I Studied 8 Languages During Medical School [w/ subtitles]

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I Studied 8 Languages During Medical School [w/ subtitles]

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I love languages. I spent that last few years trying to fit language learning into my schedule, which was not easy.
I don't consider that I speak 8 languages, but I have studied all of them to some extent in the past few years.
The level of proficiency needed to conduct a thorough medical assessment in a language is very high, which I would only be comfortable doing in English or French. Also, it is still somewhat rare to have patients who do not speak at least a little English, or have family at the bedside to translate for them. So honestly, all of this learning remains a hobby, and I wouldn't call it "useful" for medicine, other than being more open-minded about others' cultures.
Languages in this video:
1. English
2. French
3. Vietnamese
4. Spanish
5. Hebrew
6. Mandarin
7. Russian
8. Portuguese
Thanks for watching!
- Don

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@MistaBean22 3 жыл бұрын

Just a reminder to you, yes you. That wanting to be, aspiring med student; Videos like these make it hard not to compare yourself. Half of these med school KZfaqr are that superhuman godly gifted people to balance life like flipping a coin and it landing on its side. They also more often than not have immense family support financially and mentally. Not saying they are bad for you to watch. Just don’t get yourself caught up in all the “honeymoon” they always portray on youtube. :)

@anthony6701 3 жыл бұрын

As a med student, couldn't agree more!

@beerancis8685 5 жыл бұрын

No way!! I'm really into language learning myself. Currently trying to juggle four languages while in medical school lol. I've always been incredibly jealous of Quebecers because you guys were all naturally raised to be bilingual from birth (and tri-lingual if you speak another language at home like yourself!!).

@donavanpham 5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, very lucky to have grown up around 3 languages natively!

@kb2cool 5 жыл бұрын

How do you find the time to study another language while in medical school?

@Meowey_meow 2 жыл бұрын

Hey please give me some tips how do you manage time for learning more than two languages while in medical school , I've been learning other languages too and also preparing for my medical exam NEET and its really hard to manage time please please give me some tips 💜💜💜💜 I'm begging

@johnolive9477 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Native Spanish speaker here trying to learn Portuguese, we get a lot of Brazilian patients here in New Jersey. Love learning new languages. So many Filipino nurses here I've actually started to pick up Tagalog as well:) Keep up the strong work brother!

@moriahthompson9404 2 жыл бұрын

I was like, “Ok, cool languages. I can understand the English, French, and Spanish so I can just listen instead of reading the subs.” Then you started speaking HEBREW and I had to do a double take bc you were speaking my language! You spoke it really well and I’m pretty impressed that you can use and conjugate it accurately after just 1 year! I’m a premed student, but I love languages a lot. This gave me hope that I can still continue to learn even while in medical school.

@gracemandala2999 5 жыл бұрын

Waoh , i was born in a English speaking country and i am in French medical school . It’s shows me that I can actually do my post graduate in English Thanks you ... I will think the next language to learn 😍😍😍

@adamdfc9809 4 жыл бұрын

You inspired me really. I love languages and hope to learn many, but my teachers at school tell me you can't do these languages if you're going to medical school but I want to prove them wrong.

@lin_win7777 3 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed with the amount of languages you know, considering you occupation. Also, I like the way you speak russian, and definitely your accent is very understandable. Language learning is my passion too and that video gave me more warmth and motivation to keep up. Спасибо 😄

@seylaadam7605 4 жыл бұрын

I speak 3 languages (Arabic /French/English) besides my mother tongue which is "Amazigh" and currently I'm learning German. You're such a good example to follow 🙏

@belkacem5600 3 жыл бұрын

ويييي السلعة , Was ist dein aktuelles Deutschniveau?

@CheeseLoversUnited 5 жыл бұрын

heyo, new RN here about your age (speaking of comparing accomplishments! :D. I don't think I've ever met a resident as young as you as of yet), also in Canada. The language I speak at home is Russian, and I've gotta say, I am INCREDIBLY impressed with your pronunciation. I'm used to movie actors and new learners having a very confusing, near incomprehensible pronunciation, and yours was very clear. Your grammar was off a few times but I could understand what you were trying to communicate, and isn't that the point of language in general?

@donavanpham 5 жыл бұрын

Incredibly flattered to hear that, thank you so much! Really wished I studied it for longer

@Karen-qe7ey 4 жыл бұрын

Hi i'm spanish native and your spanish is pretty good, you only have to pronounce the R a little bit softer

@tharukik 3 жыл бұрын

Sí

@emarcostar 3 жыл бұрын

Your Spanish is so good, I'm learning Chinese and I understood everything you said so keep going 👏🏻👏🏻

@orwa9824 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive and very motivating !! I learnt french, arabic and currently i'm learning german :D i started learning languages during my free time and actually it was not that hard, it was very fun and i will continue doing that for the rest of my education !

@lamontsoph 5 жыл бұрын

谢谢 4 dat shout out

@cmontgomery592 5 жыл бұрын

I find if you don’t use the language you’re trying to keep up with you will lose it. I’m not fluent in Spanish but I do know a lot and as you said I find it hard putting the words together to make sense. However the amount of languages you know is impressive.

@Nina-nn8ph 2 жыл бұрын

What a cool video, thank you for sharing ! I'm also an MD and can speak six languages, Finnish, English, French, Swedish, Hungarian and German, although French is rusty (although I even worked in France years back) and Hungarian is limited to basic and medical. :) Are you wanting to extend your repertoire? Next I'd love to learn one of the Sámi languages by the indigenius peoples in Lapland, or one of the First Nations' languages in BC, CAN. All the best to you, colleague! 👏

@Yutsurin0.0 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I wondered if it was possible to study many languages in medical school and this video really inspired me :) you're cool👍👍

@laurenliriel 3 жыл бұрын

You are brilliant indeed! Your portuguese doesn't sound bad but I am sure that our brazilian portuguese is more of a Italian and Spanish in-between hahaha, we don't have many similarities with French for sure.

@michaeladelute3720 3 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck, this deserves more views

@elizabethmccurdy9586 3 жыл бұрын

I know I’m late, but you are an inspiration to me. I want to brush up on my Spanish (I was a Spanish major in college), as well as French. I also want to learn Mandarin Chinese from scratch. However, I am also looking for a job, and plan on going back to college as soon as I am able. This shows that if you can learn EIGHT languages while in medical school, I can study three during this time, as well as in the future. I want to learn more languages in the future, too.

@medifectious 4 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. I had a similiar experience too. I went through the benefits I found on my channel!

@Zeit0nic 5 жыл бұрын

So awesome! Inspiring, need to get on your level!

@lindavel43 3 жыл бұрын

You are so cool. I understood you in English, French and Spanish. I am working on Japanese, Korean will be next and then Mandarin.

@elizabethgardner2341 3 жыл бұрын

this is one brilliant guy

@tranthiminhthu2681 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this’s very inspiring. I am into languages as well. I was afraid that I won't have time since I studying medical labor. After seeing your video, if you can find a way to be able to be a polyglot and a doctor as well then I will also be able to do the same.🥰🥰🥰 Finally, I found someone who loves languages and studies medicine.

@dr.sebastian8762 4 жыл бұрын

Could you share the titles the books that you study to learn those languages?. Thanks dr

@mathewwallace1051 5 жыл бұрын

bro, you are awesome!!!!! You could learn quite many languages during your med school time, especially Mandarin and Russian. Do you know Cantonese which is near to Vietnamese and it is another Chinese language beside Mandarin? There are quite a lot people in Canada spoke Cantonese~

@deeb.9250 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too... It's a small jump for a Viet speaker to learn Cantonese or just understand the basics

@abrilga.5488 4 жыл бұрын

Your Spanish is amazing! I agree with the comment down below it’s just your “Rs” don’t make them so harsh :) and then you’ll sound like a native :D edit: I meant Rs x)

@hoangoanhnguyeno230 4 жыл бұрын

At first sight i thought "wow he looks like a VNese" n yes u are:)) Have u ever come to VN? The food is awsome there ( I'm a first year student in medical school n I found ur video while searching for lessions about medical terms in English. Thanks for inspiring me

@TheMaplestoryGuide 3 жыл бұрын

This was so inspiring! I have to work more on my spanish haha

@emmanalianya2325 4 жыл бұрын

Tu es magnifuque! Bien joué.

@yourfavefangirl2839 3 жыл бұрын

I want to study medicine and love languges so I enjoyed this video!

@graces.2632 4 жыл бұрын

I am a transcriptionist and I appreciate how eloquent and articulate you are, on the flip side, you talk way too fast that if I am tasked to transcribe everything you say, it'll be hell for me. 😥

@kb2cool 5 жыл бұрын

What resources would you advise to a medical student trying to learn french?

@naruto35979 3 жыл бұрын

That's really inspiring!Your portuguese pronunciation is awesome! I'm studying languages while I am at the university too, trying to conciliate these activities though I don't have much free time, because it's my hobby. Now I'm trying to get better in English(I still don't speak/write very well) and I'm also learning french(that's a little easier thanks to portuguese, my native language), and I'm in the very very basics of Hindi. Do you have any tips to have more time to study one or more languages while having a busy day like a doctor?

@sjktico 4 жыл бұрын

Your Spanish is very good too. Wow

@matheusbarros9719 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible.

@tharukik 3 жыл бұрын

The way introducing his girlfriend, In Mandarin..........

@amazighaitamraoui2713 4 жыл бұрын

me too i speak four languages french english arabic and tamazight

@M_SC 3 жыл бұрын

Where is tamazight from?

@amazighaitamraoui2713 3 жыл бұрын

@@M_SC it is the original language of north africa

@elizabethromo5560 Жыл бұрын

Inspiring

@mreemzo9099 3 жыл бұрын

wow coup d chapeau Dr donavan

@tharukik 3 жыл бұрын

你厉害。加油

@lalix.trange5127 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, greetings, from the caribbean. Could you tell how you had time to learn and study more than one language while in medical school ??? I mean, it is very hard.

@suhayrgisvak9829 5 жыл бұрын

Heyy Doc.. Could you please make a vid on how you became a doctor at a young age?

@donavanpham 5 жыл бұрын

Working on it, thanks for the suggestion!

@abrilga.5488 4 жыл бұрын

This is inspiring! I love it, currently trying to study French :) and wanting to go to med school. How important or how often did you find yourself switching from one language to the other. I would find this kind of exhausting, could you make a video on that? Also what are your learning methods? I’ve read that self teaching without learning grammar as if you were a child is better, what do you think about this? Thank you:)

@donavanpham 4 жыл бұрын

I've tried several ways to learn a language, but found the best results with university classes. I wish I could say I was good at teaching myself, it was just very difficult for me to make it a priority in my schedule. You should try different methods to see what works for you. Regardless of the language or the method, learning a language is hard and requires patience and discipline.

@abrilga.5488 4 жыл бұрын

Donavan Pham, MD thank you for replying, great videos, and best of luck to you :)

@Karen-qe7ey 4 жыл бұрын

But since you know spanish and are very fluent in french you can easily learn portuguese (which spanish-speaking people can understand 90% of the time)

@ightmatehaveaniceday8158 4 жыл бұрын

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@MyKaleidoscope7583 5 жыл бұрын

you're so cool haha

@peachzhou2558 5 жыл бұрын

Chinese newspapers and magazines are also a good choice. I believe you will greatly broaden your horizon while you read them.

@alainmedgyjean-jacques 3 жыл бұрын

etant que medecin je parle 4 langues, francais, creole haitien, espagnol et anglais .... now im learning portuguese

@zurabasmarishvili5749 4 жыл бұрын

אני לומד עברית כבר 6 חודשים והבנתי כל מה אמרת!!!! צדקת השפה העברית היא שפה קלה ואני יכול להגיד שגם היא שפה פשוטה!!!!

@mbb6047 3 жыл бұрын

Dude is a genius

@user-ri5jy6ex4x 4 жыл бұрын

Este comentario es por si quieres mejorar. Tu R es muy fuerte.

@nazikanazika4510 5 жыл бұрын

Tkt. Ta prononciation en russe est correct. C'est déjà bien, car la majorité des gens ont un accent tellement fort que personnellement ça me fait mal aux oreilles parfois.

@marialena9315 3 жыл бұрын

hey! im gonna start med school this october in italy(in an english program tho) i am greek and i’m also fluent in english. During my med school years im aiming on learning italian,french,german&spanish.anybody got any tips?

@IshaMedLife Жыл бұрын

pls also tell as how u did it

@trangkhoang3063 3 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! anh đã học những ngôn ngữ đó như thế nào?, và anh có thể chia sẻ tài liệu mà anh đã và đang học được không?

@MohamdRagabAmmar 2 жыл бұрын

i am from Egypt and also i am a med student i can help you learn Arabic but instead you have to teach me french

@wamyarabel1288 3 жыл бұрын

But what are the tips and habits you can recommend???

@berryspot5198 3 жыл бұрын

Я хочу сказать, что твое произношение на русском очень хорошее!! Ты огромный молодец

@olgai3702 3 жыл бұрын

berryspot я согласна!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Вау!

@ayaansiddiqui3086 3 жыл бұрын

So how about you career . Is it getting affected by learning languages

@lamontsoph 5 жыл бұрын

@Dr Pham r u on hiatus or smthing it’s been awhile HELLO

@belkacem5600 3 жыл бұрын

So basically the title is a complete lie, 8 languages you may think that's impressive! But in reality he already speaks English, French, Spanish and Vietnamese before even starting med school.There are also Chinese, Russian, Portoguese and Hebrew which he speaks as an absolute beginner. I understand that you have to clickbait in order to get views, but this is beyond that!

@khangtran-sv3fc 2 жыл бұрын

anh là người việt nam đúng hôn,,,,thật tự hào

@ayaansiddiqui3086 3 жыл бұрын

Don t your father saying language learning is waste . I just want to become physicist and am I doing waste to learn languages?

@peachzhou2558 5 жыл бұрын

👍✌🏻😸

@kathyperalta8339 5 жыл бұрын

your Spanish is awesome! I would just say practice your r's. you roll them beautifully but in words like "pero", "para" and "ahora" you don't have to roll them as hard as in a word like "perro". they have a much softer sound. nossa seu portugues ta muito bom tambem, só precisa praticar. Queria decirte que ver como tu aprendiste idiomas durante la escuela medica me ha motivado a hacerlo tambien. I also love languages but I chose not to study them while im in school because I thought it would be too much but I won't hold myself back anymore. On to language #5, mandarin

@Thatguitarist 5 жыл бұрын

kathy peralta ¿Cuál es su cuarto idioma? Mi primer idioma es inglés pero estudiaba español por más que seis años. Quiero aprender francés y después quizás Mandarín.

@kathyperalta8339 5 жыл бұрын

The Super Christian estamos iguales entonces. Há lo inglês, español y português fluentemente. Mi cuarto idioma es frances pero sou iniciante, o sea puedo conversar mas o menos. Entiendo más francés de lo que hablo. Ahora estoy intentando mandarin y tú? De donde eres?

@Thatguitarist 5 жыл бұрын

kathy peralta Soy de Los Estados Unidos y tú? Francés es una idioma muy bella. Estoy estudiando para mi examen AP en Español, entonces, estoy concentrado en esa. Pero, durante el verano, quiero aprender francés. A veces, confundes portugués y español o no?

@kathyperalta8339 5 жыл бұрын

The Super Christian yo también soy de los Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 y no no los confundo. Bueno a veces si se me traba la lengua cuando paso mucho tiempo hablando uno de los idiomas y me cambio al otro pero mi cerebro sabe diferenciarlos 😂

@ightmatehaveaniceday8158 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thatguitarist kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNVjmc1y3da2nZs.html