Lest the students out there get disillusioned, it is probably a good idea to be upfront about the reality of being a doctor:
Maybe it’s not always this bad, but in the ER there is a real ring of truth to this.
From the marvelous Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
*This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat*
An SPM member emailed this, with the playful subject line “A New e-Patient”:
(Click the image to go to the high-res on the comic’s site; © Copyright 2011 King Features Syndicate, all rights reserved.)
Funny comic, but it’s a common misconception that “e-patient” = anyone who googles (or bings, or webmd’s, or…). Wrong. E-patients are empowered, engaged, educated etc – not mindless, and not likely to freak out at the first thing they read.
When you search Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at e-Patients.net*
One of my favourite blogs just featured a nice picture that presents the 10 typical types of medical bloggers.
Here they are:
Which type do you belong to?
Click on the image for the original source and size.
*This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll*
Source: thatshappy.blogspot.com via Dawn on Pinterest
*This blog post was originally published at On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess*
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