2016 Updated Laws of the House of God
If you haven't read The House of God yet and you are in medicine, stop reading our blog and go read it. It really...
ACGME Now Restricting Patient Hours, Cites Long Stays Not Helping Residents Learn
CHICAGO, IL – ACGME released recommendations yesterday that inpatients now have a hospital hour restriction. “We thought it was about time to limit the...
Hamlet Prepares for Head & Neck Exam in Gross Anatomy Later This Week
ELSINORE, DENMARK - Totally freaking out over his upcoming exam on the Head & Neck this week in Gross Anatomy, Hamlet has opted to...
Medical Student Dies of Dysentery on Interview Trail
FORT WALLA WALLA, OR – After several weeks of traveling the Interview Trail at a grueling pace, Eunice Justice contracted dysentery and eventually passed away....
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...
Curious Med Student Smells Finger After Digital Rectal Exam
BOSTON, MA – At the nation’s most prestigious medical school, Harvard Medical School, students were taught how to perform a digital rectal examination (DRE)...
Medical Student Essays: Trying to Get Out of Military Service
I just want to help medical students who have taken an HPSP scholarship to write a better letter to military program directors as to...
In Catastrophic Med-School Blunder, Student Gives Actual Feedback About Rotation
In a rare but highly consequential faux pas, third-year medical student Kevin Garlander gave his actual opinion when asked about the quality of his...
The Updated Hippocratic Oath for Health Care Professionals
I swear by Epic Hyperspace, by eCW, by Allscripts, by AthenaHealth, and by all the Coders and Accountants, making them my witnesses, that I...
Thanksgiving Miracle: Medical Student Bovies Family Turkey, Remembers to Suction Smoke
Arlington, Virginia -- This Thanksgiving third year medical student at the University of Virginia and future general surgeon Tucker McMahon offered to carve the...