A seasoned #clinician humbly learns that sometimes #kids (big and small) present with maladies that may appear simple, but relate to deeper, tangly social, emotional or family issues. Keeping eyes and ears open with intuition set high can help suss it out. #graphicmedicine #pedsky
Fellow healthcare providers. Be prepared. If you ask patients what is on their mind, they’ll speak it! It can be awkward, but a great learning opportunity to understand what they are concerned about. Meanwhile we work to demo our value in the attention economy!
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
Having health visits with #siblings teaches one a great deal about how they relate, which ones ferociously defends the other, or when they throw the other under the clinical bus.
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
The tension between patient privacy laws and the need to have patient data flow seamlessly to drive healthcare creates....tension. No quick #AI fix...yet.
#medsky #graphicmedicine
Some words about the fabulous Rachel Thomas (SHRINK: STORY OF A FAT GIRL) and turning othering into an opportunity.
#GraphicMedicine
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How will kids do with #AI driven healthcare? They tend to be early adopters...but they are rather notorious for being epic hackers.
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
Non scientific survey; 9 out of 10 kids react to an otoscope like it's a camera. And mug accordingly.
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
Hey, #kids! #Parents got you down, figured out, and see your wiley ways coming a mile away? Time to divide and conquer; ask your PCP for help. They’ll be SO amused! #pedatrics #graphicmedicine
“‘Mom’s Cancer’ is one of [the] — if not the most — widely taught work[s] of #graphicmedicine and has been for as long as the field has been defined,” said Matthew Noe. “It remains one of the comics I include when I teach librarians about graphic medicine.”
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#Epic user mini rant
The folks in Wisconsin who designed their #EHR’s inbox were seemingly unironic in their design execution. Task oversaturation was evidently not a concern here: It does not enhance work, but buries info in the insanely confusing layout. NOT helping! #graphicmedicine #UX
Will the promise of more efficiency be realized with digital scribes powered by artificial intelligence in saving clinicians time spent on a keyboard? Or will it be disruptive and distracting #AI #GraphicMedicine.
@smashpages.bsky.social has an exclusive preview of Fanbase Press' middle grade #GraphicMedicine series, SHRUB, where the adventure of a sentient shrub begins!
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Scenes we don’t want to see: That as #AI rolls out more and more in healthcare, that we tragically muff our shot to care better and instead import the blunders and missteps of our current systems. #graphicmedicine #medsky
The doodles of the not yet used whiteboard eke out another little stretch of existence; long enough for their to be some trash talking of the new title. See the annotation of the order in which each was added!
(W apologies to colleagues in pedi clinic!). #graphicmedicine
Coming May 19th!
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Dig deeper into one of the most banned books in America with this annotated edition of Maia Kobabe’s seminal autobiographical work.
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix
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Exclusive: Fanbase Press announces Kickstarter for Graphic Medicine series SHRUB
Congrats to everyone involved in what is going to be an amazing project!
#GraphicMedicine @fanbasepress.bsky.social
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My younger sister with a big smile (& big dimples) holding her copy of Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by me and Briana Martino. On the shelf behind her are my books Treatments and Indirect Action.
My sister is my # 1 fan.
#GraphicMedicine
TBD: If we start to push smart #AI powered devices on younger (and younger) children, how will it affect the pace and trajectory of their development? #pedsky #graphicmedicine
Cover of my infectious diseases life, issue number 11
On Monday, I remembered that poem “I know the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends that we are unlike”
On Tuesday, for real everything was in a differential On Wednesday, I needed some serious music therapy
On Thursday, it was obvious that nothing gets people going like contact precautions for MRSA On Friday, oh, it’s you H. flu
A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life
Issue #11
Of poems and coupons, differential diagnosis, musical cleanses, PPE and cocobacilli
#IDSky #MedSky #graphicmedicine #zine
The Way of the #NICU: sometimes, #babies that are noted to be feisty, tough to feed, or maybe having some health struggles, are affectionately referred to by those talented nurses (hilariously/affectionately) as “fresh.”
Then, there’s this kid.
#Pedsky #GraphicMedicine
Challenge to health systems: solve ER overuse and recurring readmission. Must address social determinants of health.
#medsky #graphicmedicine
In medicine, we train young docs on treating patients or treating health conditions. These #ClinicalPearls are best delivered simply, on their own merits, without us clinicians taking undue credit for knowledge based upon years of research or best evidence. #graphicmedicine
Note well the genius of the stethoscope as a device of auscultation
And, from a preschooler perspective, it makes a handy doctor leash.
#Pedsky #graphicmedicine
Visualizing Somaesthetics and Destigmatizing Embodied Caregiving in Tangles and Special Exits
#GraphicMedicine
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These moments are bizarre and real but they do happen periodically. #Doctors and #patients offer up to each other what we think of as a door knob moment: unboxing complicated issues or last-minute notions before the visit wraps. #medsky #graphicmedicine
There is a strong bias in healthcare to build systems around adult needs
How will that look for #AI powered pcps caring for kids? Welcoming or dismissive?
#graphicmedicine #pediatrics
