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
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
“Followup with PCP” is a plan too casually and too often given to a patient post ER visit. Some of these visits are warranted, some not. We can at least make the best of these visits to reinforce teaching, or to calm a worried mind about when (&where) to be seen next time. #pedsky #graphicmedicine
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“Followup with PCP” is a plan too casually and too often given to a patient post ER visit. Some of these visits are warranted, some not. We can at least make the best of these visits to reinforce teaching, or to calm a worried mind about when (&where) to be seen next time. #pedsky #graphicmedicine
All terrain Shih Tzu mix in the bush
#morningwalk
#morningwalk
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
All terrain Shih Tzu mix in the bush
#morningwalk
#morningwalk
Would it not be better if food ingredient labels where engineered to communicate how kids would feel and act after ingesting said food? Sometimes, you feel what you eat.
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Would it not be better if food ingredient labels where engineered to communicate how kids would feel and act after ingesting said food? Sometimes, you feel what you eat.
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
A study published today confirms/disproves that 1 cup/glass/bar of coffee/wine/chocolate does/doesn’t cause/prevent cancer/heart disease/depression.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A study published today confirms/disproves that 1 cup/glass/bar of coffee/wine/chocolate does/doesn’t cause/prevent cancer/heart disease/depression.
Speculation.
Will more #AI in healthcare open up the system to fraudulent practices and billing?
#medsky #graphicmedicine
Will more #AI in healthcare open up the system to fraudulent practices and billing?
#medsky #graphicmedicine
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Speculation.
Will more #AI in healthcare open up the system to fraudulent practices and billing?
#medsky #graphicmedicine
Will more #AI in healthcare open up the system to fraudulent practices and billing?
#medsky #graphicmedicine
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We beat the sun to the riverbank (did you hear the horned owl, sound up!); and enjoyed it’s arrival and the glow up that followed
#morningwalk
#morningwalk
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We beat the sun to the riverbank (did you hear the horned owl, sound up!); and enjoyed it’s arrival and the glow up that followed
#morningwalk
#morningwalk