Med School Sketches

To those who have already taken it, congratulations! To those...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:17:27 -0400

To those who have already taken it, congratulations! To those who are about to, good luck!!!

If there’s one thing I learned in radiology, it was that ‘rule...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:02:14 -0400

If there’s one thing I learned in radiology, it was that ‘rule out pneumonia’ is not an appropriate indication for a CXR.

Yeah, that’s right, I paid attention in radiology. Just don’t ask me to go into detail about a brain MRI anytime soon. (I didn’t pay that much attention.)

Me right after my general surgery rotation.

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:01:30 -0400

Me right after my general surgery rotation.

Mythbusters + David Chang + Commander Hadfield = LOVE I love...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:09 -0400

Mythbusters + David Chang + Commander Hadfield = LOVE

I love the idea behind this video so much. These guys are amazing individually and when they get together their awesomeness is just too much! Too much! I love this kind of collaboration between people with such different backgrounds, especially when those backgrounds are food and science.

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:43 -0400

Med student with the resident

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:40:25 -0400

Like I always say, “Hovering - what med students do best.”

This is especially true during the surgery clerkship. There are...

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:26:14 -0400

This is especially true during the surgery clerkship.

There are some days where walking by all the empty hospital beds is like torture. As the saying goes from Samuel Tyler Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, “Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink.” Or more commonly heard but not an actual line, “Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink.”

I have found surgeons to have some of the pithiest, funniest,...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:53:48 -0400

I have found surgeons to have some of the pithiest, funniest, and truest sayings in the hospital. It seems they are as efficient with their words as they are with their time.

Virtual ribbon I created in remembrance of those affected by the...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:05:00 -0400

Virtual ribbon I created in remembrance of those affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy.

Google’s Person Finder for the Boston Marathon explosions. Please visit the site if you’re looking for somebody, or have information about somebody that you’d like to add to the database.

High Yield: Welcome

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:45:47 -0400

High Yield: Welcome:

high-yield:

Welcome to my new site! I’ll be regularly posting the loot I’ve collected on my endless internet treasure hunt here. All my original drawings will continue to be posted at Med School Sketches.

‘High yield’ is a term heard often in medical school and in postgraduate medical education. It…

Please follow my new tumblr High Yield (I find it almost implausible that nobody took that tumblr domain name)! I’ll be uploading fun and cool things I’ve found on the internet over there, and be keeping the original artwork here.

A lesson in OR etiquette.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:12:56 -0400

A lesson in OR etiquette.

This comic is brought to you by my surgery rotation- what a way...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:32:31 -0400

This comic is brought to you by my surgery rotation- what a way to round off third year! Surgery is a world of its own- I’ve got a couple more surgery-based comics in the vault.

I’m publishing this post on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday because I want to give my 4 AM bleary-eyed self a break tomorrow morning.

Last week was Spring Break! On my homebound flight westward, I...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:26:38 -0400

Last week was Spring Break! On my homebound flight westward, I watched two great movies- First Position and Bill Cunningham New York. On the return flight, I drew these comics in the style of Kate Beaton’s vacation doodles.

Whenever you leave the room of a patient with a confirmed...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:06:46 -0400

Whenever you leave the room of a patient with a confirmed Clostridium dificile infection, don’t forget to wash your hands with soap and water! C. dificile is spread from person to person via spores, which are not affected by Calstat and other isopropyl alcohol-based cleansers.
What does work? Soap and water for your hands, and sodium hypochlorite (aka bleach) for your stethoscope!

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From The American College of Gastroenterology’s guidelines-

Alkaline glutaraldehyde, sodium hypochlorite, and ethylene oxide are effective in killing the spores as well as the vegetative forms ofC. difficile that persist on fomites, instruments and contaminated surfaces, but none of these are satisfactory for handwashing, which is still best carried out with ordinary disinfectant soaps or chlorhexidine, despite their limited power to kill C. difficile spores

Music to my ears and eyes

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:17:29 -0400

Many times, I like songs because of the music videos. Here are some of this week’s most interesting-

Passion Pit, Carried Away

Electric Guest, The Bait

Willy Moon, Yeah Yeah

On the hospital floor, you’ll regularly see mobile...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:07:28 -0400

On the hospital floor, you’ll regularly see mobile computer workstations, affectionately known as COWS. They are prime real estate; as such, being a masterful COW herder is a valuable skill.

So. True. And the attendings that bring in pastries???...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:26:28 -0400

So. True. And the attendings that bring in pastries??? ‘ZEY ARE ZEUS.

T-shirt idea for your favorite...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:13 -0500

T-shirt idea for your favorite radiologist.

pri·or noun

1. Definition-

A previously obtained radiographic study

2. Examples-

Did you compare this new X-ray to the prior?

What does he look like at baseline? Did you check the priors?

Wow, Google’s good. Google also clearly realized that...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:59:00 -0500

Wow, Google’s good.

Google also clearly realized that Match Day is always the third Friday of every year. And so, you can search for Match Day into the distant or not-so-distant future! (To be technical, the most distant you can go is 2020. Try it!)

One for the med student. And one for the resident.

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:27 -0500

One for the med student. And one for the resident.