# Need Med School Graduation gift idea

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 8, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-med-school-graduation-gift-idea/64766 "2001-05-08T14:36:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-med-school-graduation-gift-idea/64766/1 "2001-05-08T14:36:14Z")

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A very dear friend of mine graduates from Med School next month. I’m stumped for ideas. He already has a really nice stethoscope, given to him by a doctor mentor when he entered med school. I’m broke these days, but I’d be willing to spend up to $100

Any thoughts, especially from you doctors? He’s going into pediatrics. As a joke, I thought of buying him a big bag of those little clippy stuffed animals that I swear 98% of pediatricians wear on their stethoscopes. But that’s not very meaningful. I’d rather get him a nice gift and then just one of those stupid clip-on animals.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-med-school-graduation-gift-idea/64766/2 "2001-05-09T04:23:01Z")

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My sister is a doctor. Upon her graduation, I gave her a book of medically-themed cartoons. Don’t remember the name, though.

How about a few cases of Jolt cola? He’s gonna need a whole lotta caffeine.

Enclose your gift with a short, yet dignified poem:

“I think you’re swell  
Even though you smell  
Like dead people”

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**Author:** ![Rally\_Vincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rally\_Vincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rally_Vincent)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-med-school-graduation-gift-idea/64766/3 "2001-05-09T05:05:24Z")

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In all seriousness - a check for $100 is probably one of the best gifts you could give, maybe in a coffee cup for fun.

When my husband graduated from medical school, we had to move and so on and so forth. Money is always appreciated.