<p>I’m looking for ideas for a female who is graduating med-school… </p>
<p>one gift will be from me (she is my nephew’s wife), and my budget is minimal (<$50)</p>
<p>one gift from my brother and his wife (the graduate’s inlaws); not sure of their budget, probably $100-$200, but I’m open to any suggestions!</p>
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<p>The soon-to-be doctor will presumably be relocating to do her residency?</p>
<p>If so, and you don’t mind giving a practical gift rather than a personal item, I would think a gift card for Amazon would work. She could use it to treat herself to “fun” reading material, or purchase some household item that will be needed at her new home. </p>
<p>Last year we helped my nephew – the new doctor-- move into town for his residency at one of the big Philadelphia hospitals. He was very much in “poor student” mode – I think a little bit extra capital to spend on a nice coffee maker or toaster over would’ve been a nice gift.</p>
<p>I’d suggest a GC for a spa treatment.
Might be just the relaxing thing to look forward to between internship shifts.</p>
<p>Please keep the ideas coming! My D is yet 2 years away from her med school graduation, but I have already started trying to think of fitting gifts. One idea I do like is a traditional, leather “doctor’s bag.” I saw something similar a couple of years ago, made by Coach, at a Coach outlet store. Wish I’d had the foresight to get it then.</p>
<p>How about a silver or gold medical symbol charm, or jewelry with such?<br>
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<p>How about an engraved business card holder for both handing out her cards or receiving cards such as this from Things Remembered:
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<p>Or an engraved pen and pencil set for all the notes and prescriptions she will be writing:
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<p>For her desk:
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<p>Since she will be on her feet alot, maybe a gift basket with products to soothe her tired feet.</p>
<p>Please just send the med school grad a nice card and a check. My D is halfway through med school, and I promise you, she would much, much rather have the money than any “things,” even gift cards. She is incurring an awful load of debt for med school and will appreciate cash gifts when she graduates. She has less money to live on now than she did as an undergraduate. </p>
<p>Also most graduates move for their residency, so anything sent has to be moved between graduation and starting residency.</p>
<p>I second the spa treatment gift idea. A resident’s priorities are: pee when you can, eat when you can, sleep when you can. Even the tiniest spa treatment will be a ray of sunshine in a very dark year.</p>
<p>(This from a male doc who interned nearly 20 years ago.)</p>
<p>@sopranomom92: I have hesitated going for caduceus anything for folks in the medical field every since my D informed me that most of the ones you see have 2 snakes and are not the same as the <em>traditional</em> symbol for medicine, known as the The Staff of Asclepius, which actually has only one snake. Apparently the double snake caduceus is rooted in military tradition but most people don’t know there is a difference so it’s really kind of a moot point, I suppose.</p>
<p>ahh - my sister-in-law will give her daughter-in-law a framed quote, about the medical profession. And a matching one for her son, about law. Problem solved.</p>
<p>I will probably do a gift basket of footcare products.</p>
<p>I think bookiemom nailed it.</p>
<p>Send a check- the young lady is probably drowning in debt.</p>