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The Best Advice I Ever Got In Med School

I asked different Medical Specialists what was the best advice that they got while they were in med school for me it was a simple piece of advice that hit the nail right on the head if you can't teach it you don't know it hi I'm Dr Siobhan desau although online you may know me as violin MD I'm a rheumatologist so I specialize in joints and autoimmune diseases in medical school our Dean was giving us a speech and I remember when he told us that the most dangerous doctors were the ones who don't know what they don't know at the time I didn't really realize how important that was but it's actually still a concept that I think about to this day because you know in pop culture there's this fantasy of the doctor who knows everything and Against All Odds they'll always solve the mystery and save the patient but the truth is over 5,000 medical articles are published every day so it's literally impossible to know everything so that's why it's so important to stay humble know your limits and know when to get other experts involved my name is Jake Goodman and I'm in my last year of Psychiatry residency the best piece of advice I ever received in medical school was treat the patient not the disease I cannot tell you how powerful this is and I use this mindset when I'm treating any patient I'm a mental health doctor so I ask all of my patients the same question I ask them what brings you Joy in your life and for some people it's cooking or running or hanging out with their grandkids whatever it is I try to incorporate that into their treatment plan that is treating the patient not the disease and in no textbook is it going to tell you to do that but from my experience it really works I'm Dr Gary linkov I'm an ENT specialist with subsp specializations in facial Plastics and hair restoration surgery the best advice that I got during medical school was to have work life Balan life never gets easier and we'll always have lots on our plate and the more advanced we get in our careers in many ways is the harder it gets the more pressure there is so it's very important to find that work life balance and to continue to do things with our friends and family and to still entertain our hobbies and to not just work all the time hi I'm Dr Jack turban and I'm a Child and Adolescent psychiatrist who takes care of transgender Youth and I'm author of the new book free to be understanding kids and gender identity the best piece of advice that I got in medical school was to choose the specialty that you really love doing all day and not the one that pays the most money cuz you're going to spend most of your waking hours at work and it's really Priceless to be able to enjoy those hours and no amount of money that you spend in the evenings or on the weekends is going to make up for if you're not happy in that work hi my name is Dr Al Patel I'm a pediatric hospitalist if a child is hospitalized my people are on it I was fortunate to have a lot of Pearls of Wisdom given to me in medical school there are two that stick out to me if you ever order a lab Imaging or a test you better be able to defend it and explain what you're going to do differently with the results or don't order it cuz it's not needed and number two always attempt to meet patients where they are not where you want them to be my name is Dr Anthony Yun and I'm a board-certified plastic surgeon I'm a YouTuber and a podcaster I had a plastic surgeon Mentor always tell me that you never regret plastic surgery you didn't do you only regret the plastic surgery that you did that you never should have so in my practice I firmly believe in using plastic surgery only as a last resort if people ask ask me Dr Yun if I get plastic surgery if I go under the knife under general anesthesia what's the worst thing that can happen to me I tell them that you can die so always always always use surgery as a last resort sometimes it's your best option but if there are other options available in general it may be worthwhile to try those first hello I'm Michael nater and I'm an endocrinologist one of the best pieces of advice I ever got in medical school came from a mentor who I absolutely adored and he said to me Mike everyone has imposter syndrome in medicine I thought I was alone in having imposter syndrome but he said even he has imposter syndrome but he found that he uses it to his benefit he keeps him anchored he doesn't fall victim to hubris or becoming cocky which unfortunately I think happens a lot in medicine so that for me was extremely meaningful and and has help me to this day hi I'm Dr Reena Malik urologist and pelvic surgeon the best piece of advice I got from medical school is you can do anything for a few weeks now in third year medical school we do rotation so we'll do four weeks of Neurology 12 weeks of Medicine 12 weeks of surgery and very often if you had somebody who maybe you didn't get along with or you didn't enjoy the work you were doing it was just a short period of time so you could get through anything and I've certainly used that sort of knowledge to my advantage when I've been faced with difficult challenges in my life hi my name is Ben Schmid also known as a doc Schmidt and I'm a gastroenterologist also known as a GI doctor one of my attendings told me there's nothing more dangerous than a differential diagnosis of one a differential diagnosis is basically the list of possibilities that doctors come up with for a patient's symptom or set of symptoms so if you come in with diarrhea my differential diagnosis would include food poisoning croh disease IBS celiac disease Etc the questions I ask the tests I order and procedures I do can help clarify which one of those is causing your diarrhea but if you only have one disease on your list from the start you're going to get tunnel vision and only do tests looking to fit in with that specific diagnosis and you'll risk missing the actual diagnosis hi I'm Dr Brian boxer Walker I'm an opthalmologist AKA eye surgeon this was a quote that always stays with me the truth always comes out in the wash and over the history of medicine there have been lots of innovators who really weren't popular sometimes with some of their colleagues but in the end they got Vindicated and as someone myself who's invented a number of procedures in my field I went through the same process and I always kept this true to my heart that if what I'm doing is true and in the best interest of patients no matter what some other doctors may say in the end I'm going to be Vindicated and the truth will come out and and it's a very very powerful saying that I still feel very strong about hello my name is Danielle Bardo I'm a cardiologist in Los Angeles California and I specialize in cardiovascular disease prevention the best piece of advice I received in medical school was to treat every patient as if they were your family member because they are someone's son daughter mother father sibling friend or neighbor this advice shaped my approach to Patient Care emphasizing empathy and personal connection it's about understand patients fears hopes and the impact of their health on their lives and their loved ones it encourages better listening communication advocacy and helps to build trust and Rapport to develop an effective patient doctor relationship with Better Health outcomes what's up guys I'm Dr Antonio web a board certified Orthopedic spy surgeon one of the best pieces of advice that I received during medical school is when one of my professors stated that failure is not in the falling down it's in the failure to get back up and try again so ever since I've heard that principle over 10 plus years ago I've applied it to my life hello my name is Mauricio but everybody calls me Dr Ma I'm triple board certified in internal emergency and obesity medicine my physiology teacher used to say the eyes will never see what the mind doesn't know and it's literally a phrase that marked my life and I actually use it to close all my videos and podcasts hey I'm Dr D basali a board certified dermatologist here in New York City the best advice I ever got in medical school is from my own father um when I was a student he just told me don't let anybody tell you what you can or can't do just let time show that your potential is Limitless hey everyone my name is Dr Sanjay janaa and I'm a hematologist and medical oncologist otherwise known as a blood and cancer specialist the best piece of advice I learned in med school was basically be wary with certainty and what that means is that medicine is very humbling things that we are sure this is how it works or or you know surely this makes sense as we understand it we've been told wait maybe it's not that simple or actually the opposite happens so for that reason be wary of certainty not only when you're hearing it from other places that this is never possible or always but also internally when I find myself being overly certain or saying something kind of automated I make sure to reinvestigate and see if anything is new and that's what kind of keeps you Adept but also humble and continue to grow and Foster what you've learned which always could be incorrect over time hi I'm Dr Glock and flecken I am actually a board certified opthalmologist best piece of advice I got from my medical education is the only way to avoid surgical complications is to not operate hello my name is Austin Chang and I'm an Interventional gastroenterologist one of the best pieces of advice that I received in medical school was to think about not only the science and the medicine when taking care of of patients but also everything else around the patient so there are these things called social determinants of health and these are basically the factors that help determine whether or not people are able to be healthy and a lot of this has nothing to do with Biology or science at all so if you think about whether or not people have access to health care if they have medical insurance if they can afford the transportation to get to their visits if they can afford the child care if they have the educational background to help interpret what the doctor is telling them or if they've been subjected to systemic biases or racism that have kept them from being able to access certain types of care this is all stuff that has nothing to do with Biology that can really impact whether or not people are able to be healthy at the end of the day if you're thinking of applying to med school make sure you watch this video where I tell you my entire med school experience and as always stay happy and healthy [Music]

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