Oh absolutely!! I just really wanted to highlight how important it is to learn from patients rather than assuming that as doctors we know more... definitely not true, especially with rare conditions!

Violin MD just now watching this video. Very refreshing to see a doctor willing to learn from a patient and understand their perspective. Things aren’t always textbook and patients tend to do their research and understand their bodies better

Patients dont know their body and thats a fact. If we knew it best then we wouldnt go see a doctor. When ill, most doctors visit another a doctor as they believe that the other doctor can see and notice things that they themselves dont know. Im not a doctor but I believe that at least of med school curriculum has to do with real world learning and practise

@@holyknight9507 no, we know our body, we just cant write our own charts, nor can we prescribe our own medicines.

Thanks so much Paritharn - I really appreciate it!

Same! 😁

In the same position, and I also see a Hematologist every year at Juravinski! So interesting to see this specialty from the perspective of a then-resident!

Doc sana mapansin mo ako tanong q lng po doc bakit ang kamay ko parang wla dugo pag naka taas.. Normal naman po lab ko please sana mapansin mo ako

Same coffee isn't my thing. I only drink it for fun these days. You just have to add some creamer and it tastes pretty good

It's all mind games. It's all in the persons head. People drink coffee and energy drinks to be alert. I don't need both because water is my coffee/ energy drink. 💯

Hi Entei! haha you know what? I was told the EXACT same thing!! who knows, i still have 4 years of residency to go... haha

Ah, you now have a opportunity for medical research. From what I have read, the caffeine in coffee is like many other drugs. Over time you build up tolerance and have to increase your dosage. In the end, you're drinking a lot of it but the effect has become so weak that you're in about the same shape as if you'd never started. That puts you in a terrible bind. Coffee does little to keep you awake, but the lack of it will make you sleepy. You've become addicted. ---- I'm like you. My stomach and taste buds find coffee too acidic to be enjoyable. That said, coffee does seem to have enough health benefits (i.e. lowering the risk of Type II diabetes) that I drink two cups mixed 50/50 with milk each morning. I see that as like taking a vitamin pill. www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee#section5 Some of the data about the benefits of coffee may have a causation problem much like exercise does. Is it that good health in elderly people is because they exercise regularly, or is it that people who have good health are able to exercise regularly? It's hard to tell because you can't treat people like lab rats. ----- If you notice from my other posts here, I prefer to deal with sleep issues by putting a priority on getting more sleep rather than using stimulants. That's how I coped with 16 months of nights on pediatric Hem-Onc without taking a drop off coffee. I tend to be very caffeine-sensitive, so that had the added advantage that, once I was off work, I feel asleep very quickly-typically within two or three minutes. Coming down after a caffeine high is another negative for coffee drinking at work. There are also ways to catch up on sleep without setting aside 8-hour blocks. Search online for "power nap" for an approach that works well. Here's one link: www.wikihow.com/Power-Nap

coffee is great for those times when whatever it is you do in life wants to pile it on and on, on a specific day.

Thank you so much Gracie!

Quanshay Murphy same here sister. I’m trying become a hematologists

oh wow that's so cool to hear! Thanks for watching Carter and best of luck!

haha oh man it can be such a struggle... but i'm also happy when i go! Good to hear you are still surviving without coffee :)

I hate coffee but I love tea😍❤🍶🍵

yeahhhh i totally agree! I used to do that when I had a car, but I never want to carry it when i'm walking... maybe i should do that though

Really appreciate you saying that - thanks Darkish Girl!

Aw thank you so much Marianne! Its also wonderful to hear your appreciate for residents being involved in your care!

Thanks Leo! oh wow that's pretty hard core... i still love the little bit of caffeine i get from my tea :) hehe

Kaylie Singer Hi, to be a doctor you have to be passionate, motivated and working really hard! the last thing required is to be smart!

You never know. If you like it, go for it

Love these replies Farah and Nazeela - totally agree!!

awesome - best of luck with your math work Barbara!!

yay!! I had fun with it this week - thanks for mentioning it!!

Same!

Thanks Joanne! Always great to hear from you :)

aw thank you!! yeah this one was shorter than usual... i'll try to make the next ones longer!!

I agree! I love your videos, but this was so short I didn't get much out of it. I'd rather see a week vlog than a daily one that didn't really cover much!

I love having your videos on while I have lulls at work. I'm a meteorologist, so another 24/7 type job!! And Yes, I would love for a few longer videos about day in the life!! Or even a week in the detail of day in the life vids!

Hi Kim - haha yeah nice!

Yousef El Hussainy I’ve wondered this too!!

I'm a 4th year med student now and no. She would've had to take the required classes for med school which would entail the classes that science majors would have taken. If she hadn't taken these classes, how would she have taken the MCAT? The reason people can be any major and go to med school is that they have also completed the bio/chem/physics/organic chemistry/biochemistry etc classes. You can't just decide you want to go to med school out of nowhere and just get accepted without putting in the work. With students who have already taken these classes, it is still rather competitive just to get into a med school. Having a good GPA and MCAT is only the basis of being a barely competitive applicant. Sorry for sounding harsh but I feel like I explain this to many people on the daily. When med school begins, you dive right into biochemistry and very complex topics that might've only scratched the surface during undergrad biochem. If she didn't know the basics of even the lowest level classes (general bio and chem) how would she have gotten into med school?

McMaster (her school) only requires CARS from the MCAT

J Waren Catherine is correct that Siobhan’s school did not require the science portions of the MCAT. You must be familiar with some North American schools that don’t require it. Also not all schools require biochem. I can’t remember if Siobhan took it. I’ve seen plenty of med students who didn’t who say they wish they had. Obviously, everything else you said was on the mark. Med school without those completed sciences w/ labs… Impossible.

hahah yesssss

Thanks so much Erick!

Hi Laura - so glad to hear you are enjoying the videos!!

Hi Lane - glad to hear you are enjoying nursing! Thanks for watching!

Oh cool! Thanks for reaching out Kayla!

hahah I do use white strips once in a while... maybe not drinking coffee ;) hehe

oh yeah!! I swear i could make a video about my love for tea haha

oh great, glad to hear it!! mmm the mug was actually a present from a friend!

haha nice!

oh definitely not Andrea!! haha "not nap" - love it!