C is for Consult. An important part of medicine is teamwork, which means calling in experts for conditions that we’re not entirely comfortable managing on our own. As a resident, I’ve been on both sides of the consult coin, so I know what questions are gonna be poo-poo’d. It’s (because my attending said so) for patient care!! #hospital #patients #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
B is for B-B-B-BLOCKED! I like my job etc etc but we’ve all been there, when all the services who SHOULD be taking a patient are punting them off until they finally make their way to General medicine. And then all those services who didn’t want to round on the patient consult themselves and get mad when you don’t follow their instructions to a ‘T.’ I’m talking “patient is here for revision of their surgical procedure but they have a UTI so we can’t take them” kinds of cases.
Different residents have different approaches to this-some are like Neo from the matrix, and others accept their fate. Don’t yet know who I’ll be, but I do know when my senior gets into it with a service and wins I’m always like 🎉🎊🎉 #hospital #patients #blocked #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
If you’ve been on the ShirlyWhirl wagon for a while, you’ll know that I’ve attempted all sorts of ways to be more productive / efficient and failed every time lmao. But I don’t give up! So here goes …i call this series the A to Zs of Internal Medicine. My goal is to post two letters a week.
Starting with A for AMA. It could also be A for abscond. Of your patients who can ambulate, they’re the sickest. You’re actually surprised they made it to the hospital. You keep it straight with them that there’s a real possibility they could die but they don’t care bc they have bills to pay/ an event to get to/ aren’t getting enough respect around here/ childcare/ we’re lying to them. They’ll be back on your team in two days, worse for wear, and will probably leave again right after you manage to move up that one procedure they need. #atoz #ama #againstmedicaladvice #hospital #patients #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
As promised, @monicatracha ‘s winning prize! Thanks for playing- keep your eyes out for the next one in a few months!! #captioncontest #webcomic #fillinthecaption #comic #newyorker #resident #intern #pgy1 #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
Congratulations to @monicatracha for winning the caption contest! This is something I didn’t expect to feel so strongly about before I started my intern year. We talk a lot about disease states and treatment options in medical school, and not much about navigating end of life care. And as a doctor, my proudest moments have been helping guide a family (who aren’t familiar with the medical system, and thus don’t know what coding someone means), toward choosing the most dignified death, as free from suffering as possible. . How do you guys handle end of life conversations? . . #codestatus #fullcode #dnr #endoflife #deathwithdignity #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
Being funny is hard. So now it’s your turn!
IT’S A CAPTION CONTEST!!!! rules: comment your caption for either the white bubble or the green bubble! (You don’t have to specify which you’re doing) On February 10, we’ll choose the winner!
Winner gets a self portrait in the style shown in pic 3! (this would be a $100 commission!) Also, I’ll repost this comic with your caption. Also you know, fame and noteriety for being the most clever shirlywhirler
#captioncontest #webcomic #fillinthecaption #comic #newyorker #resident #intern #pgy1 #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
Let’s start this off with some compassion. Being sick is scary. Your body does strange things, you feel terrible, and most of the time what happened is out of your (at least immediate) control. In some countries, you stay in hospitals until you’re well! In Japan you can be hospitalized for pneumonia for two weeks! That being said…this ain’t Japan, we ain’t the holiday inn, I can’t do anything about how bad the food is, and you don’t meet inpatient criteria anymore. Go get well at home before you catch c diff 👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿 #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md
shout-out to bae and all my friends who still come with me to med school / residency events despite knowing exactly what’s going to go down every time also for helping me maintain my sanity at the expense of ur own ilu #resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #urm #snma #nma #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #comics #medicalcomics
“Got a bag and fixed my teeth, hope you hoes know it ain’t cheap” - Cardi B I’ma post a real comic tomorrow but first you guys need to see this glow up #benjaminbutton #ihadtheauntiehaircut #10yearchallenge #blackdoctors