We do 24 hour in-house calls in cardiology fellowship. During these calls, you’re the point person in cardiology for the entire hospital. On busy call days, you work every minute of those 24 hours. To give a reference point, during a busy call, my Apple Watch will record ~26,000 steps (~15 miles), and standing for 18 hours. Before I went into medicine, such things would seem unfathomable to me. But when you’re put in that spot, you just do it. Bottom line, don’t let videos like this discourage you. Human beings do amazing things, which may seem unimaginable before its done.
@@aluminiumknight4038exactly. They just accept being overworked as the norm instead of realizing it needs to change for better patient outcomes and better work life balance for physicians.
Hardest transition for me was going from intern PGY1 to Ortho PGY2. Still vividly remember taking solo overnight call….the sweat rolling off my face as I was doing a fracture reduction in the trauma bay at 3am knowing I had 5 others consults to see before rounds at 515.
Thank you for your amazing videos Dr. Webb! I am 35 years old and preparing for the MCAT and your videos help keep me grounded and motivated as a non-traditional student.
Ever since I found this channel, I haven't been able to stop watching your videos! I'll be able to find use in them when I finish undergrad in 4 years. Thanks for making these!
I went through a tough program with 30 other students. Some were straight out of high school then undergraduate, then the professional program. While others had previous professions, prior military experience, and/or extensive work experience before they entered the professional program. I noticed the stress level, fear level, and most complaints came from those who had no prior work or training experience. I was one with prior experience. I found I could not study with those who did not have life experience because they spent study time festering over failing, competing against each other, or gossiping instead of studing. I found the program grueling but not difficult.
Have no interest in medicine; but, I do respect the profession. Appreciate these videos though. Find them fascinating & your voice tone calming. Sweet to have a heart to help the injured and inspire others. God Bless.
@@stephenjones7432 yeah cause we're on "break" even though we have 19 assigned lectures for an exam on Monday, but STEP 1 boards happen this summer, so i'll let you know if I survive or get parried and ripostéd Dark Souls 3 style, leading to my death 😊🥵
Hi Dr. Webb, M2 here, starting rotations next year after taking Step 1 this summer. Thanks for your guidance and congrats on completing your residency!
Dr. Webb do you know Jonny Kim? You and him are my inspiration. I already did my time in the U.S Army now im in school as a pre med. Thank god its all paid for👍
Im An RD-APC and that was incredible difficult so I cant imagine going the MD/DO route and all the trials and tribulations that come with it! Enormous respect to yall!
Hello Dr. Webb! I have a quick question- as an ER and trauma nurse, we run around and constantly look stressed. Nearly all MDs I know always seem cool, calm, and collected. They never seem stressed. Is this something you learn in your training? Despite all the hard work and time required to be an MD, you all never seem overwhelmed or stressed. What's your secret?
I'm a RN too but a Male run and people tell me I keep my cool all the time even in stressful situations. Imo, some people just have a higher stress tolerance than others.
I am not a doctor (imagine this applies), but have worked my way up the ranks in a Fortion 100 company into a higher management position at such a young age with so many direct reports telling me the same exact thing (appearing calm and collected when everything and everyone is the exact opposite). The secret and what my mentor told me is controlling what you can control. I may not be able to control all the madness going on around me, but I can control my response to it. Many people look to me for answers, and I owe it to them to appear to be in control, even if truthfully I'm as scared or stressed as they are. Therefore if it makes a more stabile environment while giving others strength and increased moral even in the slightest by effectively managing how I display my emotions, then thats a no brainer. Granted my increased responsibility has thickened my skin which has allowed me to develop this masterful pokerface I am speaking of lol (hope that helps).
@Chris - I don't know how much time you have in nursing, but in my ER, most of my nurses as fairly young and only have a couple years experience, with only the charge nurse and a couple others being more mature in their career. One time seeing a gsw a nurse commented to me "you look so calm". My reply was "this is one person, shot with one bullet. I know what the problem is, I just have to determine the extent" that plus my record having been 17 people shot in 12 hours, made it easier. It's the other things - the guy with the weird symptoms, is he sick or just weird? The nurse who is worried about something seemingly trivial - is something wrong or are they just overly concerned? The consultant on duty who is a known jerk, is he going to give me a hard time about this admission? It's stuff like that that stresses us out.
IMHO if your residency is easy, you're at the wrong residency. 😀 It would be awful to finish all those years of training and not be prepared for practice. That being said, there are definitely some residencies that are harder than others, even within the same specialty! You made some great points!
surgery residency is rough. Gen Surg/Ortho/Plastics are all rough residencies....I've heard ENT and Urology are the less stressful surgical residencies
I understand the stress and unhealthy lifestyle of the medics more ( long hours on call), the issue is that this phenomenon has costs. Lay patients going into hospital often see nurses and doctors that are very overweight, stressed out and some (@ small minority) , smoking near the bike sheds . I’ve witnessed Surgeons on the oxygen tanks before surgery, trying to clear their heads after a heavy night out. ( I worked in a surgical ward in my summer vacation when 20.). I think patients expect to see medical staff as super fit, healthy , mentally resilient all of the time. But they don’t. But it’s not the fault of the individuals. It’s the system. A Navy Seals induction.
Residency depends on program. My psychiatry residency was much more difficult than my wife's internal medicine. 80 hour + work week for all 4 years on top of studying for exams and boards.
Hi Dr. Webb!! I’m a current M1 who is getting married this summer. How did you manage school, relationship, fitness/hobbies while med school and residency?? Especially having a kid
It’s so interesting when the doctors make their rounds and they have the residence? Interns? With them. My one and a half year old has been admitted twice for the same thing in three months. Two weeks ago was when we got out and I was able to witness a teaching moment from the supervising doctor? Or something like that. Asking what they thought was wrong with my daughter and watching them give blank stares and looking around then watching the quiet one behind everyone speak out. They said it was from the ileus they diagnosed her with the first visit. They ran test after test because she would scream in pain. Hopefully these meds work that they gave her.
My biggest problem is my knee pain 😩 I had a car crash and I have chronic problems. After 1 hour of working my knee is screwed I can't imagine 24 hours. Idk what I'm gonna do when I get to internship
Hi Dr. Webb, I'm a current M1 and was wondering if you could make a video (if you haven't already) comparing different surgical subspecialties, specifically ENT vs Ortho? Keep up the great videos!
Hey doctor Webb, I remember you have mentioned that you were planning a trip to Ethiopia, I was wondering if you have made that trip and if so,would love to hear about it.
Im a senior in highschool and i still can’t decide if i want to do this, but i really love anatomy and biology, and helping people is super appealing to me. If i were to get into med school, i think id aim for orthopedics because i love the skeleton
This sounds insane when you explain it. I thought you guys just go in, operate, and dip. Juggling 20 critical patients at a time sounds like a special type of hell.
Not sure if you've done this or plan on it, but how about reacting to medical show clips and movies? House MD, Bones, Scrubs, etc. Fo course they aren't fully acuurate but would be interesting to see what all episodes caught your attention and why. I havent seen much scrubs or Bones, but I definitely enjoy House.
Thanks. Whilst actually working and being on call as a resident for 80-100 hrs per week, how many hours did you manage to study per day, per week etc ?
Really want to try to get into med school. Don’t know what to major in as an undergraduate. Do you think it is a bad idea to get a BSN just in case I don’t get into med school? I was thinking of biology because I would knock out most of my pre med..what are your thoughts on this Dr. Webb?
Doesn't matter how you do it. Just get good grades, knock out the pre-reqs, and most of all kill the MCAT. Some of your BSN courses may over lap with the pre-reqs so that's a bonus. If it takes 5 years, its fine, just do well in school.
4:28 How can your residency program require you to have a social life? Your personal affairs are none of your program director's business as long as they don't interfere with your work performance. If their ability to trust you to take care of their patients depends on you disclosing your personal affairs, they need to step up their game.
