is it worth it (medical school/medicine/residency) | Dr. Rachel Southard 

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Do a video about your student loans. Would watch! Thanks!

Hey Rachel, what was your second residency specialty pick had you not gotten into obstetrics and gynecology? 😊

Now imagine not matching and having to scramble to a different speciality and some random hospital. I sure as hell couldn't.

Thank you!! I am a nurse and it’s not as glorious as social media paints it to be. Nonetheless, it is still an honorable career for me.

Agreeee😅

I don't know how to feel about this. I am a premed. I enjoy medicine a lot, but I dislike the over work. Do you recommend me a doctor type that will allow me to work at hospitals, but really not more than 10h/day, and not every day(like I don't like to work more than 5days/week). As in is their a doctor work that would allow me to have no more than 50h of work/week? Even now as I am studying for the mcat(which is 2weeks from now), and I am feeling hella unprepared, I still take 2days off from studying because I can't do more than 5days of studying/week.

I am feeling unprepared because I haven't really done much study review on psychology and sociology, and pretty much would fail most physics questions. And I still feel underprepared for CARS. It was my fault though because I only began studying for the mcat a month ago, and 7weeks of studying doesn't feel enough for this exam. But, I am still optimistic. I need a 500 at the program I am entering. My gpa is 3.5 and I pretty much constantly get 127 or more on B/B. I think I could have easily gotten a 508 or more if I studied for the appropriate time, and if I began earlier. But, oh well, I may void it, but I hope I'll do well enough that I don't.

@@josephdahdouh2725 Hey! Fellow pre-med here with 3.7 gpa that ended up not going to medical school because I didn’t want to spend more time working than enjoying life. I’m still working in healthcare, training to be a psychologist, but I just wanted to be the voice that says it is okay to change your mind. Best of luck to you on the MCAT and in life!!

@@josephdahdouh2725ever considered optometry? O.D.s have a much better work/life balance and are still doctors in their own right 👓

honestly...do PA school if this is what you're looking for, you cant cut corners in the medical school process. There are specialties that are less intense, but even to get to those residences you have to deal with the long hours from med school and those are still few and far between. Residency just sucks.@@josephdahdouh2725

Damn. I felt this.

Damn that’s actually really stupid why do they make it so hard

makes sense to me. why would i want someone less than 45 treating me medically? @@MohamedAhmed-wc3pw

Its similar in america just sort of the opposite way with waiting to get in. And then if you dont match your speciality of choice you probably never will. Ugh medicine sucks

I am Australian too. Thank-you for posting!

Thanks for sharing this with me 💕 I’m sending hugs and love to you. Stay strong.

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You’re honestly so right. Babies make me happy

I appreciate that!

I’ve had this very same conversation (also a nurse, though not L&D), especially with new grad nurses. It seems like it’s all fun and games based on what you see on TV or experience when you first bear children, but such is a very unrealistic perspective of how challenging L&D can be. The patient population in L&D is very high acuity despite mainly consisting of

Yep scribing in the ER taught me a lot. Two ER attendings I worked with both said they regretted medical school

I hope so too

Same here, but I'm a school psychologist.

@@RoseHathaway12 For real? We had a school counselor and they literally did nothing all day long. No one went to them and when we did, no one would share anything. It was a waste of the school's money that the school ended up removing the counselor/therapist.

@@josephdahdouh2725 Maybe it depends on the school and the country. Kids at out school also don't want to come to me, but that's a long story. I have a lot of responsibilities such as evaluating kids that might be special needs, then working with them (I work with 9 such students at the moment), also they use me as a substitute teacher when somebody is sick (which happens at least bi-weekly and I'm not even a teacher), I also have classes with younger students on emotional intelligence. I have have meetings with parents about bad behavior or bad grades at least 1-2 times per week. I also have to deal with a lot of cases of verbal and physical aggression, which takes most of my time. I'm often in situatuions, where I have to be in three different meetings/places at the same time which is the most frustrating part. And obviously after i do anything, I have to document what and why i did it. So if I had to describe my role, it's more filling all the gaps at the school and problemsolving.

@@josephdahdouh2725what a shame you feel like that. At my sons school you could barely get an appointment they were so busy. Seems you school did something wrong with getting the word out to students on the benefits.

@@mommysaver71 I think because in my country(not an English one), it's a taboo still to go to therapists, but universities have been teaching otherwise to healthcare people

You got this! Sending my love!

You have to watch her journey from the start. It was truly amazing seeing her develop and experience life away from life, and now she's at the point of actually saving and delivering lives on a daily. An amazing transition that comes with a lot of struggles I'd imagine.

I think it’s a combination between aging ~5yrs in front of the camera. Also, I had dental work done to help fix my bite (since I could only chew on one side lol) and it’s changed my jaw and the way my teeth/lips sit.

Oh and also me aging fast from the years Of stress and lack of sleep compounding on me 🌚👍🏼😅😂🪦🪦🪦🪦

@@RachelSouthard You aren't aging that fast. Common, you still look young and have a good age in front of you. And good job on fixing your bite. But, I think I understand what Alyssa was talking about, and it has to do with your mentality. We can see your stress and hard work through the camera. We appreciate you despite it, and I hope you'll be learning a lot from it.

Awh thank you💕

Definitely

What do you guys take notes of exactly? And how does that not help in patient care? By noting wouldn't you remember what you did much more easily? Doesn't that help you solve a similar case faster next time? Or are some notes completely unrelated to medicine?