I am knee deep studying for my internal medicine recertification, so my sense of humor maybe a bit warped, but I found this to be a scream:
Free e-book: Oh Doctor, The Places You Will Go…
Dr. James Chang of the personal finance blog, PoorMD, has written a parody of Dr Seuss’ classic Oh, the Places You’ll Go! It is a candid look at the journey people make in order to become doctors. I found it charming. Go download it. All of the illustrations were done on his iPad. Terrific.
The “are you a medical nerd?” quiz
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As I finished up this post I noticed that I had previously created the tag “Nerd Humor.” Having a nephrology blog with that tag should be worth 5 points, minimum.
Chemical Party
What is there to say?
Best (only?) nephrology rap: The Kidney Kid
One of my friends from residency sent me this video. It’s perfect.
My line favorite is:
There is multiple medical mysteries but I’m a renal super sleuth
and my one diagnostic tool is the golden window of truth.
Check!
Funniest thing a patient sent me
I just got this e-mail from a patient and felt compelled to share one short bit:
…i consider you a good friend and the
greatest doctor of all time (well, maybe
Dr. Frankenstein was a little better. he
did after all assemble from corpse parts
a human entity and brought it to life.
trying topping that one Dr.Topf).