It appears there’s no physician consultant to the show Desperate Housewives (yes, I watch it religiously, so what?). Taken from this week’s episode, not only is the chest x-ray totally whitened out, it’s also upside-down and backwards. For shame!
A BBC news program(me) accidentally confuses a Internet marketing expert with the Internet marketing expert’s cab driver, and interviews the cabbie . Read the story and then watch the video, the expression on the man’s face is absolutely, absolutely priceless.
May 15th, 2006I don’t think this will come off as funny as my attending tells it in person, but she once had a medical student who thought that the abbreviations “BID” and “TID” were just doctor speak for “I agree” or “Yes, that’s all.” (BID actually stands for “twice a day” and TID stands for “three times a day.” As in, take this pill, three times a day.)
My attending found this out the hard way; she’d always ask the medical student about a patient’s medication doses. The medical student would say “The patient is on Haldol 5mg.” And my attending would ask, “BID?” And immediately the student would nod back with a smile, “BID!”
I really wasn’t expecting Michael to email me back. But he did. He had some pretty good answers, which I couldn’t find him plagiarizing anywhere from Google, so I sent back some replies to help him with his paper. Never assume!
Every so often I get an email like this, essentially asking me to find references and/or answer essay questions for some high schooler. This kid at least pulled off the enthusiasm bit:
Hello, my name is Michael XXX. I am a student at Troy High School who is doing a research project on universal healthcare / single payer system. Would it be possible for me to ask you a few questions regarding this interesting topic??
Please tell me your full name.
1. Tell me what you think universal healthcare means and how it will work.
2. Explain three ways how will it benefit society.
3. Some are concerned that the costs will overwhelm society with heavy taxes. How will healthcare be paid, and is it a viable solution?
4. Does society need universal healthcare? Why? What evidence is there of it?
5. What are at least three reasons against universal healthcare? Please explain.
6. How can you refute these arguments?
Could you also direct me to any more sources that you may know that could prove helpful for my project? I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Michael XXX
My reply (I’m cruel):
Michael,
Which Troy high school?
Those are fantastic questions, and I would love to participate in an email discussion of these topics! I’m very busy taking care of children on my Pediatrics rotation, but I will definitely find time for this!
If you could provide me with your thoughts to these questions first, I think it will help me to respond more appropriately. I would hate to waste your time telling you information you already know.
Thanks, looking forward to it!
Sincerely,
Graham
The bf’s interpretation of me, with scrubs, white coat, and stubble after coming home post-call.
Set to the tune “Ho” by Ludacris (which I totally loathe, but hey, I’m on call tonight).
Who’s full code?
Who’s full code?
Who’s full code?
I said that you’re full code.
Rinse and repeat.
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Email was down, so if you emailed or commented, I didn’t get it. Sorry for that. I ask for your forgiveness. (I also ask for you to vote for me for best medical blog–I’m in the second half of the page.)
And just to know how my day went: One patient was hallucinating so much he thought he was eating a burrito; the other patient just started dialysis, had really bad abdominal gas cramps, and then looked at me and said, “Dude, I just pooped myself.” Ahh, medicine.
A hilarious graphic about how to choose your medicine specialty from a new blog I just found. Love it.
January 1st, 2006I’m allowed because I’m a blonde. (And because I know the real answer is 5.)
