News in brief Medicine: The Musical theater and performance dates announced The physician who composed the musical confirms a 14-show run in November. June 6, 2018Wednesday Rose Raymond Contact Rose Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Written and composed by a practicing dermatologist, Medicine: The Musical follows a group of first-year med students as they navigate challenges in medical education and their personal lives. The musical will be performed at HERE theater in Manhattan from Nov. 3-18, 2018. The musical’s writer, Michael Ehrenreich, MD, previously told The DO in an email that he hopes the musical will present medical school in a novel and accessible way to the general public. “It’s not quite realistic—it is a musical after all—but I want people to get a sense of the pressure involved and how hard people work, and get the public to view doctors as people too,” he wrote. “Humanizing medicine goes both ways.” Find more details on Medicine: The Musical, including how to buy tickets, here. Further reading Medicine: The Musical headed to an off-Broadway theater More in Lifestyle 3 DOs featured on recent episode of HGTV’s ‘Home Town’ The hosts of this popular renovation show transformed several rooms in a maternity ward in Laurel, Mississippi. Did you work in the service industry before becoming a physician? Working in nonmedical service industry jobs before medical school helps prepare us for the realities of practicing medicine, writes Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA. Previous articleBuilding global awareness of US osteopathic medicine Next articleShould physicians be friends with their patients on social media?
3 DOs featured on recent episode of HGTV’s ‘Home Town’ The hosts of this popular renovation show transformed several rooms in a maternity ward in Laurel, Mississippi.
Did you work in the service industry before becoming a physician? Working in nonmedical service industry jobs before medical school helps prepare us for the realities of practicing medicine, writes Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA.