Why I Chose Family Medicine! (Medical Resident Vlog) 

I totally agree! That is definitely my goal! Thanks for commenting.

Thanks for saying that, means a lot! Family Medicine is awesome! (for the right person lol)

Aw thank you so much for this comment! So reaffirming. Best of luck to you!

Thank you. Thank you for watching!!!

Thank you so much for watching! Glad you could relate! all the best in the match!

Thank you for watching!! I’m glad it was helpful for you. All the best to you!

Thanks for sharing. I dealt with the same thing, but it never bothered me because I knew myself. Not everyone is meant for primary care, and not everyone is meant for specialty medicine. You go where you're called and where your passions are so you don't burn out and end up unhappy!

That is true! It’s not impossible but it is difficult. If you want to truly practice full scope you would have more opportunities in rural areas of the state. I would still do FM if you want that training though. IM would be better if you’re thinking about hospital medicine.

Yes! Prevention is better than cure! & Hahaha I was ready to GO!

I also love Family Medicine....I'll definitely go there

Thank you! Wishing you the best. If you're about to graduate then you're going to need to make up your mind pretty quickly!

Thanks for watching!!!

If that’s the case you won’t regret it! I’m still loving it now as an attending.

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Always important to feel like you understand your doctor!

Well FM is different from IM at the core. Our value for the family unit is the cornerstone. FM docs also generally take a less is more approach to medicine, which I definitely subscribe to. It can be hard to explain, but they will understand eventually.

Nice!! That’s awesome. I hope you keep it up. Please share!

Thank you!!!

BeyondShannon thank you for watching! FM is such a great and versatile specialty!

Which one is better family medicine or pediatrician? I'm kind of stick in between those two

😂😂 glad you could relate so well!!

Thanks for watching!!

Hey there! Thanks for watching my video! There isn't a right or wrong answer for that. in my opinion, I think it's fine to share what your ultimate goals in family medicine are. That won't put you at any disadvantage. A program will be able to tailor their discussions with you to your interests and make sure they have what you're looking for.

Thank you 😊

The vibeeee!

Hey thanks for asking and thanks for watching my video. I’m not sure how competitive they are, but I know there are few of those spots so I can only imagine you’ll need to set yourself apart. I’d start early identifying the programs and find a way to do an away rotation to get your foot in the door.

Whew, hard to remember haha. I think talked about my experience as a minority and upbringing as first gen, my interest in education and public health, wanting to be impactful in my community, my discipline and striving for excellence.. etc I think that was the gist.

Hospitalist area*

Hi! You can definitely be a hospitalist as FM, but you will more likely work in a smaller community hospital and not a tertiary center. If you go to a program that’s inpatient heavy, you can get a job as hospitalist right out of residency bc you’ll be pretty comfortable with it. Or you may consider doing hospitalist fellowship afterwards to get stronger before going for it.

@@thebalancingactmd Perfect! thanks alot for the info!

It's such a bad habit haha trying to work on it while I still live alone

Sounds like the first step is figuring out if medicine is for you in general. It’s not for everyone and if you go into it for the wrong reasons you’ll be miserable. Next would be applying for and registering for classes, and there should be a rep at any school you choose who can assist you with the right classes.

Your courses in college don’t matter, just general pre-medicine courses you need before applying to medical school.

Awesome!!!! 😁

In high school, I didn't feel like I was sacrificing anything. I played sports and enjoyed myself, just made good grades and went to college. Still enjoyed college just had harder classes than others. All the extra time training after college feels sacrificial. You are paying insane amounts (taking out loans usually) of tuition to study/learn full time x4 years. Then residency you're getting minimum wage to work 60+ hours a week x3 years. Depending on where you study, you may sacrifice seeing family and friends and big events that happen if you can't afford to travel because of money or a big test coming/have to work. There's the stress of trying to be well-rounded in prep for residency applications and doing extra-curricular things to volunteer and grow as a leader. So it's a lot!

@@thebalancingactmd thank you so much for reply this really helped💗💗

You can major in whatever you want, but make sure you’re on a premed track so you get all your pre med classes in. I was a bio major

That's awesome! Honestly any college that feels like a good fit for you and has pre-medical classes is good, I can't really tell you exactly which ones. And I would start with simple Google search for college scholarships :)

@@thebalancingactmd Thank you so much 😊

I went to university in the US

@@thebalancingactmd oh what program did u take

My major was biology

Yeah primary care is not glamorous at alll! That’s true for IM, FM, and peds. But there are a variety of business models you can choose from that suit your lifestyle best.

I know right! Tryna level up. But I'm just borrowing it for now

The quality is dope !! whats the brand ?

4 years of HS. 4 years of college. 4 years of medical school. Then 3 years of residency! Quite the journey

@@thebalancingactmd what about senior hs?

@@gabrielsson2005 I just meant 4 years standard high school as it is in the US

​@@thebalancingactmd i know is kinda late to asked you this question now , but what about the loans how'd deal with that it is okay or after you get paid you just pay the loans cause i want to do FM but i'am scared about the loans after i'm done