Drmaypole
@drmaypole.bsky.social
Pediatrician cartoonist parent in search of the intersection of humor with everything (and everyone), mildly obsessed with complex care, canoeing and the animals of our lives.
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Drmaypole
@drmaypole.bsky.social
· Jan 14
Fueled by TV based medical dramas, some patients enter the health space slinging #lingo that might not be as precise as they think it is. Our job? Clarify their meaning, and if possible, find plainer/common language.
#medsky #graphicmedicine
#medsky #graphicmedicine
Already doctors and clinicians feel the competition with #AI We must adapt & adopt or be surpassed
#graphicmedicine
#graphicmedicine
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Already doctors and clinicians feel the competition with #AI We must adapt & adopt or be surpassed
#graphicmedicine
#graphicmedicine
Wouldn’t THAT be cool if we got plot driven after visit summaries? #medsky #graphicmedicine
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Wouldn’t THAT be cool if we got plot driven after visit summaries? #medsky #graphicmedicine
#Pediatric field notes
If the clinician is lucky, she may just see the birth of a future physicist in her own exam room
#graphicmedicine #pedsky
If the clinician is lucky, she may just see the birth of a future physicist in her own exam room
#graphicmedicine #pedsky
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#Pediatric field notes
If the clinician is lucky, she may just see the birth of a future physicist in her own exam room
#graphicmedicine #pedsky
If the clinician is lucky, she may just see the birth of a future physicist in her own exam room
#graphicmedicine #pedsky
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Little known fact: we early morning runners endure harassment and judgement from the creatures that frolic in yards as we jog by. Or at least I think they do...
#morningrun
#morningrun
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Little known fact: we early morning runners endure harassment and judgement from the creatures that frolic in yards as we jog by. Or at least I think they do...
#morningrun
#morningrun
Clinic
Mom: I need a note for my kid to go back to school
Me: Your child has a cold, no #RSV testing is needed
Mom: what?
Me: RSV has always been around
Mom: ?
Me: RSV causes colds. It isn't covid. I'll write a letter to your school : Not every boogery nose needs a test
Kid: GOOD!
#pediatrics
Mom: I need a note for my kid to go back to school
Me: Your child has a cold, no #RSV testing is needed
Mom: what?
Me: RSV has always been around
Mom: ?
Me: RSV causes colds. It isn't covid. I'll write a letter to your school : Not every boogery nose needs a test
Kid: GOOD!
#pediatrics
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Clinic
Mom: I need a note for my kid to go back to school
Me: Your child has a cold, no #RSV testing is needed
Mom: what?
Me: RSV has always been around
Mom: ?
Me: RSV causes colds. It isn't covid. I'll write a letter to your school : Not every boogery nose needs a test
Kid: GOOD!
#pediatrics
Mom: I need a note for my kid to go back to school
Me: Your child has a cold, no #RSV testing is needed
Mom: what?
Me: RSV has always been around
Mom: ?
Me: RSV causes colds. It isn't covid. I'll write a letter to your school : Not every boogery nose needs a test
Kid: GOOD!
#pediatrics
How to eat an avocado
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
How to eat an avocado
‘Tis the season-again-for #RSV
Thought I’d present a visual course of how the illness unfolds in younger kids. For adults and big kids? It means a bad head cold.
#graphicmedicine
Thought I’d present a visual course of how the illness unfolds in younger kids. For adults and big kids? It means a bad head cold.
#graphicmedicine
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
‘Tis the season-again-for #RSV
Thought I’d present a visual course of how the illness unfolds in younger kids. For adults and big kids? It means a bad head cold.
#graphicmedicine
Thought I’d present a visual course of how the illness unfolds in younger kids. For adults and big kids? It means a bad head cold.
#graphicmedicine
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Very thrilled to be a part of a great team effort-
Paige Church, Amy Rule, David Frumberg , Ashley Volion, Michael Msall, and Peter Rosenbaum & I ponder how ideas of “normal” in #pediatrics have shaped the ways children w impairments are understood and supported.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Paige Church, Amy Rule, David Frumberg , Ashley Volion, Michael Msall, and Peter Rosenbaum & I ponder how ideas of “normal” in #pediatrics have shaped the ways children w impairments are understood and supported.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Impaired expectations: the challenge of ableism in paediatrics
In the field of paediatrics, the concept of normal (ie, typical)—in contrast to different,
special, deviant, delayed, or atypical—has imposed a problematic framework within
which people view a child w...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Very thrilled to be a part of a great team effort-
Paige Church, Amy Rule, David Frumberg , Ashley Volion, Michael Msall, and Peter Rosenbaum & I ponder how ideas of “normal” in #pediatrics have shaped the ways children w impairments are understood and supported.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Paige Church, Amy Rule, David Frumberg , Ashley Volion, Michael Msall, and Peter Rosenbaum & I ponder how ideas of “normal” in #pediatrics have shaped the ways children w impairments are understood and supported.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Diagnosis: maladaptive multitasking.
#parentsky
#parentsky
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Diagnosis: maladaptive multitasking.
#parentsky
#parentsky
Watchdog.
Ours is not such a specimen in the security department, but rather a wonderfully ridiculous sideshow that's fun to watch.
#dogsky
Ours is not such a specimen in the security department, but rather a wonderfully ridiculous sideshow that's fun to watch.
#dogsky
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Watchdog.
Ours is not such a specimen in the security department, but rather a wonderfully ridiculous sideshow that's fun to watch.
#dogsky
Ours is not such a specimen in the security department, but rather a wonderfully ridiculous sideshow that's fun to watch.
#dogsky
The best days in #medicine, are like this. The best teachers (and inspiration) we have, are our patients and families. #graphicmedicine #pedsky
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The best days in #medicine, are like this. The best teachers (and inspiration) we have, are our patients and families. #graphicmedicine #pedsky
