The long and the short of it

It has been argued that medicine is not a profession for tall people, but I beg to differ.1 I would like to argue that medicine is, in fact, not meant for the short.

Imagine, you walk into a patient's room in your white coat with your identity tags dangling and your stethoscope around your neck. The patient takes one look and says, “You look way too small-young, where is the real doctor?” I have never understood how my height is supposed to influence my ability to listen to heart sounds, and perhaps I …