Before, he explained, he and the other doctors had needed to hover over the residents’ shoulders to make sure they were providing patients with the right kind of care, which tended to make everyone self-conscious, resident and patient alike. Now the patients, including pregnant women, could have one-on-one consultations with the resident. But there would be something in the room that looked like a mirror, as well as a microphone. My father, or one of the other staff doctors, would sit in a small room next door watching it all through one-way glass, ready to intervene if necessary.

XREF: Connects to broader shifts in how surveillance and monitoring technologies reshape professional training and patient experience — relevant to remote work and automated oversight trends.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 369