Doctor/Nurse Farewell Gifts, Medical School

Medical people are always going to get free, brand-emblazoned stuff from pharmaceutical and other medical companies, so you need to give something quite special to a Doctor or Nurse, or someone going to medical school, to raise your going away gift above the dross.



Therefore, always give something classy and/or useful and/or very personal, preferably that you can engrave or write personal best wishes onto. Otherwise go for something fun to balance the serious and busy side of their life.

• A nice pen they can use to sign their scripts that hangs around their neck (and not accidently lose).


• A pedometer.


• Insoles with the words "Just hoping to support you, who supports so many people".


• A specialist medical watch, or at least a kitschy Frankenstein watch for the fun-at-heart. Make sure the watch shows the seconds. (Don't forget to engrave on it!)


• A massage device that would come in really handy after a long day.


• An "Open in case of emergency" scalpel or tracheometry tube with an engraved blessing? This is quite dark but they might like it.


• Good medical books:
  
  House of God by Samuel Shem
  
  The year of the intern by Robin Cook
  
  On Call by Emily Transue
  
  Kill As Few Patients As Possible by Oscar London
  
  Becoming a Doctor by Melvin Konner
  
  The Medical Science of House, MD by Andrew Holtz
  
  Stiff by Mary Roach

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks.


• Stethoscope (Littmann seems to be the most recommended). Engave this at the bottom of the neck, so that they can look down and see your best wishes.


• Anatomy colouring book with crayons.


• Some flasks and beakers as a bartending set.


• M.A.S.H. dvds, or merchandise


• 'Operation' board game.


• Old fashioned smelling salts.


• Lab coat and scrubs (monogrammed).


• Massage, hotel or holiday vouchers to relax, make an ideal going away gift, in more than one sense!