SEE ONE, DO ONE, TEACH ONE

A graphic memoir explores the author’s time in medical school and residency. The story begins with the author in labor with her first child, calmly declining a gown in a hospital hallway. The book loops back to recount her journey to that moment. Chapters are organized by sections of schooling, detailed with a straightforward chart. The pre-clinical years are spent in classrooms, studying from textbooks and body parts, bonding with peers, and meeting her future husband. Internship and residency allow her to understand doctoring more holistically, which leads to growing confidence relating to patients and increased satisfaction in her work. The author uses her accessible visual style and straightforward tone to explore medical concepts with elegant directness.

• This graphic memoir of her time in medical school and residency explores an entirely different world, dissecting cadavers, and attending in operating rooms, but Farris’ gentle, pointed comedic sense still suffuses every page.
• Internship and residency allow her to understand doctoring more holistically, which leads Farris to growing confidence relating to patients and increased satisfaction in her work.
• Farris uses her accessible visual style and straightforward tone to explore medical concepts with elegant directness—from cell death to hospital codes, from electroconvulsive therapy to palliative care.

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