Table 3.

Primary Reason for Using a Chaperone During the Physical Examination

	Male Residents, %	Female Residents, %
Protect me legally	60	0
Technical assistance	3	59
Patient comfort	13	18
Physician comfort	17	0
Taught to use	7	6
Never use	0	6
None of the above	0	6
Expected by attendings	0	0
Expected by patients	0	0