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
Sometimes, in the taking of a patient history, the narrative tells a different story than the physical exam. We’d do best to pay close attention to both. #pedsky
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sometimes, in the taking of a patient history, the narrative tells a different story than the physical exam. We’d do best to pay close attention to both. #pedsky
Happy #PrematureInfantAwarenessMonth
Let's love our preemies while we work to make premature birth history!
Let's love our preemies while we work to make premature birth history!
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy #PrematureInfantAwarenessMonth
Let's love our preemies while we work to make premature birth history!
Let's love our preemies while we work to make premature birth history!
Potential near future scenario, if we failed to stem the outflow of the workforce from primary care. #GraphicMedicine.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Potential near future scenario, if we failed to stem the outflow of the workforce from primary care. #GraphicMedicine.
Phlebotomy-the drawing of blood—can be difficult on some patients. Do we always know why?
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Phlebotomy-the drawing of blood—can be difficult on some patients. Do we always know why?
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
Medical axiom #13: DO tell your patients what you are doing, better still with real time interpretation. However, not everything need be said out loud. #medsky
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Medical axiom #13: DO tell your patients what you are doing, better still with real time interpretation. However, not everything need be said out loud. #medsky
Clinic
Me: Ok, sibs. What are you gonna be when yer big?
girl, 8: I'll be a businesswoman (missed 0 beats).
Me: Niiiice. I see it. Sweet
Boy, 6: Imma be a strawberry
Me: Cool! I'll make sure you get picked by the right person, ok?
[crickets]
Me: So then: psyched for turkey?
#Pedsky
Me: Ok, sibs. What are you gonna be when yer big?
girl, 8: I'll be a businesswoman (missed 0 beats).
Me: Niiiice. I see it. Sweet
Boy, 6: Imma be a strawberry
Me: Cool! I'll make sure you get picked by the right person, ok?
[crickets]
Me: So then: psyched for turkey?
#Pedsky
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Clinic
Me: Ok, sibs. What are you gonna be when yer big?
girl, 8: I'll be a businesswoman (missed 0 beats).
Me: Niiiice. I see it. Sweet
Boy, 6: Imma be a strawberry
Me: Cool! I'll make sure you get picked by the right person, ok?
[crickets]
Me: So then: psyched for turkey?
#Pedsky
Me: Ok, sibs. What are you gonna be when yer big?
girl, 8: I'll be a businesswoman (missed 0 beats).
Me: Niiiice. I see it. Sweet
Boy, 6: Imma be a strawberry
Me: Cool! I'll make sure you get picked by the right person, ok?
[crickets]
Me: So then: psyched for turkey?
#Pedsky
In large practices or hospitals (hey, any large institution), we do not serve our colleagues well if we publicly critique their work rather than proactively and constructively strive to correct it. Meeting each other and building relationships helps foster understanding. #medsky
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In large practices or hospitals (hey, any large institution), we do not serve our colleagues well if we publicly critique their work rather than proactively and constructively strive to correct it. Meeting each other and building relationships helps foster understanding. #medsky
#Pediatrics 101: Respect the grandparents’ perspective and recommendations. You may agree, and more likely, you may not. Even the best arguments pale in the face of the power of their strongly held health beliefs and sway in a household. Proceed with humility. #graphicmedicine
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#Pediatrics 101: Respect the grandparents’ perspective and recommendations. You may agree, and more likely, you may not. Even the best arguments pale in the face of the power of their strongly held health beliefs and sway in a household. Proceed with humility. #graphicmedicine
The Toddler Speaks:
I watch you from my mom's knee
Strange stethoscop'd one, who be ye?
You might win me over w a foot exam
More than that-it's OVER man.
Maybe I'm 18 months or 24
But I'm a #toddler, dude-know this for sure
Whether yer a RN, NP or MD
How I'm examined is according to ME!
#Pediatrics
I watch you from my mom's knee
Strange stethoscop'd one, who be ye?
You might win me over w a foot exam
More than that-it's OVER man.
Maybe I'm 18 months or 24
But I'm a #toddler, dude-know this for sure
Whether yer a RN, NP or MD
How I'm examined is according to ME!
#Pediatrics
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Toddler Speaks:
I watch you from my mom's knee
Strange stethoscop'd one, who be ye?
You might win me over w a foot exam
More than that-it's OVER man.
Maybe I'm 18 months or 24
But I'm a #toddler, dude-know this for sure
Whether yer a RN, NP or MD
How I'm examined is according to ME!
#Pediatrics
I watch you from my mom's knee
Strange stethoscop'd one, who be ye?
You might win me over w a foot exam
More than that-it's OVER man.
Maybe I'm 18 months or 24
But I'm a #toddler, dude-know this for sure
Whether yer a RN, NP or MD
How I'm examined is according to ME!
#Pediatrics
38 degrees on a November morning means the critters pretty much keep to themselves, leaving us to enjoy a calm pass through one of our favorite stretches. #morningpaddle.
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
38 degrees on a November morning means the critters pretty much keep to themselves, leaving us to enjoy a calm pass through one of our favorite stretches. #morningpaddle.
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Before Med school, I postulated that folks in healthcare worked hard to shape certain aspects of the patient experience...
#medsky #graphicmedicine
#medsky #graphicmedicine
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Before Med school, I postulated that folks in healthcare worked hard to shape certain aspects of the patient experience...
#medsky #graphicmedicine
#medsky #graphicmedicine
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
– Anonymous
and.
"It's about affordability, stupid"
- Lotsa folks.
– Anonymous
and.
"It's about affordability, stupid"
- Lotsa folks.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
– Anonymous
and.
"It's about affordability, stupid"
- Lotsa folks.
– Anonymous
and.
"It's about affordability, stupid"
- Lotsa folks.
#Teen #parent milestone
As the holidays ramp up; be prepared for adolescent cold starts surpassed only by their ability to surprise themselves (whilst driving you a bit nuts)
#happythanksgiving
As the holidays ramp up; be prepared for adolescent cold starts surpassed only by their ability to surprise themselves (whilst driving you a bit nuts)
#happythanksgiving
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#Teen #parent milestone
As the holidays ramp up; be prepared for adolescent cold starts surpassed only by their ability to surprise themselves (whilst driving you a bit nuts)
#happythanksgiving
As the holidays ramp up; be prepared for adolescent cold starts surpassed only by their ability to surprise themselves (whilst driving you a bit nuts)
#happythanksgiving
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Finding a way for picky eaters to enjoy #Thanksgiving.
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Finding a way for picky eaters to enjoy #Thanksgiving.
Future soon
We will see a change from humans seeing an #AI powered clinician as a threat to devices seeing their ‘peers’ as rivals
#graphicmedicine
We will see a change from humans seeing an #AI powered clinician as a threat to devices seeing their ‘peers’ as rivals
#graphicmedicine
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Future soon
We will see a change from humans seeing an #AI powered clinician as a threat to devices seeing their ‘peers’ as rivals
#graphicmedicine
We will see a change from humans seeing an #AI powered clinician as a threat to devices seeing their ‘peers’ as rivals
#graphicmedicine
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Join us: 42nd Steven J Parker DBPedi conference!
Welcome MDs/DOs, APPs, RNs, SW's &other allied providers and educators. See our keynote speakers on issues of trauma informed care & best ways for advocating for children in 2025 & beyond! cme.bu.edu/parker2026
March 5-6 2026
@BUcme #MOC #CME #CEUs
Welcome MDs/DOs, APPs, RNs, SW's &other allied providers and educators. See our keynote speakers on issues of trauma informed care & best ways for advocating for children in 2025 & beyond! cme.bu.edu/parker2026
March 5-6 2026
@BUcme #MOC #CME #CEUs
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Join us: 42nd Steven J Parker DBPedi conference!
Welcome MDs/DOs, APPs, RNs, SW's &other allied providers and educators. See our keynote speakers on issues of trauma informed care & best ways for advocating for children in 2025 & beyond! cme.bu.edu/parker2026
March 5-6 2026
@BUcme #MOC #CME #CEUs
Welcome MDs/DOs, APPs, RNs, SW's &other allied providers and educators. See our keynote speakers on issues of trauma informed care & best ways for advocating for children in 2025 & beyond! cme.bu.edu/parker2026
March 5-6 2026
@BUcme #MOC #CME #CEUs