went to college, I continued to see my family doctor for physicals but also used the college health clinic, as I was away from home, and would my doctor when I was home for the summer. Every August, I went for my annual, which by now meant receiving an internal and a recto/vag exam along with a breast exam and occassional shot for college. When I elected to study abroad I saw her for a required physical , which was very thorough - including rectal temp - and three shots - 1 in arm and 2 in butt, all done while I was nude leaning against the table. I was one sore girl when I left and very aware from all the probing that she had done! Let's just say I didnt talk too much about my exam to friends or family when I got home - surely embarssed from all that I received amidst my protests.

When I joind university I had to undergo a physical as I had come from a different Board as compared to that State's Education Board so I had to undergo a Physical. This is about 9 years back.

A day was specially assigned for the same. At the end of college hours we were called. We were asked to fill in the basic information like our name address enrollment number blood group any alergies etc.

Then our height and weight was taken which was mentioned in the form

Then we were lead to one of the rooms where Blood Pressure was being recorded. My BP came out to be 140/90

Then we were redirected to a room for eye-checkup where our vision was checked

Last part was the most intersting one. We were directed to one of the room where boys were standing in a line. They were giggling amongst themselves. The attendent was giggling with them too. Our college had glass doors. For this paricular room glass was blocked with newspapers. I got some idea but wanted to see what was in store. Soon my turn came. I went inside.

Inside an old doctor was sitting. He told "Strip below waist" First I was shocked but then I realised that it was this reason everyone was laughing outside.

I undid my trousers and pulled down my underwear...first time in front of a doctor...infact this has been my only physical till date. The doctor wore gloves and lifted my pennis. He storked the underside of my pennis to check something. Then he pulled my foreskin to examine further.

Then he asked me to turn around...I thought he will now examine my rectum but he dint..Instead he first aksed me to spread my ass myself while he examined something with the torch...Next he asked me to cough..twice or thrice...maybe to check for hernia

Then he said "Done" I put my clothes in order and came out of the room.

Though most of the exam was cursory but the last part was very embarasing specially for a first time r like me.

All the students were first timers. It was heard that one of the boys got an errection while being examined in the last room...Poor guy got a scolding from the dpctpr.

Some of the naughty boys also went near the girls room. I heard that unlike boys girls were asked to strip completely. They had both...breast exam and a thorough pelvic exam.

I wish boys could get a glimpse

I read these stories and would have to agree with the opinion there is little to no regard for a youngsters need for dignity, modesty and most importantly respect during these assembly line style school physical exams. I am mortified by what some of you had to endure from the stories I have read thus far. Now to quote "Sad Cowboy Song" by The Red Elvises - I bet you heard lots of tales, about love about glory. That's all bullshit, here goes my story. Fortunately for this humble writer I was spared such awful degradation and humility during my formative years as I always had a yearly physical exam in the privacy and comfort (or lack there of) at my doctor's office. Apparently my older brother had a very rough time of it going through those school mandated physical examinations and may have been treated inappropriately to some degree or another. From that point forward it was off to the doctor for any school related physical exams. I remember being summoned to the school nurses office in junior high and being ordered to strip down for a required physical by a semi psychotic looking school nurse and doctor. I was a new student in a new community. Just shy of 100 lbs soaking wet with a serious chip on my shoulder and a Johnny Ramone look. I refused as I had my school physical a few weeks before school began. Due to an administrative mishap the doctor's report had not been submitted with my student file. Needless to say an argument ensued and I walked out. 2 weeks into a new school started on me on the road to many a 3 day suspensions. My sympathies to all of you who had to go through it.

In the Northwest, the only physicals that are mandated by schools and universities to my knowledge are just for school sports and exams are not mandatory for all students. Shot records were different though and those were mandated for all.

New to this forum. I can remember my school medicals from the late sixties. They do seem very similar to other descriptions posted here. If anyone is interested I will post my experiences.

Please do. And welcome to the party.

When I was in public school and later when I went to college, my dad, a board certified Family Physician, was my doctor. He didn't actually do an exam, just filled out the forms.

Don't start with the ethics. As an adult, I know both the medical ethics and dual relationship issues.

Our school medicals were the same strip down to our undies wait in pairs till the nurse took us into the doctors room usually one of the teachers rooms. As it was an all boys school the only female there was the nurse the doc would tell her to lower our undies he would look at and touch our willies etc to see how much we had developed since last examination we had the medicals yearly. As we got older we couldn't help getting aroused during the exams and being naked with another boy didn't help either.

In junior high school, the "team doctor" who was an a former student donated his time to do required sports physicals. They were done on a Saturday morning in the gym. The team members went to the small locker room and undressed to our shorts and came back and stood in line as things were done assembly line style. Two of the parents would talk care of weight and height measurements. The school nurse took temperature and blood pressure. Then the doctor would examine us when it came time to check our abdomen and genitals we laid back on the table and he would pull our shorts off. Then we so of up for hernia check. Then we retrieved our shorts and went and got dressed. There were numerous parents sitting around waiting and younger siblings of mixed gender. We felt self conscious at first standing around in underwear at school but mostly it was boring. We had to remain quiet and couldn't goof around as we would have liked.

For some of us, this is a time of year where we are making appointments for family members. I very much recall getting increasingly anxious as the middle of August rolled around and the inevitable, "you have a physical on Wednesday." My mother was very matter of fact but for me it was a very embarrassing experience. Then the inevitable of being called in by the nurse and the walk down the hallway to an exam room with mom right there to make sure I did as told! The latter meant having my blood pressure taken and then undressing fully, usually mom remained to make sure I did as told, and then the nurse would return to weigh me and get my temp. It's amazing how all of this is still imprinted as if it was not long ago. I wonder if others have similar recollections or even those feelings?

Julie

I have very similar feelings, and the memories of visits to the doctor are burned into my memory.

Sometimes I wonder which appointments were more embarrassing: the ones when I was younger and accompanied by my mom, or the ones where I was older and got to go back alone -- but the doctor had a private chat with my mom afterwards. At the latter, I was always subtly nervous about appearing uncooperative, so I was always careful to comply quickly and completely to whatever the doctor asked of me -- for fear that he would tell my mom and I would be in trouble. Still, there was a feeling of independence, and with one fewer set of eyes on my exposed body, it seemed a little more comfortable for me.

I'll admit that whenever I see the "Sports Physicals Today" signs outside of nearby schools, it always gives me a chill. I've never had the pleasure of going to one of those events put on by the school -- I always just visited my own doctor whenever I had a physical requirement -- but my imagination runs wild with what those must have been like (though from what I've heard, they were likely much more tame and cursory than what I went through at a private practice).

I'll admit that whenever I see the "Sports Physicals Today" signs outside of nearby schools, it always gives me a chill.

I just get aroused. Thinking back on the group sports physicals that I had in high school -- at the time they were scary and embarrassing -- but now when I relive them in my mind, they're masturbation material!

My school physicals were always done by my primary doctor. I didn't see them as much as 'school' physicals as they were my annual checkup. I never went to any of the group exams.

Of course, Jill, I know these feelings you have at the school physicals. In my teenaged time, the school exam were done every year at the beginning of the school year in the first two or three weeks at the public health office by a school doctor. My embarrassment was, that my class members would see me nearly naked by the measuring and weighting procedures and ask me then again and again about the letter, I always get after the exam for my mom and the paediatrician.

I totally remember the anxiety I felt when heading to the doctors office for the annual physical, but really the strong sensations only began after puberty kicked in. When I was 11, just hitting puberty, I went to the doctor for the annual exam. I remember feeling weird about the idea that he was going to see and touch me naked, like the thought had never occurred to me before and I was anxious. While lying on my back, he reached under the elastic of my underwear and pulled them down and I recall staring at him as he examined and felt my penis and testicles, and I remember that the feeling was very good, wishing he would continue but not really knowing why I was feeling these feelings. He pulled them back up and had me turn over, and that's when my mind began racing, wondering what he would do to my backside. Again, he pulled down my underwear and my heart began pounding and I remember my blood felt hot knowing that my bottom was exposed to him. And then to my total excitement, embarrassment, and shock, his hands spread my cheeks wide apart for what seemed like an hour although I'm sure it was just a few seconds. He didn't touch my anus but just knowing he was looking at it felt as if he was touching it. I couldn't get this experience out of my mind all the rest of the day. Actually for the rest of my life. It has effected some of my sexual experiences with women ever since in different ways.

Having grown up in the era of penicillin shots, getting one was always my greatest fear when going to the doctor. When I went for a routine medical exam required before the new school year, I was uncommonly relaxed in the waiting room because I reasoned that, not being ill, I wouldn't need an injection. The examination, therefore, didn't bother me at all but I had forgotten about booster shots and afterwards found myself in the dread position pants down across the receptionist's lap for three quick stings in the bare bottom that left me unable to sit down later.

Vaccinations are now given in two sites--the deltoid and the anterior thigh. Gluteal injections have been abandoned because of the higher incidence of local reactions and also poorer immune response.

My physical was and always done around my birthday in November. I was a frequent patient to my GP due to asthma and to my orthopaedic surgeon for ortho reasons. The school admin was aware of this and did not make a big deal about this. They knew I was being followed up on frequently and knew anything amiss was always taken care of immediately.

As I have aged into my 20's, 30's +, I have moved them off and on into January, after all the holidays are over unless I really need to have something evaluated, taken care of etc.

It was never a big deal etc when it came to having a school physical.

I was spared those group physicals in my youth. I read some of those horror stories about what happened to some kids and feel grateful. I always was examined by my own doctor. When I was 14 I was summoned to the nurses office because my health record had been misplaced and they had no documentation I had a complete physical (far more comprehensive than a school exam) a few weeks before the new school year. I was confrontef by a jackal and jackbooted pair of authoritarian doctor and nurse who ordered me to strip down and get on line with the other boys. They got a dose of my angry adolescent thunder in response.

When I was eleven, I had my first group physical for school. Everyone who wanted to participate in sports had to get one and they were held at the school about three weeks before classes started. We were told to meet in the PE dressing room across the hall from the gym. We were told to undress to our underwear and go to the gym. This was embarrassing since this would be the first year we changed for gym. And we weren't even putting on our PE clothes, just underwear. At least I was wearing boxers. About half the boys wore briefs. We waited in line to get weighed and measured. A nurse took temperatures and blood pressure. The doctor examined us and we had to take off our underwear. Our parents were seated in the bleachers waiting for us.

I surely was remiss for not including exams given in the nurse's office. It was largely reserved for those students who participated in sports and towards my senior year in high school, they required us to see our own doctor. As many have said, going for an exam with others is humbling to say the least. Ours were done in the nurse's office which contained 2 rooms with bed for those who felt ill. On this day, the rooms were for our exams. One was for us to disrobe; everything off but panties, and the adjoining room was for our physical from the male doc and our nurse. It was common for there to be nervous laughter as we sat and awaited our turn. One by one, another student went in and some 15 minutes later she came back out with panties in hand with the look of relief and mad dash to her clothing.

I did gymnastics sophomore year and had to get a school physical. The doctor used the coach's office right next to the locker room. It was just the me, the school nurse, and the doctor present and was not a very complete physical other than body measurements, listening to my chest, checking eyes and ears, and looking down my throat. I don't recall being naked or even of taking off my top, or having my temp taken. As for the regular school physicals my mom brought me to the GP and he filled out the form. Those physicals were not extensive either.

I don't understand why Parents allow their kids to be examined by some School Doctor they do not even know. There are enough Perverts out there that the schools would contract with to do these Physical Exams at the cheapest of costs to the school districts. Parents teach their kids to not speak to strangers and to be cautious of strangers yet they forget about some stranger seeing their boy or girl naked for a school physical exam. I always was taken to our Family Doctor and then brought the forms to the school nurse that he signed. One time the Gym Teacher told me to do a two mile run after my Doctor had indicated I could not run because of an Asthmatic condition. He said the note was not from the School Doctor. When my Parents found out about that incident they went to an attorney and filed a lawsuit against that teacher. He really squirmed as things progressed and he never bothered me afterwards. Years later the Doctor they had used for boys sports physicals was reported for fondling teen boys during exams.