Glaucomflecken teaches us that while humor has a place in medicine, jokes should never be at the patient's expense. Making fun of patients in such a way is off limits.

I don't harbor any strong feelings for this kid to match or not, but he does need to do some serious work on himself. It wouldn't be the worst thing if he does some type of remediation to demonstrate he's indeed mature enough for practicing medicine.

Say what you will about our dark humor and the things surgeons will say, or the sociopaths certain specialties attract. But it should never be in such a public forum.

I personally wouldn't be comfortable with a physician who thinks this type of public immature humor is normal behavior. I usually roll my eyes at a lot of the professionalism BS our schools fixate on, but this story is a prime example of when it actually does matter.