Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, May 1, 2014,
Announcement:
Every first Saturday of May is
Free Comic Book Day! But what is it? Check out the video below:
I'll be at
Comic Odyssey's Free Comic Book Day Event in
Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street, BGC, Taguig City, Philippines from 8AM-12PM, May 3, 2014
! Check out the stellar list of comic writers and artists who will be at this enormous event!
1. AARON FELIZMENIO
2. AJ BERNARDO
3. ALLEN GENETA
4. AMOS VILLAR
5. ANDREW VILLAR
6. ARIEL ATIENZA
7. BENJAMIN BARTOLOME
8. BERNCE LLAMO
9. ...
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Certifying the Truth
Personally, I haven't had the experience of someone asking me to make up some medical certification of an illness so that they may have an excused absence from school or work. But I've seen it happen.
However, the tough part is when you know they're telling the truth but due to their illness they were unable to see you while they were sick. Medical Certifications only account for what the signing physician actually saw and examined. A consultation after a period of ...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, March 18, 2014,
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, March 12, 2014,
Give it to me straight... but not that straight!
While in training to become a doctor or a specialist, one has the "license" to make mistakes. It is the same as in any field of expertise, while you're in training you can make errors and learn from them because you have your mentors looking after you. Because when all the training is done and you find yourself managing multiple patients on your own there would be no more room for error.
There are many kinds of mentors and I was fortuna...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, March 2, 2014,
What's in a name? A lot, apparently. I won't go on about the
difference between Rubella and Rubeola (you know, the "regular" measles) as you'll find them well differentiated in other websites. Hit the link if you're interested!
I've always found the nomenclature of medical maladies interesting. When I was in med school I always wondered about such supposedly trivial things.
So
why is German Measles "German"? To make a long story short, a German physician first described it and thu...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, February 26, 2014,
A Positive Twist
We were taught pretty early on that as doctors we need to gain patients' trust to get the best and most relevant information out of them in order to help them appropriately. It seemed easy enough at first but after a few patients one begins to realize just how difficult it can be sometimes. No two patients are the same. I've gone as far as acting like a clown to get a patient to like me (not that it wasn't fun, because it was).
Of course, every now and then we have t...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Monday, February 24, 2014,
Back in med school, I wondered a lot about the words we use to instruct our patients. "Take"! "Instill"! "Reconstitute!" As if doctor's instructions weren't confusing enough. Fortunately, I have yet to encounter a patient who misunderstood my instructions enough to become a pharmacy thief.
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Hey everyone!
As we continue our countdown to August 7, 2013 (which is
Callous' 17th anniversary) I'll be featuring guest art below the regular comic strips! Let's see what awesomeness awaits us today!
Dr. Rianne Nicah by Ronzkie Pacho Vidal
This absolutely stunning rendition of Rianne is by the amazing Ronzkie Pacho Vidal of
Ikos Komiks! I get floored every time I see her work online and I was just delighted to receive this piece! Her self-published comic books are also some of the m...
Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Tuesday, July 16, 2013,
I actually had a lot of difficulty translating this comic strip to English from the original Filipino dialogue. The following is the strip I submitted for the newspapers, I hope I did a decent job!
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Thanks to Wendy Wood (
Gilbert and the Grim Rabbit) for the onomatopoeia help in this comic strip!
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Hey everyone! Here's a bonus comic strip for today! :D
Looks like another year has passed and it's
Dialogue Free Comics Day once more! Organized annually by
Noel Curry, he explains "Dialogue Free Comics Day" as follows:
"Too often, when writing webcomics I forget that this is
primarily a visual artform and so to emphasise that, I’ve set myself the challenge of posting a dialogue free comic on that day..."
I've contributed every year so far and yet it's still hard to kick the...
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, May 13, 2012,
Did you know?
The device Dr. Rianne Nicah is using to correct errors of refraction in a patient's vision (e.g. near or far-sightedness) is called a "Phoropter"!
The chart a patient looks at with lines of seemingly random letters is called a "Snellen's Chart".
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This is part of the storyline "On Lighter Dreams"! Click
HERE to start from the beginning then click "Next Post" to proceed!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Wednesday, September 22, 2010,
Callous will be going on break! Click
HERE for details on the rest of 2010, guest comic/art drive, and event appearances!
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Sunday, May 23, 2010,
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Part 2 of 2
The March 1, 2010
Callous comic strip, "Ward Rounds 2" is co-written by
George Ford!
George writes and illustrates the hilarious comic strip, "
Addanac City"! Click
here to check out this wonderful series!
The "Ward Rounds" storyline is discussed in the
blog. Read the entry
here.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Friday, February 26, 2010,
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on October 15, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on October 8, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Thursday, December 31, 2009,
Originally published on October 2, 2009.
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Posted by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD on Saturday, December 26, 2009,
Originally published on September 9, 2009.
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All Callous comic strips are
written and illustrated by Carlo Jose San Juan unless otherwise
specified. Lettering by Carlo Jose S. San Juan, MD and Phil Elliott 
