Doctors Earn CME Credit for Watching Medical Dramas
CHICAGO, IL - In a statement released earlier today, the Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced that doctors can earn continuing medical...
An Orthopaedic Surgeon Explains Renal Tubular Acidosis
GLOBOGYM HEADQUARTERS, MA - Apparently someone at GomerBlog Twitter headquarters thought it would be funny to make me explain a “real” medical topic to...
At Medical School Reunion, Class of 2007 Celebrates 10 Years of Debt, Utter Exhaustion
BOSTON, MA - This Gomerblog author was on-hand for his Boston University School of Medicine Class of 2007 reunion last night, and it was...
Woohoo!! Scientists Discover Sodium Tricarb!!
BETHESDA, MD - Look out, everyone, things just got real exciting! Scientists have made a discovery that is sure to change the face of medicine...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 3: Star Wars Codes
Another wonderful strength of the new ICD-10 coding system is not only the increased number of codes dealing with the rare but possible real-life...
Littmann to Produce Separate Doctor and Nurse Stethoscopes Thanks to ‘The View’
NEW YORK, NY - "Why didn’t we think of that?" was the overwhelming question asked today by executives at Littmann, a company that produces...
Universal Admission Template for a Drug Seeker
Chief Complaint:
Abdominal pain or pain due to condition that doesn’t cause pain.
History of Present Illness:
This is a really, really annoying patient with a given...
Styrofoam Cup Outperforms Crappy Disposable Stethoscope
ABSTRACT
Given the increased proliferation of multidrug resistant (MDR) microorganisms, it is considered standard of care to use patient-dedicated, disposable, or “crappy” stethoscopes to prevent...
What Medical Moms Really Want This Mother’s Day
We recently met with a few medical moms and compiled a list of what they really want this year:
A pager that never rings
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Highlights From The 2016 State of The Medicine Address
GomerBlog highlights the major points from tonight’s State of The Medicine Address given by the President of Hospital Administrators, Mr. Cutter Salary.
Hospitals now...