How was your last pelvic exam?
At Your Cervix exposes the hidden practice of medical students learning to perform pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without consent. Yet an ethical and effective training method has existed for 40 years, in which the “patient” herself is the teacher.
End the horror stories
At Your Cervix breaks the silence around the unethical methods used by medical and nursing schools to teach students how to perform pelvic exams; the most egregious being on unconsenting, anaesthetized women. At the same time, the film highlights the Gynecological Teaching Associate (GTA) Program in New York City. Fuelled by the spirit of women’s health activism, the GTA program began over 40 years ago and it has been shown to be the most effective way to teach exams and is also the most ethical and empowering to patients.
Want to find your cervix… and teach others to find theirs?
We are training a cadre of facilitators to lead “Find Your Cervix” workshops, where you’ll guide participants to find their own cervixes through an empowering and experiential method in the spirit of the 1970’s self-help groups.
How you can help
We are dedicated to making pelvic exams respectful, pain-free and empowering through our documentary At Your Cervix™. Join the effort to improve pelvic exams and GYN training. Please donate $5 (or more) for every poor pelvic exam experience you have ever had—and spread the word!
Join our mission
Help us end unethical teaching practices and support pain-free and respectful GYN exams for all. We can’t do it alone!
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