Dreamy doctor

"During a series of presentations of scientific papers 40.6% of 276 subjects reported dreaming, but only 18.1% actually fell asleep"

Dreaming during scientific papers: effects of added extrinsic material
Harvey RF, Schullinger MB, Stassinopoulos A, Winkle E.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1983;287:1916-9.
PMID: 6197133

Thorough doctor

"While patients might acknowledge that physicians do not have a lot of time at their disposal, they expect their own individual cases to receive the attention they deserve"

Time flies: patients' perceptions of consultation length and actual duration.
Lussier MT, Richard C.
Can Fam Physician 2007;53:46-7.
PMID: 17872608

Sporty doctor

"The symptoms and signs of decompression sickness were first described in 1843 in caisson workers returning to atmospheric pressure"

Medical aspects of scuba diving
Sykes JJ.
BMJ 1994;308:1483-8.
PMID: 7802769

Stylish doctor

"...a majority of patients (64%) thought that the way their doctor dressed was very important..."

Putting on the style: what patients think of the way their doctor dresses
McKinstry B, Wang JX.
Br J Gen Pract 1991;41:275-8.
PMID: 1747264

Hungry doctor

"...the premeal rise in ghrelin is considered a signal to the central nervous system of depleted energy stores"

Learning hunger: conditioned anticipatory ghrelin responses in energy homeostasis
Teff K.
Endocrinology 2006;147:20-2.
PMID: 16365141

Cool doctor

"We are a tough nut to crack, but when we finally do crack, it's pretty messy"

How to defuse an exploding physician
Schumer D.
Fam Pract Manag 2006;13:86.
PMID: 16736909

Scientist doctor

"The time is right to become a physician-scientist"

The making of a physician-scientist--the process has a pattern: lessons from the lives of Nobel laureates in medicine and physiology
Archer SL.
Eur Heart J 2007;28:510-4.
PMID: 17208937