Certainly when I got to medical school, I had role models of the kind of physicians I wanted to be. I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around, but he carried it off so well. Abraham Verghese backcarryeducate share on social
Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical. Abraham Verghese clinicalconversioncynical Change image and share on social
I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!' Owain Yeoman 18thbattlecentury share on social
And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records. Lois Capps electronicimportancemedical Change image and share on social
I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended. Leonard Alfred George Strong breakcivilianend Change image and share on social
I only worked theater jobs, but they were all really silly when I first graduated. I was a line monitor at 'Spamalot,' which means I got there at 8 A.M. and told people how much the tickets were for standing room. I was an NYU Medical School fake patient, to teach doctors how to talk to patients. Lauren Worsham doctorfakegraduate share on social
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. Erma Bombeck diedoctoroffice Change image and share on social
Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything. Eric Topol medicalprofession Change image and share on social
I decided to take two years between finishing undergraduate and beginning medical school to devote fully to medical research. I knew that I wanted to go to medical school during undergraduate, but I was also eager to get a significant amount of research experience. Eva Vertes amountbegindecide share on social
When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. Eric Kandel 1950salzheimerdisease Change image and share on social