To all the peds residency graduates who took boards this year: If you passed, CONGRATULATIONS! If you didn't, you are not alone, even if the news you received feels isolating. The pass rate was only 74% (and 7% LESS than last year). Feel your feelings and give yourself grace.

This is not a calling. This is a job. And I want to be paid for every minute I spend doing it.

Thank you for sharing @doc_bipolar to remind us all the impact and trauma we can cause kids we care for in the icu, and simple (human) ways we can avoid it 💜 sending love to your little and your fam

I'd like to highlight Dr. Justin Bullock (@jbullockruns), a research fellow in the nephrology program at the University of Washington (UW Nephrology) who advocates for greater #MentalHealth support for our nation’s health workers. Let's celebrate him this #BlackHistoryMonth. 1/3

#Florida has laws that threaten the health & safety of LGBTQ youth, forbids school discussions abt the US’s legacy of racism/discrimination & is abt to ban abortions after 6 wks. It is a firmly Anti-Child/Anti-Family state & the 2024 AAP National Conference & Exhibition should not be held in Orlando.

Academia convinced people they have “imposter syndrome” to deflect away from the structural inequities and exclusive cultures that literally force people to the margins. I don’t have imposter syndrome these places were built to keep people like me out

There is simply no excuse for this shit. None. Republicans are fucking dumb. And if you support Republicans, you are fucking dumb. We are failing children every day when Republicans fail to pass gun laws that protect children from these tragedies.

Possibly unpopular opinion: the tragedy of and love for the victims of yesterday’s shooting is not made any less by acknowledging the tragedy that someone with (I assume) severe mental health issues had access to a gun #protectkidsnotguns #bangunsnotbooks

Check out our Seattle #HealthEquityRounds next week on April 12th, 2023 from 12pm PST - Housing Instability and Child Health - led and developed by our incredible and passionate interdisciplinary team below! Seattle Children's / Univ of Washington Pediatric Residency Program / UW Medicine

ICYMI: We just banned assault weapon sales in Washington 🎉

Addressing #racism in #MedEd through building safe spaces using racial affinity groups. Courtney Gilliam, MD, Desiree Yeboah, tracy seimears, Mollie Grow, and Sahar Rooholamini. Univ of Washington Pediatric Residency Program academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-…

Racism is a social determinant of health for patients and survivors of cancer. In our study, survivors who experienced racism were more likely to report poor physical and mental health, inadequate sleep, depression, and activity limitations. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37394987/

prismreports.org/2023/07/12/hea…

Thank you for sharing this Dr. Dasari 💜 training programs (especially surgical) are not designed to be inclusive or support mental health, and as a result surgical subspecialties lose incredible humans like you. +many others who also left or chose not to pursue in the 1st place

To all my female colleagues in medicine and science - you are seen and valued. While it feels like we need to prove ourselves every day, the reality is we are truly more than good enough just the way we are. #womeninmedicine #representationmatters #diversitymatters

As a newbie to #sccm2024 it’s been so fun to reconnect with the people who got me where I am. So awesome see the Seattle Children's’s residency and PICU hospitalist crew 🩷 Aleks Olszewski, MD, MA Jessi McDade, MD Kat Songer

Salary disparity unveiled by ⁦The Society of Thoracic Surgeons⁩ #sts2024 where women in congenital cardiac surgery make 65 cents in every dollar men earn … ⁦WomenSurgeons⁩ ⁦WomenInThoracicSurg⁩ ⁦Cleveland Clinic Children’s⁩ ⁦Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic⁩ ⁦AATS⁩ ⁦AHAMeetings⁩