you might be a doctor if...

...you think this is funny! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0w2rORwSc

Okay, let's be honest, anyone who understands what the song is about thinks it is hilarious!

You may ask yourself, why is Christine watching silly youtube songs instead of doing someone productive with her life.

The answer: I'm mourning, My favorite course this semester ended tonight(a bit nerdy but I really did love that class). Preview to Medicine was a prerequisite for medical school and I absolutely adored every minute of that class. Each class session a different specialist would guest lecture and give advice about getting into med school, performing well and choosing a specialty. It quickly became evident that each specialty attracts a certain personality type and so far I think I belong with the pediatric oncologists or pediatric trauma surgeons :). So, here is what I learned about certain specialties.

Surgeons think:

• a chance to cut is chance to cure 
• all bleeding eventually stops 
• there are only three rules to life: 1)eat when you can 2)sleep when you can and 3) don't screw with the pancreas :)
• when in doubt, blame anesthesia (or an anesthesiologist!)
• if it ain't broke. don't fix it 
• a patient is never to sick for a life saving procedure 
• ask any surgeon the definition of "shifty dullness" and they will answer "rounds in internal medicine"
• to live by the 3 B's-blood, brain barrier- the distance between the anesthesiologist and the surgeon
• orthopedic surgeon: if you can't pin it or cast it; screw it

Internists think:

• you can never use enough KY jelly 
• dermatology is the only specialty in medicine where there are 200 diseases and only three types of cream to treat them
• never pull out a tube; that is what nurses are for 

Pediatricians know:

• to never trust a naked baby 

Internists know everything and do nothing, surgeons know nothing and do everything, dermatologists know nothing and nothing, and pathologists know everything and do everything- but a day too late!

Beware: You might need to rethink your future plans if you understand the above^.

Medicine is sweet. That is all.

Love always,
        Christine