pediatricians do it better

really why would I ever want to do anything but Peds: in no particular order

1. Kids are less smelly than adults.

2.  Actual acknoweledgement that 60% of medicine happens outside of the world of science in the realms of family, community, culture and ecnomics.

3. Kids don’t do it to themselves.

4. You can tickle your patients and not get charged with assult.

5. You get to help parents be beter parents.

6. BABIES.

7. You actually can have a life outside of medicine if you want it.

8. There is still time to help your patients make good healthly longterm choices.

9.  Your patients are resilient, most often happy and will forgive most painful procedures with the offering of a sticker.

10. Part of your physical exam includes tossing balls, hopping on one foot and drawing.

11. Your patients will outlive you and so will your life’s work.

12. Did I mention that they let you play with babies?

13.  You actual get to be a little bit creative from time to time.

…and now I have to go to clinic but I could go on for hours.  yep life is sweet. So sweet that during my pediatric clinical skills exam today, I actually marveled at the fact that I was having a good time taking a test. Seriously….