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Drmaypole
@drmaypole.bsky.social
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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
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 3h
When there is a predetermined outcome. #catsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 5h
When the cartoonist breaks the fourth wall.
#doodles
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 5h
As some see fit to disassemble the years long efforts to bring quality education and care to children with chronic and complex conditions, I call for a commitment and investment in their learning and well-being. They deserve no less.
#pediatrics #complexcare
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 5h
Behold #toddlers at play- as it resembles something of a (literal) collision of beings with clashing agendas and varying communications skills sorting out their wants and priorities. Victory tends to go to those more verbal only some of the time. it ain’t pretty.
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 17h
As a pediatrician caring for some of the most vulnerable in our society--children with complex conditions, congenital syndromes, neurodevelopmental issues--we should mark this move for the disaster that it is. Special ed saves money and improves over LIFETIMES.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
www.npr.org
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 18h
Discuss.
Current #AI tech may be better suited to recording and synopsizing patient histories than is being piloted here. Necessity (doctor shortage) may be the mother of invention (AI PCP app IRL)...but chances are, it ain't baked enough YET. Soon, just not yet.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/b...
MGB is turning to AI to ease shortage of primary care doctors. Some of them don’t like it. - The Boston Globe
Several providers said the app — which questions patients, reviews medical records, and produces a list of potential diagnoses — sidesteps real solutions.
www.bostonglobe.com
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 18h
If you thought jaywalkers were bad and brazen in #Boston, have you seen the turkeys?
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 19h
#teen #parent milestone
Ever wonder what watching cooking shows will result in when meshed with the adolescent flavor palate?
Maybe you don’t want to know.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 19h
Late #autumn youth culture amongst leaves: the dye job.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 19h
A #medschool truth
In one’s surgical training as a #medstudent, one may find oneself in the tricky position of having to retract an organ from the surgical field. It is harder to do than it looks…and I mostly did it poorly apparently #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 19h
#HappyCanadianThanksgiving!
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Ponkapoag walkabout.
#morningwalk.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
I have been overwhelmed when I encounter adult coloring books...so I propose a Coloring Book for Underachievers.
More relaxing. #doodles.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Look… a glass. Who are you here?
(in praise of #kidlogic)
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
Finding Treemo.
#morningwalk
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 1d
The seasoned PCP knows to make a diagnosis using all tools available, especially including the powers of observation
#pedsky #graphicmedicine
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
We were upstream from the tidal reaches down in RI, but we enjoyed this undeveloped stretch on the edge of Bridgewater, Ma
#morningpaddle.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Went a bit afield to the Taunton River. Lovely and complicated by many, many blowdowns. Banjo was a champ for the many times we had so portage over big trunks and shoesucking mud. Still, glad to have sampled Mass's longest undammed river!
#morningpaddle.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Spot the future #CFO.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Will patient engagement pressure healthcare to better justify why and we do in practice? eg The Throat Culture.
#graphicmedicine #medsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Ah, the alchemy of clinic scheduling. Most people keep their appointments & arrive on time(or close). THEN there are the hardcore no show-ers, those who fill up slots with appts made, changed, redone on the fly and cancelled even minutes before they are due. Those folks keep us...busy #medsky
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Not so smart #diagnosis from a smart phone.
#techlife
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Ah, the #Fall days of #childhood when you can climb into a pile of leaves, and feel the crinkle and crisp sounds of their movements as you settled in. Ah! the cool air and their smell stay with me still. However, it does not seem like a good idea to do that as an adult-Esp in someone else’s yard
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 2d
Some #doodles are annoying
Some are annoyed
That is where I draw the line.
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Drmaypole @drmaypole.bsky.social · 3d
Third time’s the harm?
#vaccineswork
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