You know the answer. You need thirty seconds. You will present after you panic. The short white coat has flashcards in both pockets and a lanyard you have not taken off since orientation. Somewhere a progress bar sits at 87 percent and you are pushing the fill along by hand.
These are tees about being a medical student. Not about the sacrifice, not about the calling. About the loading bar.
What these say
Hank, the third-year hamster, carries the Short White Coat collection. He is not laughed at; he is laughed with, by people who remember. Nothing here ranks a student below anyone, and nothing points at patients. The joke is on the process.
Which designs students and the people who love them buy
- Doctor Loading. A progress bar at 87 percent and Hank pushing the fill along. The one for white coat ceremony, for the end of pre-clinicals, and for the parent who is still not entirely sure what MS3 means.
- No Lunch Club. Three cast members on a break-room bench, sandwiches untouched, all reading pagers. You joined on your first surgery rotation.
- Hope Is Not a Plan. The dandelion. The unimpressed attending. Every student has been on the presenting end of this once.
- The Room Temperature Pizza Will Continue Until Morale Improves. It arrived at 1100. You met it at 1630.
The full set is in the Short White Coat collection, with the rest of the universal designs in The Universal Ten.
When these get bought
White coat ceremony in August. The day Step 1 results come back. The end of third year. Match Day, the third Friday of March, for the fourth-years. Graduation. Printing takes 2 to 5 business days, so for a ceremony order the week before.
Fit and fabric
Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz garment-dyed cotton, unisex, boxy, sizes S to 4XL. Runs generous; size down for fitted. Three colourways per design. Measurements on the sizing page.
Questions students ask
Is this a good gift for a med student?
Doctor Loading is the safest pick. If you know which rotation they are on, No Lunch Club after surgery, Hope Is Not a Plan after medicine.
Will an attending find it funny?
Yes. Most of the people who write these are the attendings.
Can my class order together?
Yes. Anything over a dozen goes through team orders.
Do you make one for residents?
Axel, the PGY-2, has his own set. See doctors and residents.