This is art about the art of medicine featuring a classic Oprah meme
#resident #intern #pgy1 #medicine #residencylife #oprahmeme #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #urm #snma #nma #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife
First thing’s first- happy New Year, friends! 2018 was a year of change. I realized my life’s dream of becoming a doctor and started residency, which has challenged me physically, mentally and emotionally more than any other era in my life. Two of my best friends, with whom I’d made a home away from home for the last four years (for real tho you don’t love ya best friend like me, ceej and @linnliu love each other) moved far away to also start residency. In a lot of ways, I’ve had to examine who I am, what I care about, and, on especially hard days, reach out to others to stay afloat! And some of those people are YOU GUYS. I’ve been posting comics under Shirlywhirl for the last two years now. Some of you have been with me since the beginning, some of you are new, but I just wanted to say that I appreciate all of you- every comment, every follow. Every time you tell me that something I’ve created is reflective of your experience, it reminds me that what I’m doing (though it’s a big part for my own self care) actually has an impact!!! And also that y’all are just as messy and tired as I am. Shout out to those of you who came through on the interview trail, to my regulars, to my irl friends and family, to my premeds, to my med students, to my tried and true attendings, to my fellow graphicmedicine-ers, to my nurses, PAs, MAs, physical and occupational therapists. Have an awesome new year. Realize your dreams. And tag ya friends.
#happynewyear #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
The thing about being black in academia is that your imposter syndrome isn’t internal. People let you know in many different ways that they don’t think you belong, or minimize your accomplishments to a handout. There’s a thousand thinkpieces and forums on why black people don’t score as highly on tests and how that topples the idea of meritocracy, but precious little on the extra mentorship most of us do to keep up future generations, the unthanked recruiting labour, and the amount of energy lost on self-regulation we have to do to maintain collegiate relationships with our colleagues and patients. (This doesn’t even get into America’s disenfranchisement of African Americans, and academia’s weird loophole of recruiting first and second gen Africans like me instead of attempting to address historical wrongs but thassa whole other topic and y’all ain’t ready yet) Anyway. We outchea. 😛
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happy holidays fam
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Exceptions are made for: little old ladies, army vets over the age of 80, patients with dementia/ AMS. After the last six months I think I’ve earned my prefix
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I got a little restaurant beeper at a Taiwanese dessert place the other day and instead of vibrating it beeped like a pager and left me stressed and disoriented for the next five minutes #resident #intern #pgy1 #pager #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife
🎶🎤WHY CAN’T WEEEE BE FRIENDS, WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS🎤🎶 #resident #intern #pgy1 #gensurg #surgery #psych #psychiatry #em #emergencymedicine #genmed #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife
The final (and spiciest) installment! ShirlyWhirl is not for play play lol
For real though, for all the nurses out there, I appreciate you ! If i were in a zombie apocalypse and I had to pick between a me and an ICU nurse for skills you bet I’d tell everyone to go for the nurse. You guys are great sports. Feel free to let us know what annoying things residents/ docs do, bc I know there are a TON. ❤️ #resident #intern #pgy1 #gens #nurses #rn #nurse #genmed #inpatient #doctor #relatable #uchicago #pritzker #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #im #residency #internyear #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife
Part 2! Sorry I gotta drag you like this
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this is the comic series that’s going to get me in trouble 😂 also shout-out to all the interviewees who recognize me on sight, good luck on the trail, yes I am just as awkward in person
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