I Might Disagree on the Importance

I stumbled across this on a Woman's Heath site:

It is also important for the doctor to place his or her hand into your vagina and sometimes your rectum to detect the shape of your uterus and ovaries as well as to feel for any masses that may be present.

I myself am kind of picky who I allow to place a hand inside my vagina (and never my rectum!). A doctor would need to have very, very good reason to place a hand inside me, in my opinion.