Florida college ends use of students for vaginal probe training
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida community college under fire for allowing female sonography students to perform vaginal probes on one another as part of their class instruction said it will cease the practice for good.
The announcement by Valencia College on Tuesday followed a lawsuit filed on May 14 by two students who accused the school of bullying them into enduring the invasive probes and threatening their academic standing if they did not participate.
The school in Orlando has said using volunteers, including students, for medical sonography training is a nationally accepted practice.
College President Sandy Shugart said in a statement on Tuesday that the school initially suspended the practice, which she described as voluntary, last summer after receiving a student complaint.
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