"All the little brolings just wanna live" was immensely wholesome

Surgery thinks he's Jonathan, but has no idea what the job actually entails.

As a president of a residents union here in India I approve this message! We formed a union, negotiated hard and got a 25% stipend increase for all residents. The last raise was 8 years ago!

Let's never call residents anything other than little brolings ever again! Who's with me? 😂❤

“….Neurosurgery you are NOT fine” 😂😂

I'm glad Bill is standing up for himself.

"all the little brolings just wanna live" Awww, good for them :)

If you want others to endure hardship solely because you did, you in fact did not turn out “just fine”.

Remember, residents: They need you more than you need them.

Story time: A few years back all the residents and fellows refused to round on or write orders for a certain spine surgeon at our hospital ( the guy was a total asshole). First he tried to bully, threaten, and shout his way out of the situation. However, once he could see that the housestaff wasn’t going to cave in, it was amazing how quickly he unlearned 35 years of malignant behavior and changed the way he was treating his colleagues and trainees.

As a nurse, I wholy support a union for the little brolings

Psyche telling neurosurgery he isn't fine is too perfect

A word of caution to medical students/residents: the abuse doesn't end when residency is completed. Life as a practicing physician can still be GREAT, but employers, from private practices hospitals and/or health care systems will still do everything in their power to take advantage of you. To paraphrase Terry Wall, MD, JD who has lectured to residents, myself included, "NO ONE wants to make new physician rich." His advice: Hire a competent attorney and have them review any employment agreement BEFORE you sign.

As a surgery resident who just worked 95+ hours this past week and it's okay because "it averages to 80 hours/week for the month", dangerous hours is an appropriate phrase.

Man, Resident Evil just became real

Residents in my country just returned from a five day warming strike. It was hell because we had emergency surgeries and had to prepare the patients and do all the heavy lifting ourselves. After the first day, I had to inform ER to stop admitting patients for my unit. Residents are very important to the system.

I need this to be an ongoing series for a while: I would like to see how all the doctors manage with Residents on strike.

"all the little brolings just wanna live" That sounded heart warming and sad at same time for some reason

Fair pay and benefits are great but it's also important to push for safe working hours. Junior doctors in my country had a successful strike a while ago that was mostly around that. No amount of pay will make 80 hour work weeks less dangerous for both patients and doctors, so it's gotta be both!

❤ Always a good time to stand up for residency unions. Many of the hospitals pay large union busting law firms very high sums just to avoid unionization but as someone who gained benefits from my residency union, everyone should have them!

As a Union nurse who has always worked at teaching hospitals, I support the Residents!!!

As an incoming intern, I cried from watching this, especially after seeing a neurosurgeon's rap

Speaking as a resident (who just fell asleep curled in a ball at the foot of the bed where I dropped fresh out of the shower after finishing a long overnight coverage and admit shift), your support is much appreciated.

I love this video because it so important for senior physicians to use their positions of power to advocate for residents. Divided we beg united we bargain.

My dad knew four people who crashed their cars falling asleep at the wheel during the course of his residency, since everyone was working 100+hours a week for 22k a year He also knew a guy who was outed as having falsified his med school records once the Soviet Union collapsed, and the hospital could actually check them. Also, their chief resident for internal med mever finished his last year of med school because he bribed an administrator in the Dominican Republic the early 90s were nuts

I was slightly disappointed to neurology didn't chime in. He must be recovering from getting his ass kicked by interventional radiology.

As a nurse, I try my best to support residents. They work very hard and are paid little for their effort. Also love the joke about eating spare bags of TPN 😂😂

Coming from the UK, we healthcare providers could join the union, CoHSE - the Confederation of Healthcare Service Employees. It encompassed all in the healthcare environment. It gave us bargaining power for doctors down to the orderlies. Great power in numbers of like minded people. All for one and one for all. I came to the US and was appalled at the lack of power anyone in the healthcare environment had. I left and went into law representing MDs. I’m experiencing lacrimal stenosis and am being treated by my great ophthalmologist. I told him about you and now he’s a addict. Thank you for you content, especially the challenges that rural MDs face. I love Texaco Mike and his MRI.

"I turned out just fine" is only ever said by people who are CLEARLY not fine. Signed, I used to believe that "I turned out just fine"

Loma Linda hospital said they were exempt from union rules because they are a “religious hospital” lmao. Yeah they lost that in court. Yet I bet they told all the residents about the great program during their residency interviews

That "and I turned out just fine" was both perfectly accurate in every way AND personally triggering. It just felt too real to be made up 😅 Well done Dr Glauc!

How wholesome of Pediatrics 😊 he’s always been my fave

Honestly it's about time. All medical professionals (not just doctors) should be compensated fairly for their work (in my country the medical field is paid shit)

Hell yeah! Power to the workers! 🎉

We just did this at REI and won the vote- with months of hard work and everything… it’s a lot. Thanks for making this. So glad this is happening in the healthcare system, it’s insane.

The little Brolings 😭❤️🙏🏻 protect him. He’s so pure.

Looks like family medicine needs to form a union!

A combination of low coffee levels and the preview image led me to read this as 'the residents form a unicorn.' I hope for their sake they have far more real and helpful outcomes than a unicorn would imply. ❤️

Brilliant timing there! Residents and trainees in my country are just going to strike soon against the horrendously low pay here! This needs to happen

I had the fortune to be part of an Interns and Residents union during my training. Thank goodness. We still got abused, don’t get me wrong, but not as badly as many of my friends who went to different programs. It was a good union, so we got better pay and more vacation than average, and someone to turn to when the administration tried playing dirty tricks. It has made me very pro-union (with the understanding that some unions are better than others).

For those who don’t know, neurosurgery and general surgery said what a real cardiothoracic surgery chair said on twitter a few days ago.

As a resident, this is the best one yet

Great timing. I am from Bangladesh. right now there is a movement and protest going on about how much underpaid the Residents are and a demand for increased Payments. Glad to see Dr. Glaucomflecken is on board.

Being a junior resident who is currently posted in a periphery hospital...this strikes so much hard that literally tears coming to my eyes...but here no one to protest..no one cares..our principal has given us multiple threats to deduct our salaries which is not even a salary but a minimal stipend...she even refused to give us hostels...have to travel 100kms up and down every week to stay 3 days in a duty room...not a adjustment disorder but every f time i regret taking mbbs as my career...

I stand with Bill. And I agree with Psychology about Neurosurgery.

Ortho is my favorite because he's so wholesome. I've started calling my dogs bro because of him

we literally had our union vote last week here in MA and it passed!!!

HELL YEAH good to see bill stand up for the workers

As a grad student solidarity and vive la révolution

Having worked in a family medicine practice where the doctors, NPs and PAs led the union effort, and were successful, I applaud the residents. Currently working at a facility where hospital nurses are union, clinical are not (I am clinical). The “do more with less staffing” is a real contributor to provider and support staff burnout. Thank you Dr. G for bringing these issues to light.

UPS is about to kick off a new wave of union action in all sectors and I am LIVING for it

British junior doctors are going on strike, and have widespread support from other healthcare professionals.

I’m in clerkship now, And we don’t even get paid. I had an OB attending ask me once why she had no externes and she was falling behind in her notes. She was used to having two patients scheduled at the same time and having us write the whole note for her so she could be more efficient. Just goes to show the students do contribute 😅

Only a matter of time before the whole healthcare team is unionized in my opinion.

Keep fighting for what you deserve residents and med students

" ate nothing but leftover bags of TPN" 🤣🤣🤣

As someone considering going to med school but hesitating due to the widespread abuse/underpay/overwork, I only hope unionization and reform of the academic medical system keeps on rolling, for those who are in it and those who are yet still to come

I feel like the ending is a sort-of-dig at a particular CT surgeon at MGH who literally said the same thing on twitter. Said he'd just move faster without residents. He's part of the reason why residents form a union in the first place

I agree with the KZfaq Physician's findings and have personally watched a substantive portion of the video.

The left over bags of TPN got me😂😂😂😂

As a Union Rep for a union that represents health care workers, I am cheering this one!!!

The soft "oh my god"... at the end. Nice

I absolutely love that ortho calls residents "Brolings'

All my life all ive heard is how bad unions are.. i never had a union job. Until last year. I got into the steel union of ohio, and it was the best job i ever had. Due to personal reasons i had to find a new job that didnt work midnights (i had to work a rotating swing shift there) but if those issues never happened id probably be there the next 30+ years. The benefits were amazing, a pension fund and up to 6% match on a 401k, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, they even had gym membership, and rec center discounts for the area just for having the job. They even had a pet insurance program! (This wasnt included in our benefits, but we got a massive discount which was like 15 bucks a month with free check ups and everything) then to go along with ALL of those benefits was the guaranteed pay increases. They have a set 10% raise every year to combat inflation, and then ontop of that there is a performance raise as well as a performance quarterly bonus based on how we do overall as a plant. We got paid double time for every hour after 8 hours worked (in our contract we are only to work 8 hour shifts but if understaffed we will make up those hours and get double pay for it) and triple pay for any hour after 13 hours worked. There was a bunch of other little bonuses as well, like we were allowed on our phones if we our work was done and waiting on a roll to finish or couches and chairs to sit at while waiting. Jist of it... unions are very important. This isnt even mentioning the MINIMUM 80 hours of vacation time per year and the fact you earned your vacation time back based on the hours you worked that week.

The excitement radiating off of Pathology is heartwarming.

Residents get unionized? Right on! How about all the other physicians? Health care worker unions can stand up up to the for profit health care industry to improve their own lives and the lives of their patients.

How can healthcare be so expensive but residents not be paid fairly… oh yeah the health insurance companies

The doctors I see at SLU are both residents with a supervising physician, and I love them! They do a great job and I hope they have a decent work life balance

When i was a resident almost 20 yrs ago there was a federal lawsuit about our pay that apparently we didnt win 😐. Someone calculated what we were paid an hour based on the hours we worked a week and it was less than $3 an hour! Mind you this was when the 30 shit rule went into effect (so we weren’t supposed to work more than 30 hrs straight 🙄. Neurosurgery was the worst at violating the work hours (i.e. making residents lie about their hours). As physicians are being phased out the US is headed for a rude awakening 🥺

The residents should strike! Great video as always, eye bro!

I love how many characters appeared in this sketch. I also love that I instantly recognised all of them. But what I love the most is how much work and passion went into this one short video. Great Job Doc!

Glad that Ortho is sticking up for the little brolings. Hope he can get a gym membership included in their compensation package, and time off for exercise.

You never fail to make me laugh and think at the same time!! Thanks Dr. G!

*company posts double digit profits the past 3 quarters. "We have to cut bonuses and raises for all employees due to economic circumstances." I don't care if the ceo cut his multimillion dollar salary by the same margin. That's not how money works. Someone making 60k/year is gonna feel a 15% cut a lot more than someone making 2 million/year

Dear, positive Pathology. Tabitha really keeps his spirits up.

As a resident who is a member of my union and on the contract bargaining committee (we haven’t had a contract since July 2022), thank you for highlighting this.

You hit the nail on the head. Residents are criminally underpaid and undervalued. Unfortunately, all too often, they develop a form of Stockholm Syndrome and defend/perpetuate the malignant culture and exploitation.

The day has come when the surgeon's ego has been shattered. Even the ISS is in danger because of this.

“Neurosurgery, you are not fine.” 🤣 😂

I love how the surgeons are the only programs that don’t seem to “get” it 😂

The union will cheer and consider it a win when the residents get a 60 cent hourly pay bump because the hospital had only intended on a 40 cent hourly pay bump this year. Meanwhile it took 6 months of negotiating and everyone hates each other now - My hospital in a nutshell

Facts You need more Doctors. Apparently even the Convenience MD only has Nurses 😮

"Brolings"?!? I didn't even know how incomplete my life was until Ortho Bro enlightened me! I've finally found my purpose in life - To incorporate "Brolings" (& it's humble, equally stellar, singular tense "Broling") into my daily casual conversations! 🤣😂🤣

For real, not sure why MD/DOs have to live near poverty for 3-6 years after medical school.

Many of these videos are funny and brilliant. This is genius. 😂

I just love how some specialties are super supportive.

Eating leftover bags of TPN is next level struggle

MY GOD indeed -_-. strike hard!

This needs to be a series for a while along with the Jonathan uprising lore. Still waiting for it 😊

Should have ended with "Pay them. Pay them now!"

First off, this is hilarious. Second, I would love a q&a series with the various specialties.

"Can I have a union" Yes, you can.

Congratulations residents!!

And then their self esteem will ARISE ABOVE NEUROSURGERY NOOOOOOOO😮😮😮😮

Love how you pulled in some old but familiar faces into this one. Well done as usual.

I liked the video before watching because I expected great things. I was not disappointed, and my like still stands.

For exactly this video I foresee many more PAs and NPs popping up in the next few years

I know this is a serious subject, but this doc is funny as hell. I crack up at all his skits.

I remember when the 80 hour max duty hours kicked in. It was crazy. The hospital lost about 40 hrs a week per resident for over 100 residents. Keep fighting.

Go unions!