Name-calling

January 21, 2011 8:39 AM

"As Hannah Montana once said..." A Med School commencement speech about what it means to be called a Doctor.

Transcript from Grahamazon's excellent defunct blog Over My Med Body.

Previously on Metafilter
sweet bonus post on fraudulent med schools

posted by Potomac Avenue (6 comments total)

Good speech!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:43 AM on January 21, 2011

He had me at his rant about his name. As another Graham in the US, it's surprising how many people have no clue when confronted with those six letters as a first name.
posted by hippybear at 9:27 AM on January 21, 2011

Mefi's own and a very deserving winner of the Metafilter scholarship from 2001
posted by sarahnade at 9:58 AM on January 21, 2011 [4 favorites]

Such a great speech. :) Thanks for sharing with us.
posted by zarq at 10:01 AM on January 21, 2011

Mefi's own and a very deserving winner of the Metafilter scholarship from 2001
posted by sarahnade at 12:58 PM on January 21

Wow that's amazing! Who knew being good at internet could make you into a great doctor eventually.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:12 AM on January 21, 2011

"Medicine is an art grounded in science"? Possibly the most surreal statement in it.
posted by SockyMcPuppet at 10:44 AM on January 22, 2011