http://gigglemed.com (: medicine is fun again :) Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:11:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-03-hand-washing http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-03-hand-washing#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:11:27 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1524 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Tarzan M.D. weighs in on hand washing (and trunk washing). Oh… and just FYI… If any of my residents ever grab my rear like that while we’re on rounds… Yep, you’re outta here (hand washing or not). Feel free to use Tarzan MD images in your talks and presentations (as long as you include the [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-03-hand-washing/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/hospital-humor-video-er-vs-medicine http://gigglemed.com/hospital-humor-video-er-vs-medicine#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:17:34 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1519 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Is your hospital struggling with throughput? Patients in the hallway in the ER? Residents taking waaaay too long to come to admit patients? Medical attendings being difficult to reach? Or hospitalists fighting admissions? Well, watch this hilarious Medicine vs ER Star Trek parody video by ZDoggMD. If you understand the jokes in it, you are [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/hospital-humor-video-er-vs-medicine/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-02 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-02#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:42:46 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1474 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Before we needed healthcare reform… before Joint Commission (you know, the Good Ole Days)… before the FDA… before insurance companies… there was one physician to lead us through the healthcare jungle – Tarzan, M.D. (and soon to be introduced, Jane DO). In Episode 2, we find him offering smoking cessation advice. Those twigs kinda smell [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-02/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-01 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-01#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:35:56 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1463 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Before Joint Commission… before the FDA… before insurance companies… there was one physician to lead us through the healthcare jungle – Tarzan, M.D. Way ahead of his time, Dr. Tarzan’s descriptions of clinical findings were in the patients’ language. His instructions were persuasive. And his patients could eat all of the fat and red meat [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-01/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/hilarious-medical-cartoon-teaches-parasite-life-cycles http://gigglemed.com/hilarious-medical-cartoon-teaches-parasite-life-cycles#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:00:36 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1319 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As healthcare reimbursement plummets, as malpractice lawyers gain more air time, and as the healthcare industry becomes hyper-regulated, it should come as no surprise that we may need to make our profession a little more interesting and even fun, to get qualified applicants. Medical education, nursing schools, and science classes may need to insert more [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/hilarious-medical-cartoon-teaches-parasite-life-cycles/feed 0