See One, Do One, Teach One

In 2004 Grace Farris began medical school with visions of ER and Scrubs. Across cadaver labs, operating rooms and lecture halls, she embarked on the road to becoming a doctor. In her graphic memoir debut, Grace looks back on her journey through medical school and residency. Through candid comics, readers experience the box of bones Grace takes home to study, the smell of formaldehyde that emanates from the cadaver she dissects, the endless mnemonics and “-ologies” she must learn and the racism and sexism that confront her in the healthcare system. As she works gruelling, thirty-hour shifts and meets with patients from all walks of life, she discovers moments of joy, too: making her first correct diagnosis and, when she least expects it, falling in love. See One, Do One, Teach One is a vivid portrait of the human side of healthcare and what binds patient and doctor together.

About the Author :
Grace Farris, MD, is a physician in Austin, Texas, and author–illustrator of Mom Milestones and More Than a Millions. She is a contributor to Cup of Jo and NPR Health’s Shots, and her comics have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, and in art exhibitions in the United States, Ireland, and Austria.

Review :
As a memoir cartoonist and a mother who is low-key obsessed with the medical field, I was thrilled to finally read a graphic novel that lives in the tiny part of the Venn diagram where medicine, comics, memoir, and birth meet. (In fact, Grace Farris's book might be the only book that lives there.) Informative, accessible, and funny, See One, Do One, Teach One, is a singular book that everyone should read.--Julia Wertz, author of Impossible People I wish I had See One, Do One, Teach One during medical school. It is funny and tender but also beautiful and educational, like your favorite textbook zapped alive.--Ricardo Nuila, author of The People's Hospital Since The House of God appeared nearly forty years ago, there have been many coming-of-age accounts by doctors but all too few by women and none as smart, tender, and laugh-out-loud funny as See One, Do One, Teach One. Medical and nonmedical readers alike will enjoy following Grace Farris on her journey from anxious first year medical student to confident new attending physician. I love this book!--Suzanne Koven, author of Letter to a Young Female Physician The parts of Grace Farris that make her a talented writer and artist also make her--I have no doubt--an incredible doctor: deep curiosity, empathy, and imagination. Farris is changing lives as an artist and as a physician. Even this memoir is medicine.--Maggie Smith, New York Times best-selling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful and Dear Writer