Nursing Student Enters OR Without Shoe Covers: Beatings Commence
WARWICK, RI - The student nurse stared nervously at the blood-red line bisecting the hallway. Scrub hat and surgical mask, check. Full breakfast and...
July Interns Play Crucial Role During Cardiac Arrest by Whimpering, Sucking Own Thumb
ROCKFORD, IL - Fresh-faced July intern Becky Anderson proved to be the most crucial health care provider present during a cardiopulmonary arrest called at...
Medical School Dean Welcomes 178 of the Brightest Young Minds Ever to Get Caught...
CAMBRIDGE, MA – “Booyeah, baby...” Dr. Arthur Giles, Dean of Admissions at the School of Medicine whispered under his breath before addressing the auditorium.
“Our...
Mehmet Oz Stripped of Medical Degree, Now Just ‘Med Student Oz’
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Television quack and cardiothoracic surgeon Mehmet Oz has been stripped of his medical degree (MD) by the University of Pennsylvania School...
Medical School Board Exam Question on a Recent USMLE
A middle-aged gentleman from an ethnically-relevant background comes to see you for follow-up on his likely genetic condition among other problems. He lives happily...
South Asian Woman Graduates from Med School, Becomes Another Doctor Her Parents Won’t Listen...
DALLAS, TX -- Mr. and Ms. Rajan celebrated this weekend as their daughter Vaishnavi graduated with an MD they plan to ignore completely.
"It's so...
Attending Places ‘Student Driver’ Stickers on July Interns
TALLAHASSEE, FL - In an effort to appropriately inform patients and staff with whom they'll be working, an internal medicine physician has placed STUDENT...
Medcomic: Pen the Doctor Borrowed
Pen the Doctor Borrowed (PTDB) is a condition that occurs when a student loans their pen to a preceptor and never sees it returned....
July Intern Really Excited to Cause His Very First Pneumothorax
ATLANTA, GA - Sometimes getting thrown into the fire is the best way to learn. At least that's what July intern Timothy McDuffy thinks....
Attending Loses Perspective, Can’t Find it Anywhere
NASHVILLE, TN - "I swear I just had it," muttered 57-year-old vascular surgeon Tom Hatfield as he feverishly searched for his perspective under stacks...