Practice alert: some kids (especially younger ones) are admirably, comically, and sometimes physically protective of their siblings. Admire their love, the moxie, and consider shin guards. #pedsky #graphicmedicine

Safe to say, before I lived in #NewEngland, I had NO IDEA how seriously and profoundly people take their apples during apple picking season. There’s a lot to know, and even more to enjoy. Happy #Autumn!

#teen #parent challenges: the risk perception paradox. When they don’t need to stress, they freak. When you wish they’d be careful, well,…you know. See below. Never dull.

How kids perceive a throat swab #graphicmedicine #pedsky

Behold the #infant, and how they develop. There is that hilarious phase, usually around 4 months where they JUST WANNA SIT. Anything less is, well...less. Our job as adults? Get them to sit up apparently. #pedsky #graphicmedicine

And then...there came a day. #AI #techlife.

Every year we rediscover the value of confirming that people understand how to take their #asthma medication. #medsky #graphicmedicine

Physician self care should be a priority. Get sleep, and eat a good breakfast. Otherwise, things might get a little “confused” as blood sugars dip and the noon hour approaches. #medsky #graphicmedicine

#Teen #parent milestone Part of parenting teens involves coaching them through time management and making priorities. And seeing them fail.

Underappreciated: the potential of an exam table to be the perfect place to hang 10. Our patients teach us so much #graphicmedicine

This is probably definitely not happening, but all that screentime on a young brain sure seems like it might cause this #graphicmedicine

The problem of homonyms in medicine. #medsky #graphicmedicine

Beware: Run far away from work (and especially healthcare) settings where the operating mode is “Not it!” Instead: cultivate an environment where everyone pitches in, and works together to get things done...to help the customer/client/patient, and to support each other. #medsky #graphicmedicine

#Teen #parent milestone When your adolescent savors the journey more than the destination…they must have a driving permit

On the upside, healthcare organizations seek feedback from patients (and staff!) regarding their experience. Occasionally though, there is overreach, and the audience feels hassled or even hostile to being asked their perspective once again. At some point, #surveys backfire. #medsky

To some growing tweens and teens how tall they are (or think themselves to be) matters So…does hair count or not? Does it matter? #pedsky #graphicmedicine

#FatBearWeek How does it make the bears feel?

Can you spot the future principle investigator? #graphicmedicine

Healthcaremoji #4: the All Done patient. #graphicmedicine #toxic

Healthcaremoji #3: the info overloaded, unable to process more #data or #feels patient....#graphicmedicine

Healthcaremoji #2: the underfed, hypoglycemic enraged patient....#graphicmedicine

Healthcaremoji #1: the two faced patient.... #graphicmedicine

How do you “manage up?” #worklife

How versatile will our next generation tech forward #AI powered provider devices be? And how will our tech savvy patients respond? #graphicmedicine

The new #ACIP recs for the #Covid vaccine -Dripping with confusing ambiguity and ominous language -Um, data? -Contingent on talking with a ‘provider’? So…would #AI count? -Sort of like a toddler emptying the dishwasher. Trying to help. Not doing so. #Medsky #graphicmedicine.

You know how when people say certain phrases, you get an image in your head? This is what I think of when people say “She threw him under the bus…” #doodles #visuals

Unfortunately we have set up healthcare so that patients think of their dental health as a separate idea or issue. Of course it’s all connected-and our job as PCPs remains promoting overall wellness. #pedsky #graphicmedicine

How we get oatmilk. #doodles

#Teen #parent milestones In raising #adolescents, who finds back to school more stressful? The parent or the student?

Can you spot the data engineer in the wild? #worklife

In #Pediatrics, it comes with the territory. We see patients in a range of ages…and stages. If we’ve got our game on, we roll with what comes before us. #graphicmedicine

The lantern tree gets lit #morningwalk

Must admit: while we both enjoy our daily walks, doggo seems to have strong feelings at times. #morningwalk

Dear parents/caretakers: If getting a #Flushot, or some other #immunization, pls never, ever put the decision to an eligible child all of a sudden-It all but GUARANTEES the outcome. If we must discuss it, that is fine. We can make time. Otherwise it amounts to a set up. Love, The Pediatricians

#Parenting #teens can be a neverending joy of discovering new forms of confounding logic.

If healthcare ran the ice cream parlor #graphicmedicine

#Teen #parent milestone That time of the school year where umbilically self obsessed part ways with previously identified valued assets Does “Oops my bad” solve everything?

Battlefield assessments lead to valor in the throes of engagement. Dateline: afternoon clinic. #pedsky

Every September one is reminded how quickly the days shorten. Now, going out for a 6 am put in, we find ourselves in the pitch dark. We return as the day starts, just in time to absorb all of the beauty around us, and one of a few critters under us! #morningpaddle.

Another example of why clear communication is key in healthcare: knowing the difference between “treats” and being treated. #medsky #graphicmedicine

Roberts rules of empathy #worklife

With ever more ways to connect, why have we made it harder to communicate? #techlife

If healthcare ran a restaurant #graphicmedicine #medsky

#teen #parent milestone Do YOU have a room with a heretofore secret purpose?

Evidently #HealthIT has been busy in the afterlife segment Be prepared #medsky

In healthcare: do we offer the RIGHT sort of value added? #VBC #graphicmedicine

Sometimes in meetings...as a (amateur) cartoonist it’d be really cool to speak with unmitigated Truth. Wouldn’t that be a hoot? #worklife

Sometimes in meetings...as a (amateur) cartoonist it’d be really cool to speak with unmitigated Truth. Wouldn’t that be a hoot? #worklife

During the work week what do those pets do whilst we are out? #petsky

#teen #parent milestone Sophomoric (adj). Characteristic of a sophomore; overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed. “Many teens (and frankly, some adults) are sophomoric”