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Healthcare workers are a different breed entirely. They spend years grinding through medical school just to be able to do their job, then turn around and work brutally long hours with the weight of people’s lives on their shoulders. And if that weren’t enough, the things they hear from patients on a daily basis can be equal parts draining and downright insulting. Somebody give these folks a break.

Well, at the very least, give them a few minutes to sit back and scroll through some of the funny posts we’ve collected from the Instagram pages Internal Memecine and Medi Memes. Hopefully they’ll put a smile on a few tired faces out there—because after everything the medical field demands of them, they’ve more than earned it. Find them below.

#1

A medical meme tweet asking why a randomized controlled trial is not called trick or treatment. For doctors and nurses.

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Liliana Spiro
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18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, Lordy, my trial group are gonna luvs this... :D

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    #6

    A medical meme with a tweet saying, If a potato can become vodka, then I can become a doctor. Fun for doctors and nurses!

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    Beady El
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You just need to ferment for a while

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    #7

    A popular medical meme tweet by Bryan Gaensler about research. Perfect for doctors, nurses, and students relating to symptoms.

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    Pawsome
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I have a growing collection of reference papers. My coworkers and I also tend to share references. Saves on a lot of time...

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    #8

    Funny medical meme showing Mr. Bean as a doctor, wide-eyed, giving a thumbs-up. Ideal for doctors and nurses.

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    That’s all I yam
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no idea why anyone would choose to become a doctor with being on call, lawsuits, constantly making life and d***h decisions hoping you're right, the guilt when you missed something, the sacrified time away from family, the time it takes to decompress - unless you're built to handle all this.

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    #10

    A doctor's tweet: "Been a doctor for 17 years but still can't get my mum to trust my advice." A funny medical meme.

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    Joe Bloe
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get your colleague opinion, she will trust you

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    #11

    Medical meme about fantasy sleep, relatable for doctors, nurses, and those who google their symptoms.

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    Beady El
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently spoken by two other people, both off-panel.

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    #12

    A four-panel medical meme: a ghost scares a person by saying Boo! three times, then scares them with Biochemistry.

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    That’s all I yam
    Community Member
    16 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have a BS in Biochem. It was fun to learn. Only worked in labs in college, but it was great general knowledge for later careers.

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    #16

    A medical meme with text: 7 Billion people in the world but still 7th Cranial Nerve is the reason why i smile. For doctors & nurses.

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    Joe Bloe
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's now 8b, was 7b between 2011 and 2022. Is it why you never smile anymore?

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    #19

    A medical meme showing a TV screen with a patient in an ICU bed, connected to tubes, implying TV shows overdramatize symptoms.

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    Liliana Spiro
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They most certainly need to. None of this makes sense at all

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    #20

    Text reads: "Love is in the air. But so is the flu. Wash your hands." A funny medical meme for doctors and nurses.

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    HanSolo
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No kidding, I guess the flu has been more in love with me than people are. ( I work in a kitchen and wash my hands 24/7)

    #22

    A person resembling a classic painting subject lies in bed with a laptop and medical textbooks. A funny medical meme.

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    HanSolo
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m 20 and I found out I have high blood pressure

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    #23

    A medical meme for doctors and nurses. The meme reads, Life is too short to describe etiology, just write "IDIOPATHIC" and move on.

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    Lotekguy
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    18 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But NEVER iatrogenic! (The preceding message brought to you by doctors' egos, and all malpractice insurers.)

    #25

    A medical meme from internalmemecine about doctors asking strangers about bowel movements, for nurses and medical professionals.

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    Did I say that out loud?
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. But I didn't know until the morning when I woke up.

    #26

    A medical meme: a car on fire labeled Emergency Room, while moose labeled Dermatology specialists relax in a kiddie pool.

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    I am not you
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, there are acute and life-threatening dermatological diseases too.Steven Johnson syndrome is one of them.

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    #29

    A medical meme showing a tweet asking, "Everyone talks about how social media is bad for your mental health but what about ER shifts?"

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    KatWitch57
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ER shifts are bad for ER patients. Social Media will be fine.

    #32

    Dwight Schrute crying, hand over face, after a long day at the hospital. A perfect image for medical memes.

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    That’s all I yam
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another reason not to become a doctor. I enjoy learning, but I enjoy my family more.

    #37

    Mean Girls meme with medical humor, showing students gossiping, perfect for medical memes.

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    Glix Drap
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dermatologists seem to be getting bad press on this thread. Trust me, it's not all bling bling.

    #39

    A medical meme showing buff versions of The Office characters as ortho residents on vacation. Funny for doctors and nurses.

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    Lotekguy
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don't look like they should be trusted with sharp objects.

    #42

    A medical meme on a white background: "Medical school is cool bc if you relax for 5 seconds then all of a sudden you are failing 11 classes even though you are only taking 5."

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    KatWitch57
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just life. It's not even your life.

    #43

    A funny medical meme featuring Olenna Tyrell, saying "Tell Satan. I want him to know it was me." Great for doctors.

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    Liliana Spiro
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On a separate note: The great Dame Diana Rigg. Loved The Avengers

    #45

    Medical meme showing a broken, overgrown train track over a stream, representing the hard journey to become a doctor.

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    That’s all I yam
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My guess is that the road after becoming a doctor is on the rough side, too. Just a thought - maybe the road to becoming a doctor helps with the hardships after.

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    #50

    A man with wide, surprised eyes reflecting a mirror image of himself. A medical meme about doctors and nurses.

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    SheHulk
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    14 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    , cause I too want to know!

    #51

    A Beauty and the Beast meme for medical memes, showing Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Cogsworth, with text about ER docs.

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    KatWitch57
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But, we're having him busted in the morning.

    #57

    A woman, a doctor, looks at a computer screen with a passive-aggressive medical meme, holding a soda.

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    That’s all I yam
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chart comment by a hospital corpsman on patient with severe constipation: Needs a long fingered corpsman.

    #58

    A swimmer in the water with a confused expression, depicting medical memes about Googling symptoms.

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    That’s all I yam
    Community Member
    16 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Question my doctor asked me after looking at my first EKG: Who's your cardiologist? Me: Huh? True story.

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    #60

    A person in an angel costume with wings, facepalming, representing a medical meme for doctors and nurses.

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    otiose
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YOUR guardian angel??? Think of the patient!

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    #62

    A medical meme showing doctors in an OR and a man knitting, satirizing interest during a long day of surgery.

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    I am not you
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something is terribly wrong with the knitter's right arm 🤣 Left hand dosen't look very good either. ( Ai I know)

    #64

    A person in a pink fluffy coat, medical mask, and colorful paw print scrub cap, portraying a medical meme.

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    LALALand
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you know then you know……