Thanks for the reaction and insight, Dr. Jubbal! I actually used your channel as a resource and it helped me turn things around academically during my remediation. Unsolicited update, I passed my first round of board exams and I’m finishing up my last surgery rotation next week- so things have been going well 🫡
I hear the fire hydrant analogy all the time, but in my experience, it's more like trying to keep water cupped in your hands as a faucet is pouring over it. No one is expecting you to keep all of it, but as a first year med student, you don't know if the water you've managed to catch is useful information or your professors just being pedantic about one particular biochemical pathway you will never use in your career.
That's pretty shitty that someone who was once just like me and you grew up and got their MD, now they're just being dicks and doing stupid shit like that.
I’m an older student, just turned 40, not in med school but doing pre-PA, I had a teacher that told me about how he went to med school 3* different times!!! It was an inspiration! He failed out the first time, then he went back to try again, and for anyone to admit they failed was so admirable, and to know he went back again was even more so, but then he said when he went back in the 70’s, as he was taking a test, police came in and arrested him because they had confused him for a suspect that had committed a crime at that time (prior to all of the technology we have today of course). He eventually got out of that, they found the right person and he was able to go back again!!!!! I thought holy moly here I am feeling bad because I might’ve done bad in a couple courses that I can repeat while he’s repeated Programs! It’s nice to hear that no one is absolutely perfect. I work in the medical field as a medical assistant and it’s NEVER talked about. And I work closely with residents on the daily.
Glad I’m not alone, just starting and am older. How do you learn, understand and remember sciences? Fav resources online or books? I have a hard time and sciences are super hard and abstract to me!
I can relate. This is the first time I have experienced what burnout is. Working full time to support family worsens it. So what do I do ? I miss class (infamous in class as a result) and be a little accepting of mediocrity. Always reminding myself to just pass. It hurts my pride but it a good trade off. Love from Ghana.
This was actually very insightful. He made some very strong points that I had felt while in med school but didn’t stop to think about so those issues just wine t unnoticed and not dealt with.
This is unfortunate that the system of training is still perpetuating the same things that I came across in 2016. It is going to be good to bring forth the platform that will improve our healthcare training system
As a Registered Nurse we experience a similar situation it’s a ton of information thrown at you in a short period of time and it can be overwhelming. I am a firm believer that preparations are necessary……scheduling is your life I know because I did nursing school twice . I completed an LPN program then went on an RN program within a year of becoming an LPN….. however I must say my LPN program help me so much since the all the information was not new to me and I went back to school within a year later not five or more years later. The medical education field is cut throat. My LPN to RN program was 46 weeks just three semesters. Time management is so so important for anyone pursuing a degree in medicine.
Hey Kevin, just noticed that you're uh, looking rough haha, so I just wanted to say: Thanks for all your hard work in making this reaction videos, in giving us an inside look into what really goes on in these healthcare careers and med school journeys. I hope things get better for you and want to recommend a Book for you to read, perhaps you would benefit from it, and that book is the Noble Qur'an. Give it a read with an open mind, I think it would benefit you a lot and you might never get the chance to see what it says. Again, thanks again for all your efforts and hope things turn warmer for you.
If I have an exam on Monday after I having had a heavy Friday, I'll simply get a doctor's note delaying my exam on Monday. Simple. Done it many times. Why stress? Work smart, not hard.
My gut reaction is some people should not become doctors. And that's OK. I recognized it in myself once upon a time and stopped short of med school. The standards and stresses are there for a reason, as are the standards and stresses of residency. I wouldn't want to be the patient of someone who wasn't up to it. And God help us when standards are lowered for DEI purposes.
So what you need to realize is that although there seems to be a lower standard for grades and MCAT in the medical school admissions for people who are minorities, it’s important to understand that what makes a good doctor is not your college GPA and your MCAT score. To become a doctor, you still need to pass all your board exams and medical school and you still need to go through a rigorous residency. Your residency is the most important training you will get, and it is the most impactful training that will determine how you are when you are a doctor. If people are making it successfully through training and board exams, then the slightly lowered standards at admission are no issue because they have still made it through the rigorous standards throughout the whole school process. The reason these standards lowered is because minorities tend to have less access to resources which usually comes out as a decreased score and GPA, but I do agree that this should really be based on socioeconomic status and not just race. Regardless, diversity in medicine is extremely important, and is shown in statistics. But that is not what this conversation is about. The point is is that who cares about the difference between a 506 and a 512 on the MCAT if both people make it through all their board exams and make it through residency? if they make it through the training process, they were meant to be a doctor. You don’t see your doctors MCAT on their profile do you? No but you may see where they went to medschool, residency, and their board certifications. Because that’s all that matters. Me personally, I don’t give a flying fuck if my doctor scored a 505 vs a 512, as long as the made it through the medical training process like everyone else and listen to my worries and take them into account while providing the best treatment
99.99% of people shouldn't be doctors for one reason or another, but like you said that's okay. Everyone has different talents, skills, and interests. You may be amazing at something but if you hate doing it then you shouldn't make a career out of it. You may love to do something but if you're more talented at something else then maybe that other thing is the job for you
@@adaezenjoku7527 "So what you need to realize is..." You're entitled to your opinion, but not to be condescending or to lecture. Especially when you don't seem to understand the difference, not between a few MCAT points, but between a doctor who just "made it through" vs. one with superior gifts and skills.
No no no, he knew that medical school was hard. My question is were you making videos during medical school, so does he want to become a doctor or an influencer?.
