This is awesome Kinza!!

so you are not quitting medicine? sounds like the title was a clickbait title smh. In family medicine we get control over our schedule and we get paid based off what you do. There is a minimum salary that you are guaranteed to make but if you go over that amount you get paid for it. Some would call it a bonus but it is just what you earned. It is all about how you structure your contract when you are starting practice

I joined med school at age of 31 after having worked in a lucrative tech side. I am a current M3 and I do not regret my decision. I also have imposter syndrome like you do and always question whether my acceptance was a mistake from ad com. Yes, it's a very very long road. However, you have to keep in mind that you are literally throwing out 2-3 years of education while keeping the debt you accumulated. I can feel that a lot of your reasoning is based on comparing to your peers. Comparing yourself to your peers at that age may hinder what your ultimate goals and dream are. I can't make the decision for you and I really hope that you take a lot of time to think about what you want to do.

@@jonathanhamilton5520 will I have time for other stuff and hobbies if I go into family medicine ?

@@noraaa8479 Yes! I know a family doctor who is a pilot and one who likes to go hunting and fishing. There is plenty of time for hobbies and there is a short supply of family medicine doctors right now.

Who cares what others are doing !!!! And guess what ? You will be 40 and still broke depending on what specialty you chose. DO medicine because is awesome. ER doc here !!!! :) 🗽👍🚑 NOTE: My friend started residency at 45 years old

I'm a 34-year-old who is applying next cycle. I try not to compare myself to others, but it's probably easier for me because I don't know anyone (other than my older brother) who has a six-figure annual income... 😆🤷‍♀️

Giiirl me too!! I understand, I’m a second year and turning 31 in a month. I feel very similar to you, and feel like these feelings are natural, and normal. Eventually there’s light at the end of the tunnel!!

@@jennifernettles387 Jaja Nice ! Congrats !!!!! Stay positive

Very true! I'm in my late twenties as well feeling same

You are right that’s why I try to take at least 6 hrs sleep before each shift cus when I don’t I know I am not giving my best and that sucks

Thank you. This doctor loves you ❤️

🤣🤣 I hope!

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Truth! Hahahah

😂😂😂

Legit hahaha

For real though. It’s so ridiculous it all comes down to one numerical score on a standardized exam….. which doesn’t tell anyone how hard or a worker they are and if they are actually competent in the clinic of X specialty.

They changed Step 1 to P/F. Imagine how many people would have continued to ortho or plastics

I my country we have to do an internship year after med school and practice as general physician for another year before we apply to specialty training. And your med school grades don't matter at this point. They hold a separate selection exam and if you don't get selected this year you can prepare better and apply again the following year. and not everyone does a specialty. Most people just continue as general practitioners. only few ppl specialize and they become consultants after finishing their fellowship training. gp doctors can work in any ward they like, under the residents and the consultants and carry out most of the work. think tht's how it works in UK as well 🤔

@@jrockit24 won’t make a difference if anything it’s worse now. It will all come down to Step 2 now. You’ll have to pump out more meaningless research articles just because you have to and now you don’t have two scored tests. In the past if you have a lackluster Step 1 score you could learn from that and perform well on Step 2. Now you just have Step 2 scored and if you don’t do as well as you’d like then you’re just screwed…

@@drdumbo9124 Sure, especially if something happens during test day and you score 10 points less than you probably would have...difference between an interview and SOAP.

my sister got like 210 step 1 score, but she got like 20 + interviews for residency for pediatrics. I don't think its super competitive area, but she still got interviews so was happy for her

Same boat. Kills me to think I’m going to have to settle for something I don’t love wholeheartedly especially with the looming debt

Given the outcomes we see with so many physicians it seems like the current basis for evaluation is based on very lazy, biased and antiquated assumptions.

@@Peaceful13 cute story

Gee I wonder why doctors have high suicide rate.

Subscribing simply due to the fact that you’re an ER physician! Hope to be there one day.

@@calvinsmith5671 HEY ! THATS VERY NICE OF YOU ! I DO HAVE VIDEOS ON WHY I CHOSE EM + DAY IN THE LIFE VIDEOS + TEACHINGS. I THINK YOU WILL LIKE IT. KEEP IT UP !!!!!!!

thats awesome, doing it for the love of the field. true passion and dedication.

@@jakec5618 Yes sir !!!

Nonsense !

100% true

Can you elaborate more?

​@@noraaa8479 One example is academic vs community hospitals. Academic hospitals have residents/med students whereas community hospitals are staffed by attendings/other providers only. A lot of stuff tends to go faster in the community and there tends to be less BS to deal with but there's an expectation that you perform more quickly. Outpatient medicine is also very different than inpatient, rural different from urban.

This is enlightening. People with altruistic nature's tend to ignore themselves. Medical personnel need to start taking care of themselves.

Look into private practice. In many states you can do that after 1 year of residency.

Why you quitting your residency, please

That has somewhat changed. STEP 1 has been changed to pass/fail so it will no longer be the deciding factor. The crappy part is that most likely STEP 2 CK will be the new deciding factor.

@@mattf8779 I recommend that ALL steps 🚶‍♀️ be eliminated! Crawl instead!!! 😶

Very lucky

Not all of us, lol

I'd say most of us not...! whether self employed work working for an org/company/"group", your schedule is driven by how much money you want, how much ego stroking you want, how many promotions you want, how much you want to keep your job... Just like a lot of other jobs. I'm so glad there's a young cohort looking forward to jumping into clinical medicine. I transitioned to on line care just before COVID. I was not prepared for the "customer service" "have it your way, patient" attitude from in person care;. I worked for a city FQHC (I grew up in a rural area); the fantasy was distant from the reality. I wasn't sleeping well, not taking care of myself. Now I do.

It’s a DO school, all DO schools are private, hence high tuition.

@@angy97 Ehn. Tuition is high at every med school in the United States, private and otherwise.

I agree. In the end of the day, no one can have it all and never all at one time. I understand the fear of missing out and you definitely sacrifice a lot to be a doctor, BUT it all depends on your mindset. You can absolutely have fun on the road through it all and keep some of the hobbies you like (I will NEVER allow myself to not exercise at least 2 to 3 times per week no matter what), but if you want to stable, engaged and stimulating well compensated career then you will need to be trained well and work hard. If you want to have free weekends and a relaxed schedule, don't try to do high level research or surgery. ER would be better. Go on all your rotations and see what you love. The more money you want, the more you'll have to work. If you don't want the stress of running an office, you'll have the restrictions on your time that comes with being a medical group/hospital employee. If you want to vacation more, join groups that allow for reasonable sharing of call and weekend responsibilities. If you want something in medicine, seek it. It's out there!

I never felt that grad school was a waste of time because I truly wanted to be there and I've never regretted going through that whole experience.

Omg same I feel you

How did adhd affect your time in med school?

@@peacearobieke still figuring this out… but it kinda sucks

Whereas in the United States, medical school can be 100,000 per year. Quite the spectrum haha

How is the salary?

Where's this in spain

And the U.S. doctors make a lot more.

Yes,+1

Transfer to Europe medical school. 10x cheaper

@@bouchser000 If this person wants to come back and practice in the U.S., going to a European medical school will make them an international medical graduate (IMG) which puts them at an important disadvantage during the American match process. Residency program directors can have a lot of stigma towards IMGs, so I would recommend that this person stays in the U.S. if they want to practice there.

well, if 56k per year is high, then what should a good tuition be? I heard tutions are between 60 to 100 a year. @Beth Toledo

are you still in med school?

Why did you continue to go to go ahead with your phd?

I dropped out of a PhD program and instead I’m going to optometry school

Thing is we get paid so much more in US for being doctors, so paying loans isn't a big deal in time

* hundreds of thousands

Loans are common for a large chunk of the US population regardless of what job you choose. At least attendings make a high enough salary to offset the cost of those loans. Teachers on the other hand have thousands of dollars (and in some cases tens of thousands of dollars) to pay off w/o a high salary to offset the load. College in the US is a scam. To avoid it completely you’d either have to go into a trade or a job that requires a certification with minimal training, like real estate or something.

What branches “don’t work all day”?

@@noraaa8479 dermatology, radiology, psychiatry, pathology, plastic surgery.

@@human4665 I really want dermatology but ugh it’s so hard to get into

Yeah and my parents are trying to sell me on medicine saying that I can have a nice work life balance with a nice salary, just writing prescriptions or whatever and calling it a day, while working medicine. Meanwhile (granted he chose to take the promotion) my dad works 70-80 hour work weeks. I need to not take this so lightly haha

I have a few myself if you haven't seen then :). And should have one soon about ACEP2021 (Boston). I am only writing this because I think is important to expose yourself to medical videos. Stay safe amigo !

Lmao he’s uploaded so many of those. Nothing has changed. We’re tired of the monotony

@@quon535 ​ DC is far from monotonous but i agree he has posted some before. Just be nice to see some more now that he's an attending ya know!

@@jessedonorovich4225 Never stated that he was. I’m stating that DITL/WITL videos can get monotonous. He’s posted some now that he’s an attending lol. Nothing has changed? Do u want to see him go to work, put the camera down & record a time lapse or something?

Do you like it now?

Haaaa

😂🤣😂🤣….Siblings 🤣😂

Haha I was just copying her title!

Stop calling schools mid-tier, just because another school is harder to get into doesn’t really mean shit. You are going to be a better doctor than many of these students at “more expensive, lower acceptance rate” schools.

Nice, UNE is a good school.

Ah that explains it. Unfortunately DO schools face an uphill battle.

@@devinwynn1299 : and all DO schools are private

can you expand a bit on what you mean? I’m confused 😅

@@chrimar456 No ❤️

@@Tunit9320 uh ok then? lol

@@chrimar456 Sorry for that response, person is odd af. Let’s pray they are not planning on going or in the medical field with that attitude. I personally think that they didnt like the advice because it’s not easy to “just do it.” There are a multitude of factors to consider and it’s not easy to just go in with that mindset. That’s just my opinion though, I might be wrong.

@@kennawhitty5884 yeah I can see what you mean about there being other things at play that can prevent people from being able to ‘just do it’. I only asked in the first place because I’ll be working as a UK doctor in a year’s time, but I think the access to opportunities, the time commitment required and financial considerations may well be significantly different in the US (where I presume T Jay is from?) compared to here in the UK, since I don’t have the same sort of reaction to the ‘just do it’ statement. I just wanted to hear a bit more about that, honestly. Ah well.

The vast majority of medical students (85%) survive the required academics and subsequent training. Others quit or flunk out.

Yep ! Who cares if you want to study medicine study medicine ! Many don't even have the options to get loans. I was out for almost a year during undergrad because I could not qualify for loans. Now I ma a doctor ER and have 457K in debt BUT I will pay it all back and will have an amazing job.

That’s literally insane

@@DrCellini Yes sir is true ! One of these days I will make my video about how I will tackle my loans and will show the actual account as prove. Not even counting my wife stuff who is a PA student. we have >500K 😥. God willing all will be good. Just Keep it up people !!!! Is a marathon NOT a Race !

Sounds like you need to stop doing KZfaq if you have no time 😀 p.s. what state are you in? I don't ever want to visit a hospital you might work at

@@amberbailey8241 hey

I am only in high school

She’s at a DO school, all DO schools are private, unlike MD schools do have state schools, and Texas state schools give free tuition if you sign up to stay in Texas.

Yep ! Who cares ! If you want to study medicine, study medicine ! Many don't even have the options to get loans. I was out for almost a year during undergrad because I could not qualify for loans. Now I am a doctor ER and have 457K in debt BUT I will pay it all back and will have an amazing job.

Sheeesh

@@DrCellini Yes sir is true ! One of these days I will make my video about how I will tackle my loans and will show the actual account as prove. Not even counting my wife stuff who is a PA student. we have >500K 😥

@@FacundoMD ‘merikah!

@@Athandatu Jaja American Dream :) is possible !