Enclothed Cognition

Medelita is proud to announce that we have partnered with the founders of the #ILookLikeASurgeon movement to offer an exciting giveaway on social media! Just post a picture of yourself that showcases your unique identity as a surgeon and promotes diversity within the field with the hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon in order to win lab coats and scrubs with personal embroidery. Here are the rules for this exciting giveaway.

Nurses represent the largest single group of medical professionals. They are constantly on the frontline of patient care, which of course gives this segment of the medical community a tremendous impact on patient experience as well as health outcomes. 

Every few weeks we try to bring you the top five most compelling stories in recent medical news. Keep reading to learn about about how a selfie cost a man $153K in medical charges, how precision medicine can be used to treat lung cancer and more!

October 1 2015 marks the mandatory implementation date for the tenth revision of the codes for the International Classification of Diseases, a diagnostic tool referred to as ICD-10 that is published by the World Health Organization (WHO). This revision will increase the number of diagnostic codes from around 13,000 in ICD-9 to around 68,000 in ICD-10—the most substantial revision in decades. 

In early August, a simple hashtag was introduced to Twitter. From this hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon, a powerful social movement to eliminate gender norms in the field of surgery was born. By the morning of August 16th, the hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon had been tweeted nearly 15,000 times and was mentioned on Instagram nearly 500 times. 

From mummified fetuses, to a patient who can't experience hunger or thirst--read on about 8 mysterious medical cases that have stumped and surprised modern physicians.

A premature baby born in a developed country will be placed in an incubator until the child can survive on its own. These infants almost always survive. In lower-income regions, this option is simply out of reach. Incubator equipment alone costs $20,000 and this doesn’t even take into account the cost for constant electricity and trained technicians. 

Medelita values and respects our customers. We know how hard you have worked to get where you are today, and our goal is to give you the exceptional quality of medical apparel that you truly deserve. 

Each day Medelita’s customer service team works diligently to ensure that you are fully satisfied with both your garments and the service you received. One topic that comes up frequently for our customer service representatives is the method of shipping and handling for our products. 

Medelita wishes hearty congratulations to the new class of medical students as you enter into one of the most prestigious fields of study. You’ve worked hard your entire academic career, and you are about to embark on a life-changing journey that will push you to your limits, transform how you look at the world, and challenge you in every way possible.