Get into med school in the graphic memoir 'See One, Do One, Teach One'
Grace Farris's graphic memoir, 'See One, Do One, Teach One,' offers an inside look at the realities of medical training and the transition from student to healthcare professional. The book explores the personal and professional challenges doctors face, including the shift in perspective when they become patients themselves.
Why it matters
The memoir provides a humanizing look at the medical profession, helping to bridge the gap between public perception and the lived experience of healthcare workers.
W. W. Norton & Company For most people, knowledge of what life on the job is like for healthcare workers comes primarily from two limited vantage points: watching television shows and experiencing their own patient care.
The same is true even for many people who eventually become doctors and nurses, as Grace Farris reminds us early on in her sensitive, energetic graphic memoir, See One, Do One, Teach One: The Art of Becoming a Doctor. "Before I started medical school," she writes, "I was completely unprepared." But, as she shows in her new book, once someone has switched over to becoming a professional healthcare worker, a whole new set of issues presents itself. At that point, it can be difficult to toggle from patient to patient –- and to remember what it was even like to be the person receiving care.
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