My name is John-Rudolph (JR) Smith and I am an Orthopedic Surgery Resident at the world renowned Mayo Clinic. I was a Track & Field athlete at Duke University, but a limb-threatening knee injury drove me toward a career in medicine and I want to share my journey and anything I learn along the way with you!
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Hello, amazing videos! Could you please make one on confidence? I would love to know what you do or tell yourself to be more confident and how you avoid negative self-doubt. I would really appreciate it as I look up to you a lot.
Thank you so much, your videos are life changing! Can you please suggest or make an updated video on anki settings as with fsrs I am confused with which settings to use
Yoo this is crazy. MashAllah congratulations brother. Been following your page since your First year of Medical School. May God continue to bless your Journey brother. I’m now a 2nd year Medical Student. Any Quick advice ?
Thanks for the video! The one I find really challenging is how do you avoid screen time before sleep? Im in my 3rd year, and being in the hospital and then coming back to study makes that practically impossible. Let me know if you have any ideas!
Great video JR! I'm curious, do you make your Anki cards from scratch or buy a premade deck online? Which is best? If all med schools cover the same topics then it should be fairly similar?
Congratulations on baby #2!! I love your family videos. I rearranged my studying hours, so I could be home with my hubby and kids in the evenings. Med school is tough, but having that time makes the journey that much more rewarding.
Hey been watching your content and appreciate your genuineness. I am working towards being a nurse and eventually CRNA so I figured your content still is applicable. I was considering using anatomy boot camp and wanted to see if you continued using that software throughout med school? Same for Kenhub? Or did you realistically only use ANKI? And also do you avoid reading textbooks at all and really just stick to lectures and notecards? Thanks
Do you think program directors might have a preference for quality over quantity? If you were only able to publish 4 or 5 papers, but it's clear that your contribution was signficant and that the project demanded a ton of work, might program directors view this applicant the same as the applicant that publishes a lot more but their projects don't require as much time?
This will definitely help in the interview phase where your application is more thoroughly scrutinized. The challenge is that most people reviewing applications just look at the number. 4-5 high quality papers is amazing though and depending on your specialty, is still at or above average!
