Become a Doctor

Welcome back again! A new marketing fad has emerged in the hospital where I am practicing. Neatly framed advertisements in the room where we change for surgery, and even on the inside of the toilet doors. This one advert goes something like this:   “200 Billion starts in our galaxy. 10 billion galaxies in our […]

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We meet again. Welcome back! There is a world hidden behind the conservative mask that the medical world projects. As a doctor, you have to act conservative, cool and collected in front of patients. This is because, if you were to play around and joke too much in front of a patient, they would start […]

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Hi Apprentice Doctor!   I was also once at a place in my life where everything seemed so far away and unattainable.   I barely made it into medical school. My scores in high school and pre-med weren’t the shiny example of brilliance you might expect.   But once I was accepted into medical school, […]

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Welcome!   Heard the one about the guy who’s speaking frantically into the phone, “My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”   “Is this her first child?” the doctor queries.   “No, you idiot!” the man shouts. “This is her husband!”   You know, there really isn’t a better time […]

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