If you love medical shows — these are the real stories!
Playing Doctor is the kind of book you pick up for a quick chapter… and suddenly it’s midnight and you’re still reading.
It’s a fast, laugh-out-loud, often cringeworthy, but surprisingly heartfelt look at what becoming a doctor is actually like—messy, absurd, high-pressure, and deeply human.
FIVE STARS! “I stayed up far too late, often crying with laughter.”
— Lauren Weisberger, #1 New York Times bestselling author (The Devil Wears Prada)
Perfect for a beach read, a long flight, or a late night when you want something entertaining but real, Playing Doctor delivers story after story that feels like the part of hospital life no one talks about.
Inside, you’ll find:
• Moments that are laugh-out-loud ridiculous
• Situations that go completely off the rails
• The kind of honesty that makes you see doctors differently
Each chapter reads like a story you’d tell at dinner—unfiltered, unexpected, and impossible not to share.
You don’t need a medical background to enjoy it.
As one reader put it:
“Who knew I’d enjoy a book about medical school?”
Start with Book 1 and see why readers keep going through the entire series.
“Doctor had me in stitches!”
“One of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read. I literally laughed out loud.” — Traveler
“Unexpectedly fun.”
“Down-to-earth, heartfelt, and seriously laugh-out-loud funny. Just buy it.” — PMiller
“You cannot help but like this guy.”
“Top-notch writing. I really loved this book.” — Amazon Customer
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. I showed up for my first day of medical school limping, confused, swathed in bloody gauze, armed with a liberal arts education, and to really set myself apart from the over-achieving pack of future doctors, lacking short-term memory. (PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One: Medical School)John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor-not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy-and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients. The follow up books cover residency. N° de réf. du vendeur 00110570457
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. I showed up for my first day of medical school limping, confused, swathed in bloody gauze, armed with a liberal arts education, and to really set myself apart from the over-achieving pack of future doctors, lacking short-term memory. (PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One: Medical School)John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor-not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy-and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients. The follow up books cover residency. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN1735507210G
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. I showed up for my first day of medical school limping, confused, swathed in bloody gauze, armed with a liberal arts education, and to really set myself apart from the over-achieving pack of future doctors, lacking short-term memory. (PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One: Medical School)John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor-not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy-and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients. The follow up books cover residency. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN1735507210VG
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. I showed up for my first day of medical school limping, confused, swathed in bloody gauze, armed with a liberal arts education, and to really set myself apart from the over-achieving pack of future doctors, lacking short-term memory. (PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One: Medical School)John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor-not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy-and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients. The follow up books cover residency. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN1735507210G
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