Newly Promoted General Surgeon’s Business Cards, A Little Too True
LOS ANGELES, CA – UCLA’s newly promoted general surgeon, Assistant Professor William Heffner, just received his updated business cards today. An unfortunate error in spacing caused much controversy. Due to the lack of room...
Medical Student’s Artwork Accepted to Netter Gross Anatomy Book, Disappointment Ensues
TULSA, OK – 24-year-old medical student, Jeremy Stevenson has been an aspiring artist at heart. Finally he was able to combine his love for artwork and medicine by drawing out a fabulous picture of neck...
Actors Who Played TV Doctors Offered Honorary Medical Degrees, Can’t Afford Them
BOSTON, MA - Esteemed actors Hugh Laurie (House, M.D.), Zach Braff (Scrubs), and George Clooney (ER), known for their masterful portrayals of physicians on long-running acclaimed TV shows, were all singled out for high...
Med Student Gunners Ousted from Lecture Hall Front Row
LOS ANGELES, CA – As with most medical school classes, unofficial "assigned" seats in lecture halls becomes the norm after a few weeks of classes. UCLA medical school was no different. In typical fashion,...
The Tale of the Enema and the Trailing Zero Error
LUBBOCK, TX - The Institute of Medicine in 1999 shocked the world when they reported that up to 100,00 persons die each year due to medical errors. Medical practices were changed and procedures modified...
Hospital Medical Student Parking Lot Moved to Neighboring State
PORTLAND, ME - Parking has become a major issue at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Hospital administrator Angela Stevens had to find a solution quickly. "We have patients and employees not being able to find...
Laboratory Technician Decides to Delay ‘Stat’ Blood Test Result Due to Excessive Pestering
INDIANA – Today a laboratory technician at Holy Cross Hospital decided enough was enough and took matters into his own hands. At 5:42 a.m. a STAT complete blood count (CBC) was ordered on a...
Medical Student Paged ‘Stat’ for Fecal Disimpaction Case
PHOENIX, AZ - At 2:30 a.m., medical student Amanda Williamson was abruptly woken from her deep sleep to a STAT page. "At first I didn't realize what was going on. Medical students are never paged...
Recently Accepted Medical Student Bombarded by Medical Questions
ST. LOUIS, MO – 22-year-old Jennifer Wilson found out 2 weeks ago that she was accepted into medical school. “I was elated!” screamed Wilson. “I had been running out to the mailbox every day...
Student Taking the MCAT Fails After Saving Proctor
PHILADELPHIA, PA – An unbelievable event occurred yesterday afternoon in the Prometric MCAT computer testing center. A proctor at the testing site suddenly collapsed in the testing room during the MCAT administration.
Jeremy Towlins, a...
