In 2015, the medical world officially moved onto the wrist with the launch of the Apple Watch. Doctors were suddenly flooded with heart rate graphs… Read More »55 Doctor Jokes: The 2015 “Apple Watch & Precision Medicine” Edition

In 2014, the medical world was submerged in the “Ice Bucket Challenge,” which brought ALS awareness to every smartphone screen, even if it also brought… Read More »61 Doctor Jokes: The 2014 “Ice Bucket Challenge & HealthKit” Edition

In 2013, medical humor revolved around a new obsession with documenting every second of life. Surgeons wondered if they could live-stream surgeries through their smart… Read More »57 Doctor Jokes: The 2013 “Selfie Era & Google Glass” Edition

In 2012, medical humor played on the contrast between high-tech space exploration and the low-tech frustration of health insurance. Doctors were joking that if the… Read More »62 Doctor Jokes: The 2012 “Maya Apocalypse & Mars Rover” Edition

In 2011, medical humor shifted toward the “Smart Assistant” era. Doctors were competing with Siri, who was often more polite but gave terrible medical advice,… Read More »67 Doctor Jokes: The 2011 “Siri Launch & Watson’s Diagnosis” Edition

In 2010, the medical world went “flat.” If you didn’t have an iPad to show your patients their vitals, were you even a doctor? Humor… Read More »63 Doctor Jokes: The 2010 “iPad Launch & Obamacare Debate” Edition

In 2009, medical humor was split between “Don’t sneeze on me” and “How do I pay for this surgery with digital gold?” Doctors were handing… Read More »59 Doctor Jokes: The 2009 “Swine Flu & Bitcoin Genesis” Edition

In 2008, medical humor was a mix of “How am I going to pay for this?” and “There’s an app for that.” While the economy… Read More »65 Doctor Jokes: The 2008 “Financial Crash & App Store” Edition

In 2007, psychiatry became a battle against the “Touchscreen Delusion.” Patients stopped looking at Rorschach tests and started showing doctors their “perfect” lives on social… Read More »71 Doctor Jokes: The 2007 “iPhone Launch & WebMD Anxiety” Edition

In 2006, psychiatry faced a new challenge: the world started shrinking its attention span to 140 characters. Doctors were trying to treat “MySpace Narcissism” while… Read More »68 Doctor Jokes: The 2006 “Twitter Launch & Wii-hab” Edition