This is the definitive list of med school memes published over the course of 2020. As it’s been a heck of a year it’s time you treated yourself with a good laugh.
The following memes have been collected from around the web and curated by yours truly.
And yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is a popular theme!
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Best Medical School Memes Of 2020
1.Thank You, Doctor
Thought we’d start off positive with this one. Before things take a bit of a darker and depressing turn…
2. Next Year’s Batch of Med School Personal Statements…
Maybe leave this off the personal statements next year huh? For the sake of standing out…
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3. I’m Just A Dentist
2020 saw a growing trend for dentists everywhere to suddenly deny having any involvement with the healthcare industry.
4. Thanks For Your Hard Work
You’ll need to know what UFAPS is to appreciate this one. Basically? Being a med student isn’t rocket science. As long as you’ve got the right resources.
5. Sketchy Vs Textbooks
Who needs textbooks when you have Sketchy Medicine?
6. Big Brain Immunology Meme
Clever stuff. If you’ve got your immunology down you’ll get this one…
7. Zoom Anatomy
So glad I got anatomy out the way before this whole pandemic thing hit. Can’t imagine this being an actual reality!
8. Bacteria Then Vs Bacteria Now
If you still have pharmacology and microbiology living fresh in the mind then you’ll appreciate this. Classic stuff.
9. Med School Expectations
Seems about right. Don’t go into med school expecting you’re going to crush it. Despite this site’s best efforts to prepare you…
10. History Taking
We didn’t get to take too many histories of our patients in 2020. But for every few we did, there was at least a couple like this…
11. Krebs
Biochemistry is basically just this. Krebs is the first to go, then soon the rest of it.
12. BIG Pharma
I’d love if this was how the pitch actually went. Either way, sometimes pharma companies luck out.
13. Study Hackz
One of my favorite med school study hacks but you have to be careful with it!
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14. July is Tough
July is the time when U.S. med students graduate and finally get to start their first full year as doctors (interns). Nurses, obviously, are on their toes ready for mistakes.
15. Why Do You Want To Do Medicine?
One of the awkward truths you should never admit nor put down on a med school application is the issue of money. But it is nice.
16. In Direct Contrast…
Then there’s the other side of the coin; that junior doctors aren’t paid enough…
17. Hypochondria Is Real
Medical school syndrome is real. Study enough horrible things and eventually you start thinking you’ve got them too.
Related: How to Avoid Medical School Syndrome: 5 Powerful Tips
18. A Dark Reminder
Sadly not everyone agrees with conventional medicine. Or that vaccines can actually save you. Being a med student and having to listen to this? Not exactly fun…
19. The Road Is Long and Hard
I definitely know this feeling; being the sibling who went into medicine in their 30’s!
20. Plot Twist
Admittedly, I just liked this one because it was dark. A form of humour I can appreciate.
21. Nasty Pathogens
Another one you’re going to have to brush up on your microbiology or pathology to understand.
22. When You Accidentally Hit Your Stethoscope While It’s In Your Ears
This one is all in the title. Remember to take the ear pieces out first before you start wildly swinging the bell.
23. Pharma Headache
Anti-psychotics really aren’t fun. Give me antiarrythmics any day of the week.
24. Hammer and Sickle Cell
Anemia doesn’t quite work like this but it would be funny if it did!
25. Too Real
It can be a lonely and depressing time. But remember to laugh. We’re all in this together…
Related: 8 Ways To Stop Feeling Overwhelmed In Medical School
26. Someone Profits
Lack of personal protective equipment? Just use it again right?! No. Just no….
27. Happy Thanksgiving/Christmas!
That time when you really want social distancing to be so far you don’t have to talk to anyone ever…
28. High Yield
What all those years learning and all those flashcards you smashed into your brain eventually amounts to…
29. Teaching Vs Reality
Make sure the important questions get asked. Remember you’ll be reporting the history directly back.
After the patient dies…
30. When the Heart Failure Patient Comes In and Isn’t Taking His Diuretic…
These pants? Didn’t quite make it on the 2020 List of What to Wear During Clinical Rotations. Although I, for one, would have enjoyed them being there.
31. Pediatric Tricks
If only it worked on patients of all ages…
32. Exams Make Us Human
Everyone has high aspirations until they get kicked in the teeth by their first set of med school exams.
Related: How to Focus For Studying For Exams
33. The Step Score I Want Vs The Step Score I Have…
Maybe should have hit Zanki harder and kept the faith.
34. Effective Testing
Basically what it came down to. Please roll out the vaccine soon 2021. I don’t want these memes to repeat…
35. Basic Knowledge
Sometimes Google isn’t your friend. Not when it comes to anatomy 101. Where did you go to med school? Eastern Europe?
Related: Is Medical School Easier in Europe?
36. Not All Heroes Wear Capes…
Send a med student home early and they’ll forever be in your debt…
37. Speed Hack Fail
Remember when I told you all not to skip lectures or to speed up your med school lectures? No, me neither…
38. Don’t Upset the Liver
The awkward yeti made plenty of amazing memes in 2020. Choledochlithiasis? No thanks..
39. Just Draw It Out Bro
So much of med school is capable of drawing us to tears. Intrinsic and extrinsic cascade pathways are just one of them…
40. When You Gotta Go Back Round…
If there’s one thing you remember in anatomy it’s the weird route of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
Medlife Crisis did a really fun video on this back in 2019…
Final Thoughts On The Best Medical School Memes Of 2020
I hope you enjoyed 2020’s medical student and medical school-related memes! I’m already looking forward to next years.
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Thanks for reading!
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Born and raised in the UK, Will went into medicine late (31) after a career in journalism. He’s into football (soccer), learned Spanish after 5 years in Spain, and has had his work published all over the web. Read more.