Back to my regular (salty) 🧂programming! If you watch my Instagram stories, you probably saw someone ask how to deal with “shady” colleagues. I gave you guys an answer, and uh… that’s usually how I deal with things. But I absolutely cannot handle blatant disrespect. It takes so little to be courteous to your colleagues, who are just trying to do the best for the patient! So don’t yell at or belittle me or anyone else in my crew… or you might end up immortalized on ShirlyWhirlMD. 🤷🏿♀️ #petty #comic #webcomic #coronavirus #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Phew. This one was a doozy. Let me start by saying that most black people in the United States have trauma. They are not obligated to share that trauma for it to be valid. I’m doing it because it’s cathartic for me. This last week has been triggering, and exhausting, but also cleansing. People in my life who used to look askance when I talked about my experiences as a black woman seem to finally be taking notice. We’re paying closer attention to SYSTEMATIC RACISM- which is a very intentional set of roadblocks put in place to keep black people disenfranchised, impoverished, and in many ways functionally enslaved. If this comic made you think or moved you or gave you pause, please repost/retweet/share etc. of all my work that I want to spread, it’s this one. #blacklivesmatter #blm #ahmaudarbery #tamirrice #philandocastile #jordanedwards #aiyanastanleyjones #policebrutsality #comic #webcomic #resident #intern #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
I figured now was as good a time as any to bring up a topic near and dear to me - racialized medicine. Which is to say - is BS. “These observers point out that the use of these categories reinforces the widespread impression that health inequities arise through the action of genetic differences and independent of socially mediated mechanisms. In this way, genetics research that involves making population comparisons can inaccurately stereotype racial and ethnic groups, both by implying that such groups are clearly delineated and by associating health outcomes with all individuals in those groups rather than with only those individuals who exhibit the outcome. Furthermore, according to critics, an overemphasis on the genetic component of health differences shifts attention and resources away from established contributors to health disparities—in particular, the differences in treatment and socioeconomic disadvantages that disproportionately affect minority groups…Genetics research offers no evidence that any one group is superior or inferior to any other, although some individuals continue to try to distort genetic findings to buttress prejudiced outlooks. Biomedical research that accentuates genetic differences among groups, say critics of this research, is as conceptually flawed as the race science of the 19th century.” The Use of Racial, Ethnic, and Ancestral Categories in Human Genetics Research, Race, Ethnicity, and Genetics Working Group*, American Journal of Human Genetics.
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Ok I’ve woken up and can write a better caption but……. if you’re an attending and you follow me, ima let you know now that PGY3 Shirlene won’t play. That 28 Hour mark? I turn into a pissed off pumpkin. I’m walking out. I’m telling you straight up I don’t care about that paper you coauthored in 2006. You try to pimp me about minutiae, Ima pull out a RCT on Why Humans Need Sleep. You got an anecdote about your glory days, ima let you know those days are past. I just spent the night going through hell. my brain cells are undergoing anaerobic metabolism. You know this, so why are we extending my misery for no reason? Why we gotta walk round when my legs barely work? On a serious note- we are taught to have a lot of empathy for patients, so to my attendings on this page - show some mercy on your residents. They are not retaining anything post call or post night shift, and you know that bc you didn’t either. Please let us sleep. #comic #webcomic #coronavirus #ppe #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Happy Nurse’s Week to all the amazing nurses I work with. Special shoutout to the MICU and now COVID ICU nurses at UCMC, not only did you not gut me for doing things like the above to you back in the day (or lbr now, but at least I know to tell you? ), but you’ve taught me so much about what it takes to be a healthcare provider. There have been times- especially when I’ve needed to feel human, that y’all have provided me that space to cry and laugh and rant about how messed up things are, that my fellow docs couldn’t. And nurses have taught me how desperately doctors need to advocate for ourselves, and that we need not be the bad guys for doing so. Hang in there, and stay safe! #nurse #nursesweek #comic #webcomic #coronavirus #ppe #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Raise your hand if the rhetoric of healthcare workers being heroes is wearing you down? Is it bc it’s blatant social manipulation and a ploy to allow society to dehumanize us/ attempt to keep us from advocating for ourselves? How do you call essential workers ‘heroes’ and simultaneously fail to protect them with adequate ppe or compensate them in some way for additional labor/ bodily harm. I volunteered for COVID. My chiefs have been incredible (they’ve somehow weathered both a nursing strike and a pandemic in one year). I am doing well enough financially that I don’t need hazard pay. But I’m sick of being called a hero, bc I’m not one. I’m a resident who wants to do cardiology who has been conscripted into a war. I am happy to take care of patients, but I don’t need to be thanked for doing my job. I need respect, recognition, and possibly forgiveness for the studen Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Hi all! Long time no see. Here are 2 out of 10 little comics I drew for Medscape showcasing the different healthcare providers we see during the COVID pandemic! See the rest - see the link in bio! I’ve been drawing a lot, actually, but have found myself coping more through my other creative outlets. As things settle out, though, I’m getting back into the groove/ mood to bring you all some Shirlywhirl magic. In the meantime, check out my other account: @angieappiahxd - a fake Instagram for one of my characters! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #comic #webcomic #coronavirus #ppe #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
🎶WALK WALK FASHION BABY🎶 you know this the look I’m rocking cuz im trying not get these #coronacooties
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I’m a lying liar who definitely didn’t post yesterday. Whoops. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anyway, RIP to all the former members of #beardgang. I know y’all are going through it rn. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #comic #webcomic #coronavirus #ppe #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Hi all! I’m going to update this series with one new mask wearer a day. The quick updates- I’m starting on the COVID ICU Wednesday night. I think knowing when I’ll be going has actually helped quite a bit with my anxiety? But for real, I want to thank my program director and chiefs for constantly advocating for us, my colleagues for having my back, and my friends/loved ones for cheering me up and on. Also big s/o to essential staff like our evs workers, food service, security, front desk personnel, for keeping the ships sailing through all of this. Ima still clown you tho. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As always, tag ya friends. #comic #webcomic #coronavirus #ppe #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician