Coming soon… A comic on unisex scrubs because the things that I have to do to keep those things up on these girthy hips are astonishing #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #womeninmedicine #graphicmedicine #scrubs #premed #em #ed
Today I’m going to be teaching a bunch of nerdy activists to draw during the #snahp2018 conference! The other day, my dad sent me this picture that I drew when I was about 3, showing that we all gotta start somewhere artistically (jk jk). I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember, and I’m so happy that I’ve been able to combine my art with other things I’m passionate about in my life- advocacy and medicine- even more excited to be sharing all of this with you all!
I’m shook! Y’all were naturals! Here are the products of the #snahp2018 turning activism into art Workshop- medical students describing in comic form what drew them to #singlepayer. One of the reasons why I love drawing comics is that they provide a medium for the discussion of topics in a succinct , accessible manner. #graphicmedicine #healthcare #advocacy
This is a very late Valentine’s Day comic but I started it before the 14th and a girl has been busy so it wasn’t about to be wasted.
Anyway, I keep a One Line A Day journal. It’s my most prized possession, and I’ve been writing in it everyday for the last four years. Here’s what I did for Valentine’s Day in that time:
2015- crashed after a long day at the @snahp_ (students for a national healthcare program) conference with my gyal linda 2016- finished making my toothless plushie then called my bro, and we moped and commiserated over how #foreveralone we were 2017- went to dinner with my friends Meme and Connie and had a grand old time after Ob-Gyn orientation
2018- watched like 4 episodes of the Crown with my dad (who actually does look that young) at home in Houston
This was a fun exercise, but it also reminded me how important love of all kinds is to the human experience! My friends and family are incredibly important to me, and have given me the kind of support that has been honestly invaluable- I don’t know if I could have made it through med school in one piece without them. When it comes to ~romantic love~, I didn’t really experience it for a long time. (It’s pretty rough out here dating for women in high powered fields, and ya girl is dark-skinned and black so… yay society lol) I’m 25 and this is the first year I’ve had a Valentine. And, as wonderful as he is, I’m happy that I’m experiencing it now, after years of being taught about how I should be treated by the many ride-or-dies in my life. . . . . . #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #surgery #obgyn #pediatrics #peds #clinic #familymed #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #premed #valentinesday #vday #Residency
oooh edgy comic but really the medical field has a hazing problem. we understand the impact of stress and the mental health needs of humans when it comes to our patients but don’t allow ourselves time to exercise time to be with our families time to properly relax and operate within a strict hierarchy where upsetting the wrong person in medical school could ruin your career and then act like we break down because we’re naturally lacking resilience and not because maybe this is an inefficient way to live . . . . #medschool #medicine #wellness #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #surgery #obgyn #pediatrics #peds #clinic #familymed #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #Residency
Sketchy micro people: sketchy allows me to study using a cohesive, coherent story to help me remember otherwise esoteric facts
Picmonic people: hur hur nude-mona amirite
#picmonic #sketchymicro #imapicmonicgal #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #surgery #obgyn #pediatrics #peds #clinic #familymed #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #Residency
Check out this interview I did with the lovely Lily of The Black Kids White Coats Movement! SEE THE LINK IN MY BIO #doctor #doctors #physician #clinic #hospital #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #surgery #obgyn #pediatrics #peds #clinic #familymed #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #Residency
this is an only slightly altered transcript of a conversation I had three times in clinic this week . . . . . . . Y’all getting a double post this week bc I’m fake and missed Sunday by a mile
#doctor #doctors #physician #clinic #hospital #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #clinic #familymed #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #Residency #womeninmedicine
RIP to all the produce that has died in my apartment before fulfilling its potential bc of how frequently we make elaborate plans to cook only to default to Native Foods
#doctor #doctors #physician #clinic #hospital #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #surgery #obgyn #pediatrics #peds #clinic #familymed #clerkship #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #Residency
I think most of us came in to medicine at least in part because we have a savior complex. We want to “help” people, however that might look like. But there’s so much in healthcare that doctors can’t touch, and unfortunately it’s the part that affects patients the most. I’m not even a resident yet, and I am already starting to feel the helplessness that comes with treating patients in our current healthcare system, which leaves millions of people un or underinsured, is expensive, inefficient, and lacking in compassion. For me, #singlepayer is the way to go- I want to be able to use the many years I’ve invested into training into doing the best I can for all of my future patients, regardless of ability to pay. #doctor #doctors #physician #clinic #hospital #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #ms3 #ms2 #ms1 #ms4 #surgery #obgyn #pediatrics #peds #familymedicine #medlife #relatable #medstudent #uchicago #pritzker #psom #graphicmedicine #pnhp #physicianburnout #premed #premedmotivation