
See One, Do One, Teach One
The Art of Becoming a Doctor: a Graphic Memoir
WW Norton · Print & ebook · March 24, 2026
When do you become a real doctor?
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A pastel-hued graphic memoir brings the grind and human stakes of medical training close.
- Themes
- Medical training, Racism and sexism in healthcare, Doctor-patient relationships
- Genres
- Medical Comics, Graphic Biography & Memoir, Lives in Medicine
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Everything in ColorStephanie Stalvey45% matchShares Graphic Biography & Memoir
PersepolisMarjane Satrapi, Mattias Ripa41% matchShares Graphic Biography & Memoir
Everything Is an EmergencyJason Adam Katzenstein54% matchShares Graphic Biography & Memoir
Fowl LanguageBrian Gordon49% match
Unfuck Your Brain Graphic GuideDr. Faith G. Harper47% match
A Guest in the HouseE.M. Carroll46% match
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
When do you become a real doctor? Now a celebrated cartoonist and practicing physician, in 2004 Grace Farris began med school with visions of ER and Scrubs. Across cadaver labs, operating rooms, and lecture halls, she embarked on the arduous road to becoming a doctor. In her graphic memoir debut, Grace looks back on her journey through medical school and residency in her iconic palate of pastels.
Continue reading
Through candid comics, readers experience the box of bones Grace must take home to study, the overwhelming smell of formaldehyde that emanates from the cadaver she dissects, the endless mnemonics and “-ologies” she must learn, and the racism and sexism that confront her in the healthcare system. As she works grueling, thirty-hour shifts and meets with patients from all walks of life, she discovers moments of joy, too: making her first correct diagnosis, matching at a top residency program, and, when she least expects it, falling in love. At the end of her residency, Grace takes on two new roles—attending physician and mother. Touching and tender, See One, Do One, Teach One is a vivid portrait of the human side of healthcare and what binds patient and doctor together.
Medicine, Drawn
A pastel-hued graphic memoir brings the grind and human stakes of medical training close.
Come here for
- Candid comics on cadaver labs, long shifts, and the learning curve
- A frank look at racism and sexism in healthcare
Expect
- Tender reflection alongside the strain of training
- A vivid focus on what binds patients and doctors
Where it sits
| Graphic Biography & Memoir | 68% |
|---|---|
| Medical Comics | 58% |
| Lives in Medicine | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- School-Life Comics
- Graphic Biography & Memoir
- Medical Comics
- Authors
- Grace Farris
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- March 24, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Medical training · Racism and sexism in healthcare · Doctor-patient relationships
- Reading lane
- School-Life Comics