Drmaypole

Can you spot the future ops manager?

It’s good to have goals
And celebrate when you achieve them
#dogsky

The 12 days of #Pediatrics
On the 8th day of Christmas was glad someone pointed out to me
A place for 8 moms for pumping breastmilk--
#graphicmedicine

For a rugged #Christmas
The elk on a shelf

Note to my #pediatric self
As we engage in our practice, best to keep the following idea top of mind.
So why not make it fun? That’s what I strive towards.
#Graphicmedicine

Less successful alternatives to #ElfOnAShelf.
The Reindeer on the CraneGear.

Another failed spinoff to the #ElfOnAShelf franchise:
Mr Heatmiser in the Budweiser.
Thought we should share this series before it became lost to history.

Remarkable failed spinoff of the #ElfOnAShelf that defied predictions: Santa on a Bantha.
Who knew not even Star Wars could not save the doomed ideas here?

The 12 days of #Pediatrics.
On the seventh day of Christmas a parent brought to me….
7 colicky babes a’screaming.
#graphicmedicine #pedsky

Unlike websites, I notice the #EMR tends not to deploy in stream user surveys. And maybe that’s a good idea. #UX #medsky

A pcp plea.
This far into the 21st century, it seems nigh time to be done with the obsolete notion of a #signature for…everything. Silly scrawls no one reads…wasted time inking forms and wasting insane amounts of paper.
#paperless please.
#medsky #graphicmedicine

Perils of the profession
Post pediculosis empathetic meltdown
Aka phantom lice disorder
#graphicmedicine #pedsky

As #cold season peaks w our younger kids, remember: most kids do fine… Some need evaluation. RSV, Rhinovirus, & MANY virus cause runny noses, & colds. These cues can help you tell the difference. If uncertain or if your child has an underlying medical condition, call your kid’s PCP.
#Graphicmedicine

Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.

Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.

They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.

One we can avoid w/ vaccination.

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There aren’t many things worse one can imagine than the loss of a child.

But the loss of a child to a vaccine preventable disease is a pain no parent or family should ever have to bear.

Sowing distrust about vaccines, arguably the greatest public health success of all time, is pure evil.

Center City loop
#morningrun

Big truths may lurk in small talk with kids...would that we had a way to value that. #pedsky #graphicmedicine

Providers: do patients ever call you out on the tics you have when doing an exam?
What do they say?
#medsky #Graphicmedicine

The 12 Days of #Pediatrics
On the sixth day of #Christmas a parent gave to me
A sixth palsied nerve…

The next gen #catcafe
#doodles

If/when US #healthcare relies more on #AI driven algorithms, we’ll need to ensure that the caring is not crowded out of the process.

More #holiday themes…
Elf on the stealth

Alternative #holiday traditions
Elf on a Celt.

The 12 Days of #Pediatrics
On the fifth day of #Christmas a parent gave to me:
5 Golden Binks!

Desirable health outcomes for #dogs
#graphicmedicine

Meanwhile, back in clinic
Me: Hey, handsome. LOVE the PJs you wore
4: Yeah.
Me: Can I draw you a T Rex like the one on your shirt?
4: Naw.
Me. Oh, ok. Well then, how many of your ears can we look in today?
4: All 3.
Me: You're pretty sure of the world, huh?
4: Yeah.
#Pediatrics

The supposed “update” to the children’s vaccination schedule in the US- this round including eliminating the Hep B vaccine for newborns— reflects bizarre and non-reality based decision making
Research and evidence based policy has made American health science great
This? Is not that.
#ACIP

The retrospectoscope. In the wrong hands, it may be used with condescension and hubris. Used properly, learning from past experience can lead to better learning for the future....

During this particular “bomb cyclone,” feels appropriate to call this precipitation an episode of meteorology. Sheesh.
#coldsnap

Breaking: Has anyone checked on Charlie Brown’s replanted #Christmas tree 56 years later?