Med school is a difficult time. With the immense amount of material to learn, patients to assist with, and tests to pass, sometimes the stress can get to you. Thankfully, there is always humor — and after all, laughter is the best medicine (add that treatment to your study list.)
Here are ten tweets that you will feel in your skeletal system.
1. When you discover the meaning of an abbreviation that changes your life:
Just found out that DRE is the medical abbreviation for 'Digital Rectal Exam', my perception of @drdre will now forever be tainted. #ItsTheDRE #medschoollife
— Rene R Castro (@castrorener) November 14, 2017
2. When you’re faced with the same amount of pressure you feel providing music in the car, in surgery:
The surgeon handing you the suture for the first time is like when your new friend hands you the cord to the auxiliary jack for the first time. #medschoollife
— Alex Walsh (@AlexWalshdo) November 14, 2017
3. When you’re studying “sensitive” information that might garner some looks in the library:
Studying inguinal canal and spermatic cord for #anatomy exam tomorrow = must choose study spot carefully ____ #MedSchoolLife
— Stephanie Camhi (@StephanieCamhi) November 12, 2017
4. When information isn’t in your brain enough throughout the day and invades your night as well:
Waking up in the middle of the night dreaming about the brachial plexus #LifeofaMedStudent
— Gloria Fernandes (@_glofernandes) November 9, 2017
5. When you’re feeling that waiting-for-a-residency-interview struggle:
How many times can I refresh my email waiting for residency interviews? #medschoolprobs #LifeofaMedStudent pic.twitter.com/4d7kPp2K1a
— Leannynr (@LeannynR) October 27, 2017
6. When you have your purchasing priorities in order:
Got my replacement credit card in the mail and what's the first thing I buy? UWorld.#medstudentlife
— Natalie Wall (@nataliemwall) December 5, 2017
7. When you’re looking at the loans you’ve taken out:
My current student debt level#medstudentproblems pic.twitter.com/NF4Sta9rHB
— Jackie Hill (@Hi_Jackie_Hi) October 25, 2017
8. When you’re trying to remember what all the symptoms of Huntington’s or Crohn’s are:
Doctor 1: Hey let’s name this condition based on what it is, so it actually makes sense!
— Jocelyn Young (@JYoung2319) November 6, 2017
Doctor 2: Nah, let’s name it after ourselves
Doctor 1: You’re right, way easier. #medschoolprobs
9. When you’re feeling a little lackluster about your outfit:
I don’t want no scrub __ jk I have to wear them every day, I don’t have a choice. #MedSchoolLife
— Xan (@Xan____) <a href="https://twitter.com/Xan____/status/935724566160248833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2017
10. When you overhear the higher-ups planning to make your life harder still:
That moment of terror when two attending’s are talking about a case and you hear, “yeah, that’ll be a good one for the #medstudent” followed by chuckling. #help
— Chris Rezzonico (@cjrezzo_1) November 29, 2017
