My journey through medical school, thoughts on medicine, ethics, specialties, pre-med perils, and advice for those who want to do the same.
“"Virus" is a Latin word used by doctors to mean, "Your guess is as good as mine”
"The difference between an itch and an allergy is about one hundred bucks."
"A patient going to a doctor for his first visit was asked, ''And whom did you consult before coming to me?'' ''Only the village druggist,'' was the answer. ''And what sort of foolish advice did that numbskull give you?'' asked the doctor, his tone and manner denoting his contempt for the advice of the layman. ''Oh,'' replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, ''he told me to come and see you.''"
"He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines" Benjamin Franklin
A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
Ew. At my school they encourage us to swap our scrubs every day at the hospital's scrubs exchange. I can't understand why people would want to keep wearing the same manky anatomy scrubs day in and day out!
ReplyDeleteWow that would be awesome. But we don't have that service. We buy our own and wash our own.
ReplyDeletethere are a select few who do not change out of their scrubs after lab and wear them to lunch and then afternoon lecture. so either they don't realize how disgusting that is, or they do realize and don't care
ReplyDeleteYou just wait LP. There are more than a select few... and they don't wash their scrubs ALL YEAR. Ask them. They aren't ashamed for some pathologic reason.
ReplyDeleteEeeeeew. That's nasty. I at least got rid of my scrubs after each unit, but no one, and I really mean NO ONE, wore their scrubs outside of the lab environment. The only exception was going for a quick pee. It was kind of just common knowledge-no one told us the rule, but it didn't need to be mentioned. That's really gross.
ReplyDeleteI even have a specific pair of shoes for the lab. And it has never been worn outside that environment. I remember there was a piece of human tissue that got stuck to the side once, and I didn't notice for a day. Can you imagine scrubs??!?!?
You should really say something. Seriously Ella.
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