@Fry 18 yeah, but it's estimated you're fifteen times more likely to get shot in US than anywhere in Europe. There are approximately 0,2 - 2 deaths per million deaths (depending on country) caused by a gun shot wound. In US it is 32 per million. Let that sink in.
I am a happily employed orthopedic hand surgeon. A wise, wonderful doctor that loved his job and took care of the most difficult patients (addiction medicine) once told me: "do what you love to do because the patients are going to drive you crazy". I really think he was correct. PCH.
Being a doctor doesn't mean you will be rich, famous, and living with pride this video is so true. So many countries have a misconception about career prestige during these new generations.
I've google searched this video title one too many times for being a first year med student😅 least to say I clicked this pretty fast. You don't realize how much you like your free time or hobbies until you don't have any.
@@Just_a_Random_guy-uuu it is for me anyways! Pretty hard seeing most of my friends party & hang all the time meanwhile my nose is stuck on a book. The exams could be pretty stressful too imho
I'm surprised you didn't mention Pathology; because pathologists make (comparatively) a lot of money, and have very regular hours. It's a very good lifestyle specialty.
@@lonnisplace1459 just study your ass off and it’s doable. Get good letters of rec shadowing a pathologist at the end of medical school to get a decent residency and do about average on STEP 1. If not in med school yet must maintain GPA around 3.5 and MCAT won’t matter quite so much (possibly).
@@lonnisplace1459 My first piece of advice would be to not focus too hard on one school, or even a few schools, only. Because...if you can't get into your state's schools, or whatever school you think you want to, you can still go to medical school, probably. There's the Caribbean; Poland; Ireland; Mexico; and any of those could get you the degree and residency that you need to do most things that you want. These things don't have to only be one way. It's not "if I don't get into X school, I can't..." because you can. It just takes more effort on your part. My second piece of advice would be to give up the idea that you want to be a forensic pathologist. That, too, becomes self-limiting; i.e. if not that, then nothing. The fact is, once you get into med school you will PROBABLY pick a specialty that you never thought of. About half of every class does. I say this, because I've seen in MANY times. Even I started med school thinking I wanted to be a pathologist (mainly because both my mother and father are pathologists), but after I got into my junior year and I went through some other rotations, I found that other things interested me more. I thought I didn't really want to deal with patients directly, then I became a family doctor and psychiatrist. So just wait and see. You might be (pleasantly) surprised.
For those who are watching and feel as if their wanted speciality isn't getting them much of a benefit of lifestyle as others do, don't be discouraged. So long as you love doing things you will be fulfilled at the end of them. I've seen neurosurgeons having bags under their eyes but still smiling and laughing
'Fullfillment' doesn't last very long when the workload eventually catches up with you after your 5th straight weekend call. You can still do it but no specialty after a while continues to have the same love and profession they did when they first started out
It's good to love what you're doing but the pay and hours are extremely important, if you get discouraged it makes sense. Your love for it can die out if you're not living good
second year medical student now and I'm leaning heavily toward emergency medicine - I am such a deep sleeper that I don't think the call lifestyle is for me lol, also it is nice to sometimes work during non-traditional hours because you can run errands and do things when most people are at work and less traffic!
@@Just_a_Random_guy-uuu The best part of getting into medical school is finding out you got in because it's going to be a rough 3 years from that point. The first two years is like finals week in college, except it'e every week. Then third year is getting use to not knowing anything, and the felling you are constantly "in the way" of "real adults doing real work". 4th year feels almost like a vacation while probably still working 40+ hours a week for 2/3 to 3/4 of the year depending where you went to medical school. I am a heme onc fellow from an internal medicine residency, so I only feel qualified talking about medical specialties. For IM, PGY1 year is where you learn what hard work really is. The first 3 months is a STEEP learning curve, getting to know the hospital, the system, and truly learn the word of "roundsmenship." The next 9 months is kinda repetitive in the best way possible. You are still learning, working hard hours, but at a pace you are more comfortable with. PGY2 year is by far the STEEPEST learning curve. For some, it takes 2-3 months. For others, it may take the rest of residency. While their medical knowledge will need continued improvement (like we all do), they learn to take full ownership of their patients. Through out your training, you will face new challenges every step of the way and each time it pushes you towards a new level of comfort zone. But don't worry about all that yet. I would say the hardest part is getting invited to the club i.e. get into medical school. To put things in perspective, I spent 2 months preparing for my medical school application. 1 week for my residency application, and 1 afternoon for my fellowship application. I found it's much easier to convince people you are interested, if you have the access to opportunities. I hope this helps, good luck!
@@ShiverZZZ666 Honestly if you get only 3 hours of sleep a day because you can't keep up, maybe med school isn't for you. I don't even study every day and always get 8 hours of sleep and still manage well, so do most of my classmates. I'm a 5th year student. Just chill a bit and learn to study effectively. You'll drop out if you don't sleep and burn out.
I’m sorry but Family Medicine??? Psychiatry?? Rheumatology?? Endocrinology?? Pathology?? Those all have can have traditionally great lifestyles compared to plastics lol. Also shift work ER is not an ideal lifestyle to many, there’s a reason why it often contributes to burnout.
It’s a perfect lifestyle when you have 12-14 8-hours shift every month and have no responsibilities once you leave the hospital You literally can have 16-18 days off every month and still be pain more than all of the specialties you have mentioned.
I'm sorry but he was saying that plastic surgery can have a good lifestyle for a surgical specialty??? He wasn't saying that plastic surgeons work less than endocrinologists???
I think that at the end of the day, it’s important to do something you love, because believe me, no amount of money would make me, for exemple, do obgyn or pediatrics. I love neurology and I’ll make it work. I truly wouldn’t mind earning a little bit less to have a good lifestyle. I hope I can accomplish it 😅
HOLY SHIT😳 I wished something like your RUclips channel existed in 2005 or 2006 when I was considering Med School after getting my BA in Biology from the University of California Santa Cruz. There was so much I didn’t know and people didn’t tell me everything that happens in Med School or in the Med field. I didn’t want to be a MD doctor anymore because I became depressed and had anxiety. I didn’t want to deal with people anymore.
ER Doctor here !!! Agree ! I love EM will be a 3rd year resident soon BUT I like the field. Just as you mentioned is a good balanced life extra time for making RUclips videos ;) ! BUT at the end people have different priorities. I know lots of docs who take huge pay cut just to work in an academic center and others just to be in the city where their families are. Other want some money have no family so they go to the middle of South Dakota to work.
@@jainilsoni9922 false. he quit residency to improve the lives of all med students and future medical doctors. He should make a video. he has the platform to make others aware.
@@loclam6154 his main demographic are medical students , residents, and attendings. Him making bigger money and improving the current state of medical students and doctors lives go hand in hand
@@UneasyTortoise it's probably high school and college students, why tf would an attending doctor watch a video about getting into med school or which specialty is the best?
Great video Dr.Jubbal, I was curious to get your thoughts in regards to some of the internal medicine/ family medicine fellowships that some may consider lifestyle specialties. Sleep Medicine (FM) Sports Med (FM) Rheumatology (IM) Allergy&Immuno (IM) Endocrine (IM) Heme/Onc (IM)
"Best lifestyle specialties" and you still couldn't help yourself but to focus too much on Plastics. Waking up at 2am, for any reason, is not lifestyle-conducive. There is no lifestyle surgical specialty. Only a brief, reluctant mention of PM&R. No mention of family, endocrine, fertility, outpt general neuro, allergy, psych.
The note on EM is a little misleading. While EM does have the benefit of shift work, it also has the highest rate of burnout of all physician specialties. But the same time, it also has some of the highest reported satisfaction.
@@chanpiggy3938 Say it to hundreds of medical school graduates who end up completely unmatched each year. Nowadays all medical specialties can be called competitive.
Do glad u came across your videos. I'm in my final year of medical school and really struggling to find a specialty. These videos are giving more perspective
Great breakdown of the decision to make here. I agree that it isn't realistic to forgo money and work hours as factors to consider when picking a specialty. Medical students rack up a lot of student debt and would (or should) want to pay that off as well as enjoy life outside of work. I do think Anesthesiology is quite simple in job description. What did you do today? I kept someone alive and sent them a bill!
In my opinion psychiatry is getting more and more popular because of the lifestyle. Doctor Jubbal has a video with psychiatrist on his second channel. The psychiatrist was in residency and says that he usually comes home around 3-5 pm? This is absolutelly crazy in a comparision with other specialities (usually coming around 6-9 pm). I've been looking for speciality for many years and to be honest psychiatry about 8 years ago was one of the worst paid speciality (it's still bad paid :D) and it was very easy to be accepted to the residency program for IMG. Today it is getting harder and harder because a lot of young doctors found out that lifestyle is more than money.
I know it’s not the same for everybody, but my dad is an anesthesiologist and his lifestyle is hell. He is on call very frequently, works long hours, has missed lots of holidays, birthdays, etc. He’s 62 and works just as much as he was 30 years ago.
he doesn't do vids like that lol. Also, the news from ACEP was based on the premise that there will be similar demand for EM in 2030 as it is now. I think demand will grow but overall I do think we'll have too many EM docs in the near future.
I will add up something from my experience in radiology. It can be much more burn out prone than what people often realise. If you have a heavy workload you will have to deal with lots of report deadlines and it often takes up loads your free time
Can't tell you what's like to be an oncologists since it's been only two weeks since starting fellowship, but I can tell you what I know about the field and the application process. HO obviously is a subspecialty of IM. It's a 3 year fellowship. There are some subspecialties, but all of them except for transplant is non-ACGME accredited. HO is very research focused because our understanding of cancer is still at its infancy. What this means is that we are making medical decisions largely based off clinical trials rather than application of physiology and molecular biology. I would love to tell you we know the exact mechanism of every cancer and have tools to combat these abnormalities, but the science is simply not there yet. This is a great career opportunity if your goals is to advance the practice of oncology. There are two spectrums of HO fellowship: research and clinical. If your goal is to organize physician initiated clinical trials (rather than drug company initiated), you are going to want to go to a more research focused institution. These are typically your most "prestigious" centers like MD Anderson, Sloan memorial, NIH, Farber-Dana, etc.. (it's actually Dana-Farber, but Dr. Sidney Farber is actually the physician-scientist that founded the institution and Dana is just the money people). These institutions are typically 18 months of learning HO, and then 18 months of research. If you only want to contribute to the field of oncology by enrolling patients to clinical trials or simply practice (without any focus on academia), you probably want to go to a clinically focused institution, where you are seeing patients 80-90% of your 3 years. To get into the fellowship, regardless of the type you choose, the strength of your application is demonstrating your commitment to research. I would argue the quality of your publication matters more than quantity, although there is a threshold of quantity as well. I would do maybe 7-10 things. These could be abstracts, posters, presentation, and obviously publications. I would have at least 1 first author paper or a co-author of a high impact journal. Letters only matter if the institution know the writer, which I would argue is one of the few reason why a training in a competitive residency is important. To sum up, HO is a truly Evidence Based Medicine, more so than any other field. It's an exciting, where the practice is constantly changing because of better understanding of oncology. You are also taking care of patients at their most vulnerable state, so you owe it to them to be the best doctor you can possibly be. If you want to contribute the science, go into a research focused fellowship. If you want to help as many people as much as possible now, go to a a clinically focused fellowship. If you want to do both, you can go to either one and see less patients but spend the rest of the time on enrolling patients to clinical trials. Get a feel for what you like. And if you know you want to be in academia, start setting yourself up now by getting a good step score, to go to a good IM residency, and start research now. Nothing shows commitment more than showing half a decade of research experience. This is a lot of information, and I hope it helps. haha. PS. There is a whole field of heme I ignored.
Hey Dr. Jubaal, I wanna ask you a question: "How did you manage your time so effectively, like you're active on all fields from being in a med school to having a vacation tour to gym and many more? Please make a separate video on it. It's gonna be really helpful for all of us🤗 -Love from Nepal🇳🇵
There is more to lifestyle than money/time - for me it’s important be able to manage my time on my own terms during work. Also I wanted maximum flexibility and a job that’s got a very broad spectrum of what I may encounter on an everyday basis and is not just algorithms - to keep things interesting. There also had to be time left for academia during working hours. The job also needed to be in balance with my family and other interests and hobbies and I didn’t want to work nights and weekends if possible. Money should be enough, but was not a primary thing. I’m in the perfect spot for some years now and couldn’t be happier with my choice. Guess what I do.
If doctor lifestyle is the primary concern, you should consider applying to dental school. On average, dentists make more money FOR THEIR TIME than physicians in the United States. In most states you can be fully licensed as a general dentist immediately after earning the DDS/DMD without going through a grueling residency; otherwise a residency in general dentistry is only 1 year long. Private practice dentists typically work normal daytime hours 4 days per week. And contrary to what many pre-meds might think about dentistry, dentists regularly get the personal satisfaction of significantly improving quality of life and extending life expectancy for our patients. There is a lot of medicine in modern dentistry; as healthcare becomes more advanced, dentists are more involved in the screening and management of systemic diseases--diabetes, HIV infection, cancer, sleep apnea, psychiatric conditions, etc.
Was just talking to my Grandma (shes also a doctor) about what specialty I wanna take, and I mentioned I want a specialty with a good lifestyle, and this video gets recommended to me a couple minutes later lmao, who is spying on me
kevin please make a video on CRNA and NP/PA scope creep. use your platform to speak out for those who cant. the situation is getting worse and doctors are losing the battle.
@@artsybirdy there is a chance if you or a loved one or family member ever get surgery. You will not have an anesthesiologist physician administering or even supervising your anesthesia,rather a nurse anesthetist. Just think about that for second. There is a chance if you go to a primary care office. you will not be treated by an Primary Care physician, rather a nurse practitioner. Nursing lobbies are pushing for independent practice WITHOUT real doctor supervision across the country and the general public is not aware.
This is an issue, but unfortunately many Doctors have already sold their profession out. Scope creep is a problem because of Doctors being greedy along with large companies. When you prioritize money over your profession, this is the result. Its only going to get worse from now on.
100% I think the last part was the most important. Why go one of these lifestyle specialities when on your "downtime" you secretly wish you were doing something else
Pls do a series on best cash based specialties. I would like to know about other cash based specialties except derma & plastic surgery. Each of your videos are awesome. 💖
@@PrincesseKes Kinda depends on the region for that but I personally wouldn’t wanna be caught dead (in the truest sense of the expression) in hunting zones
5:00 i disagree with this part. i worked with EM physicians who would consistently spend additional hours at the hospital after their shift ended in order to complete their charts
Hey Dr. Jubbal, what are your thoughts on mid level practitioners and the future impact for MD/DO careers, especially with crna and anesthesiologists? Maybe a vid idea?
soaphops PM&R is physical medicine and rehabilitation. A simple way to think about it is a combination of non-op ortho and neurology. Working with stroke patients/brain injuries/spinal cord injuries is the neuro side. Sports medicine, joints, and pain management some of the ortho stuff. Because of the acuity of patients (usually always stable, in the process of rehab) there are very few emergencies and thus being on call is not as stressful or as intense. Most PM&R jobs out of residency are Monday through Friday with pretty regular hours. Even during residency the hours are not nearly as bad as other specialties.
I'm biased as a PM&R resident, but I feel like this field is WAY overlooked in terms of lifestyle. About 45-50 hours/week, wide variety of MSK/Neuro pathologies, several niches to fit into? Yes, please lol
DILEMMA: I know that I want to work longer hours in my youth (I'm a premed atm) but considering the older age, I may want to have more time with my own families and so working longer hours may not be feasible at the later stages in my life. I observed some of the older doctors and surgeons, who were unhappy with the working hours as they felt they had no life outside of the hospital which they didn't prefer after a certain age. Therefore, idk if I can switch my working hours later on in a more demanding specialty or if I should choose a specialty I would be more comfortable with when I'm older...
Good thinking with a clear understanding of how you want to spend your 50s. I am an final year medical student. Here are two things that you can consider while making your mind: 1. Work for people who don't have to get in line to reach you and you have minimum urgent care cases.... Sports medicine, palliative care, geriatrics, oncology, heamatology, 2. Choose speacialities in which you can be a social influencer or atleast have your own practice/business outside of hospital and clinical setup. Like the specialties with the scope of entrepreneurship. Like ENT, Psychiatry, ophthalmology, pathology, radiology, ..... By the way if you have any other ideas in mind, please let me know. 😅😊 Best of luck for your journey to be a good doctor 🎉
Hey all, If in the US, I would encourage all medical students to think long and hard about going into a specialty where you spend your entire career inside of a hospital. Going into a hospital and caring for someone is great, but being owned by a corporate entity isn't. The corporate entities who own hospital medicine aren't your friend. They don't do ANYTHING a private owned physician group can do. And they take all the profits that should be going to you. I know as a medical student, profits aren't the main focus of your time now. But years from now, you will have a mortgage, kids, cars, and retirement on the horizon. Those profits, that YOU earned (not some MBA in suit), going elsewhere makes all of those items previously listed much harder to come by. Own your own practice and your time.
Nice! Anesthesia is like flying a plane...things are busy at the start and end, but can be slow in the middle of cases. Be prepared to use checklists and be the one left holding the bag in case of an emergency.
Do you know if forensic pathologists will allow undergrad students to shadow them? And can you do a video of how to become an fp and what that lifestyle is like? I imagine it's a great life to live. Thank you
Actually, it is. What this video overlooks is that your shifts are not fixed; for example you can have an 8 hour night shift for 3 days followed by 1 day off then 2 days morning shift followed by 1 day off then 2 days of afternoon shift, etc... This can be very hectic and requires a certain type of personality to enjoy it.
I know it’s very important to consider compensation or work hours before choosing a specialty (because no one should feel as if they are sacrificing their life for anything, let alone a profession), but nowadays all I see in RUclips are videos like this. As if everyone goes to medicine just so they would be able to work 8 hours a day and get paid a lot, and that’s just makes me sad. I want to see videos about people who go to more grim fields of medicine out of sense of purpose. I want to see videos about physician scientist who go to oncology just for the dream they would be able to make a change in the field and understanding of cancer. I want to see videos about Neurosurgeons that are so tired after their very long shifts, but wouldn’t change it for the world because they know that giving a few more months to a glioblastoma patient to be with their loved ones, improving the life of a young woman with early onset Parkinson’s or the saving life of a trauma patient with brain bleed, worths everything. I know this kind of videos attract more views , but take in mind other motives to go to medicine deserve some exposure. This is why I went to medicine.
According to the Medscape report, doctors in the following fields are happiest:👍 Rheumatology: 60% of those surveyed reported satisfaction with life away from work. General surgery: 60% Public health & preventive medicine: 59% Allergy & Immunology: 59% Orthopedics: 58% Urology: 58% Ophthalmology: 58%
There's more nuance to this as well. In neurology, you can increase your income significantly through specializations. For surgical specialties, depending on whether it's private or public, you can pay large amounts monthly for overhead costs and insurance for malpractice. Though money is a factor, I've found that those who tend to focus solely on the lifestyle and financial aspects tend to make for the worse doctors since their focus is on the financial and not their patients. I've met many physicians who've told me similar stories. If you are going to make a shit ton of money, then make sure you earn it!
Hi! I really love your videos and I binge-watch them for hours on end when I'm not studying Can you please do a "So You Want to Be a Pulmonologist" video I would really appreciate it! Thank you!
Can Pediatrics be a lifestyle specialty? I know there's home visits to newborns and longer hours than dermatology but still fewer hours than most specialties. Also, can technology help limit work hours across different specialties in the future, by limiting paperwork and speeding up diagnosis?
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Can you do a ‘so you dont want to be a doctor anymore series’ please
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"Trauma surgeons will see many gunshot wounds"
European trauma surgeons: "We don't do this here"
Not in Russia lmaooo
Another reason the US has the most advanced medicine in the world; knife wounds are just so much easier to deal with.
Subsitute the gunshot wounds with knife "accidents".
@Fry 18 calm down it's a joke
@Fry 18 yeah, but it's estimated you're fifteen times more likely to get shot in US than anywhere in Europe. There are approximately 0,2 - 2 deaths per million deaths (depending on country) caused by a gun shot wound. In US it is 32 per million. Let that sink in.
I am a happily employed orthopedic hand surgeon. A wise, wonderful doctor that loved his job and took care of the most difficult patients (addiction medicine) once told me: "do what you love to do because the patients are going to drive you crazy". I really think he was correct.
PCH.
Great to hear :) my dream is to become a hand surgeon after med school
I used to think the best part of medicine was about dealing with people and it didn't take more than a semester to change my mind 😶
Being a doctor doesn't mean you will be rich, famous, and living with pride this video is so true. So many countries have a misconception about career prestige during these new generations.
I've google searched this video title one too many times for being a first year med student😅 least to say I clicked this pretty fast. You don't realize how much you like your free time or hobbies until you don't have any.
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Lmao same!! I’m in my first year too and I didn’t hesitate to tap this
Same here! Being a medical student is alr driving me quite nuts
@@historiapinkman7012 is it that hard😅?
@@Just_a_Random_guy-uuu it is for me anyways! Pretty hard seeing most of my friends party & hang all the time meanwhile my nose is stuck on a book. The exams could be pretty stressful too imho
I'm surprised you didn't mention Pathology; because pathologists make (comparatively) a lot of money, and have very regular hours. It's a very good lifestyle specialty.
I’m a pathologist and I agree I’m happy.
Can you offer some advice of how to become a forensic pathologist? It's my dream career but idk if I'll get into med school
@@lonnisplace1459 just study your ass off and it’s doable. Get good letters of rec shadowing a pathologist at the end of medical school to get a decent residency and do about average on STEP 1. If not in med school yet must maintain GPA around 3.5 and MCAT won’t matter quite so much (possibly).
@@lonnisplace1459 My first piece of advice would be to not focus too hard on one school, or even a few schools, only. Because...if you can't get into your state's schools, or whatever school you think you want to, you can still go to medical school, probably. There's the Caribbean; Poland; Ireland; Mexico; and any of those could get you the degree and residency that you need to do most things that you want. These things don't have to only be one way. It's not "if I don't get into X school, I can't..." because you can. It just takes more effort on your part.
My second piece of advice would be to give up the idea that you want to be a forensic pathologist. That, too, becomes self-limiting; i.e. if not that, then nothing. The fact is, once you get into med school you will PROBABLY pick a specialty that you never thought of. About half of every class does. I say this, because I've seen in MANY times. Even I started med school thinking I wanted to be a pathologist (mainly because both my mother and father are pathologists), but after I got into my junior year and I went through some other rotations, I found that other things interested me more. I thought I didn't really want to deal with patients directly, then I became a family doctor and psychiatrist. So just wait and see. You might be (pleasantly) surprised.
@@Prissypants_itsAFamilyNameOkay wait, how could I enter to a residence in pathology in america if I am currently a medical student in mexico? Thanks!
I felt so exposed when he said you’re more likely to see that a physician blogger is an Anesthesiologist 😅😆
Dr Kristina! Love your videos !
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Hey doc you here too lol
I can’t wait to become an anesthesiologist
This one person I know online is a neurologist and blogs.
For those who are watching and feel as if their wanted speciality isn't getting them much of a benefit of lifestyle as others do, don't be discouraged. So long as you love doing things you will be fulfilled at the end of them. I've seen neurosurgeons having bags under their eyes but still smiling and laughing
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This is exactly whats stopping me from wanting to be a neurosurgeon 😩
depends on the individual. Lifestyle matters more to some people regardless of how much they like the specialty. You gotta compromise.
'Fullfillment' doesn't last very long when the workload eventually catches up with you after your 5th straight weekend call. You can still do it but no specialty after a while continues to have the same love and profession they did when they first started out
It's good to love what you're doing but the pay and hours are extremely important, if you get discouraged it makes sense. Your love for it can die out if you're not living good
second year medical student now and I'm leaning heavily toward emergency medicine - I am such a deep sleeper that I don't think the call lifestyle is for me lol, also it is nice to sometimes work during non-traditional hours because you can run errands and do things when most people are at work and less traffic!
Is medical school so hard😅?
same but I'm worried about scope creep; a lot of MDs were fired for PA/NPs during the pandemic since running an ER is so expensive
@@Just_a_Random_guy-uuu yh and it needs lot of studying as well. Almost only 3 hours of sleep😅😅😅. I'm a 2nd year medical student btw💁♀️😭
@@Just_a_Random_guy-uuu The best part of getting into medical school is finding out you got in because it's going to be a rough 3 years from that point. The first two years is like finals week in college, except it'e every week. Then third year is getting use to not knowing anything, and the felling you are constantly "in the way" of "real adults doing real work". 4th year feels almost like a vacation while probably still working 40+ hours a week for 2/3 to 3/4 of the year depending where you went to medical school. I am a heme onc fellow from an internal medicine residency, so I only feel qualified talking about medical specialties. For IM, PGY1 year is where you learn what hard work really is. The first 3 months is a STEEP learning curve, getting to know the hospital, the system, and truly learn the word of "roundsmenship." The next 9 months is kinda repetitive in the best way possible. You are still learning, working hard hours, but at a pace you are more comfortable with. PGY2 year is by far the STEEPEST learning curve. For some, it takes 2-3 months. For others, it may take the rest of residency. While their medical knowledge will need continued improvement (like we all do), they learn to take full ownership of their patients. Through out your training, you will face new challenges every step of the way and each time it pushes you towards a new level of comfort zone. But don't worry about all that yet. I would say the hardest part is getting invited to the club i.e. get into medical school. To put things in perspective, I spent 2 months preparing for my medical school application. 1 week for my residency application, and 1 afternoon for my fellowship application. I found it's much easier to convince people you are interested, if you have the access to opportunities. I hope this helps, good luck!
@@ShiverZZZ666 Honestly if you get only 3 hours of sleep a day because you can't keep up, maybe med school isn't for you. I don't even study every day and always get 8 hours of sleep and still manage well, so do most of my classmates. I'm a 5th year student. Just chill a bit and learn to study effectively. You'll drop out if you don't sleep and burn out.
I’m sorry but Family Medicine??? Psychiatry?? Rheumatology?? Endocrinology?? Pathology?? Those all have can have traditionally great lifestyles compared to plastics lol. Also shift work ER is not an ideal lifestyle to many, there’s a reason why it often contributes to burnout.
This guy is super biased
I’ve heard that for family medicine charting in clinical practice can become *a lot* and that does contribute to burnout…
It’s a perfect lifestyle when you have 12-14 8-hours shift every month and have no responsibilities once you leave the hospital
You literally can have 16-18 days off every month and still be pain more than all of the specialties you have mentioned.
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“ I almost did plastics and will always suggest I’m better than you for it”
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I'm sorry but he was saying that plastic surgery can have a good lifestyle for a surgical specialty??? He wasn't saying that plastic surgeons work less than endocrinologists???
Was literally just watching one of the “so you want to be” series lmao
if your life we are are all NPCs
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Ok?
I think that at the end of the day, it’s important to do something you love, because believe me, no amount of money would make me, for exemple, do obgyn or pediatrics. I love neurology and I’ll make it work. I truly wouldn’t mind earning a little bit less to have a good lifestyle. I hope I can accomplish it 😅
Thats exactly the conclusion he makes at the end of the video. I hope so too! Best of luck!
This is why I’m gonna pursue radiology. I love it and wanna help people but if I’m gonna be honest I’m chasing that cash too😂.
HOLY SHIT😳 I wished something like your RUclips channel existed in 2005 or 2006 when I was considering Med School after getting my BA in Biology from the University of California Santa Cruz. There was so much I didn’t know and people didn’t tell me everything that happens in Med School or in the Med field. I didn’t want to be a MD doctor anymore because I became depressed and had anxiety. I didn’t want to deal with people anymore.
So did you get in or not?
I’d love to see a So you want to be a pediatrician video!
Seconded! I keep waiting for that episode
Got in love with dermatology after watching the videos. And 1 year later now I'm a dermatology resident🙂
How is going?, I am starting my housemanship, I would love to be a Dermatologist
@@شيحثاني how is your housemanship going?
ER Doctor here !!! Agree ! I love EM will be a 3rd year resident soon BUT I like the field. Just as you mentioned is a good balanced life extra time for making RUclips videos ;) !
BUT at the end people have different priorities. I know lots of docs who take huge pay cut just to work in an academic center and others just to be in the city where their families are. Other want some money have no family so they go to the middle of South Dakota to work.
What is your opinion on the medico-legal aspect of it , Do any of your colleagues have charges against them
Legit one of the best channels out there!! 👌🏻👌🏻🤩
ENT is known as Early Nights and Tennis in our institution! Though I don't think the trainees agree with that...
I like the high pay low hours man
Can you make a video over mid level scope creep? It’s a growing controversy in the world of medicine!
He's too big to make these. He's not even a doctor right now, so won't complain
@@jainilsoni9922 false. he quit residency to improve the lives of all med students and future medical doctors. He should make a video. he has the platform to make others aware.
@@UneasyTortoise LOL he quit residency because he can make bigger money and better for his health with RUclips and counseling services
@@loclam6154 his main demographic are medical students , residents, and attendings. Him making bigger money and improving the current state of medical students and doctors lives go hand in hand
@@UneasyTortoise it's probably high school and college students, why tf would an attending doctor watch a video about getting into med school or which specialty is the best?
Great video Dr.Jubbal,
I was curious to get your thoughts in regards to some of the internal medicine/ family medicine fellowships that some may consider lifestyle specialties.
Sleep Medicine (FM)
Sports Med (FM)
Rheumatology (IM)
Allergy&Immuno (IM)
Endocrine (IM)
Heme/Onc (IM)
This channel is definitely making the right paths for many students. Thank you so much🙏
"Best lifestyle specialties" and you still couldn't help yourself but to focus too much on Plastics. Waking up at 2am, for any reason, is not lifestyle-conducive. There is no lifestyle surgical specialty. Only a brief, reluctant mention of PM&R. No mention of family, endocrine, fertility, outpt general neuro, allergy, psych.
Agreed! I just matched PM&R and thought for sure he’d talk more about it
Wouldn't orthopedics be a lifestyle surgical specialty like say if you worked at an outpatient sports medicine clinic?
You sound butthurt. The specialties you mentioned all have low pay compared to ROAD-E. Of course he's not gonna mention them.
You could always yourself go on and make your own video, right?
@@HelenoPaiva that is one of the worst criticisms I have ever heard...
Do "So you want to be PM&R." Even though I want to do Sports Medicine, PM&R is the primary specialty I'm leaning towards.
delete this before the world finds out
Not me just coming back home at 2 am from my shift at the ER as a scribe then watching this video. I think I’m addicted to medicine. Send help
Not a med student but love watching your channel......
The note on EM is a little misleading. While EM does have the benefit of shift work, it also has the highest rate of burnout of all physician specialties. But the same time, it also has some of the highest reported satisfaction.
You forgot psychiatry and family medicine as potentially being the most flexible lifestyle out of any specialities
Is it really true ?
Psssst, it’s a secret 🤫
@@lamilumag it's fine they aren't very competitive
@@chanpiggy3938 Say it to hundreds of medical school graduates who end up completely unmatched each year. Nowadays all medical specialties can be called competitive.
Do glad u came across your videos. I'm in my final year of medical school and really struggling to find a specialty. These videos are giving more perspective
Great breakdown of the decision to make here. I agree that it isn't realistic to forgo money and work hours as factors to consider when picking a specialty. Medical students rack up a lot of student debt and would (or should) want to pay that off as well as enjoy life outside of work.
I do think Anesthesiology is quite simple in job description. What did you do today? I kept someone alive and sent them a bill!
In my opinion psychiatry is getting more and more popular because of the lifestyle. Doctor Jubbal has a video with psychiatrist on his second channel. The psychiatrist was in residency and says that he usually comes home around 3-5 pm? This is absolutelly crazy in a comparision with other specialities (usually coming around 6-9 pm).
I've been looking for speciality for many years and to be honest psychiatry about 8 years ago was one of the worst paid speciality (it's still bad paid :D) and it was very easy to be accepted to the residency program for IMG. Today it is getting harder and harder because a lot of young doctors found out that lifestyle is more than money.
Pay is 280k it’s getting higher most psych value lifestyle so they work less hours
I’m from the UK and it’s so interesting to me how different the UK’s and USA’s outlook on medicine is
I know it’s not the same for everybody, but my dad is an anesthesiologist and his lifestyle is hell. He is on call very frequently, works long hours, has missed lots of holidays, birthdays, etc. He’s 62 and works just as much as he was 30 years ago.
Orthopedic surgery resident here. I love what I do!
How long do you work can you tell me your Schedule I’m really thinking into going to that
Can you do a video on emergency medicine in response to the ACEP’s release on a 10,000 EM physician surplus by 2030?
Yeah, I heard about that through classmates at school.
he doesn't do vids like that lol. Also, the news from ACEP was based on the premise that there will be similar demand for EM in 2030 as it is now. I think demand will grow but overall I do think we'll have too many EM docs in the near future.
I will add up something from my experience in radiology. It can be much more burn out prone than what people often realise. If you have a heavy workload you will have to deal with lots of report deadlines and it often takes up loads your free time
Agree.Burn-out in radiology is more common than most people think.
Could you please do a "so you want to be an oncologist"?
Can't tell you what's like to be an oncologists since it's been only two weeks since starting fellowship, but I can tell you what I know about the field and the application process. HO obviously is a subspecialty of IM. It's a 3 year fellowship. There are some subspecialties, but all of them except for transplant is non-ACGME accredited. HO is very research focused because our understanding of cancer is still at its infancy. What this means is that we are making medical decisions largely based off clinical trials rather than application of physiology and molecular biology. I would love to tell you we know the exact mechanism of every cancer and have tools to combat these abnormalities, but the science is simply not there yet. This is a great career opportunity if your goals is to advance the practice of oncology. There are two spectrums of HO fellowship: research and clinical. If your goal is to organize physician initiated clinical trials (rather than drug company initiated), you are going to want to go to a more research focused institution. These are typically your most "prestigious" centers like MD Anderson, Sloan memorial, NIH, Farber-Dana, etc.. (it's actually Dana-Farber, but Dr. Sidney Farber is actually the physician-scientist that founded the institution and Dana is just the money people). These institutions are typically 18 months of learning HO, and then 18 months of research. If you only want to contribute to the field of oncology by enrolling patients to clinical trials or simply practice (without any focus on academia), you probably want to go to a clinically focused institution, where you are seeing patients 80-90% of your 3 years. To get into the fellowship, regardless of the type you choose, the strength of your application is demonstrating your commitment to research. I would argue the quality of your publication matters more than quantity, although there is a threshold of quantity as well. I would do maybe 7-10 things. These could be abstracts, posters, presentation, and obviously publications. I would have at least 1 first author paper or a co-author of a high impact journal. Letters only matter if the institution know the writer, which I would argue is one of the few reason why a training in a competitive residency is important. To sum up, HO is a truly Evidence Based Medicine, more so than any other field. It's an exciting, where the practice is constantly changing because of better understanding of oncology. You are also taking care of patients at their most vulnerable state, so you owe it to them to be the best doctor you can possibly be. If you want to contribute the science, go into a research focused fellowship. If you want to help as many people as much as possible now, go to a a clinically focused fellowship. If you want to do both, you can go to either one and see less patients but spend the rest of the time on enrolling patients to clinical trials. Get a feel for what you like. And if you know you want to be in academia, start setting yourself up now by getting a good step score, to go to a good IM residency, and start research now. Nothing shows commitment more than showing half a decade of research experience. This is a lot of information, and I hope it helps. haha. PS. There is a whole field of heme I ignored.
Hey Dr. Jubaal, I wanna ask you a question: "How did you manage your time so effectively, like you're active on all fields from being in a med school to having a vacation tour to gym and many more? Please make a separate video on it. It's gonna be really helpful for all of us🤗
-Love from Nepal🇳🇵
He no longer is a med student he quit his residency several years ago.
What is he doing now? What was the reason behind him leaving his residency?
I’m a hospitalist (internal medicine) . Working only half the year. Way too much time off on my hands 😌 love it
For real???
Yep
Do pediatricians get the same time off?
Hi doc. How's the finances as an hospitalist?
@@thenameisnanab2859 pediatric hospitalists might.
He always come in CLUTCH❤️
Podiatry is a hidden gem for lifestyle but also getting to do surgery
There is more to lifestyle than money/time - for me it’s important be able to manage my time on my own terms during work. Also I wanted maximum flexibility and a job that’s got a very broad spectrum of what I may encounter on an everyday basis and is not just algorithms - to keep things interesting. There also had to be time left for academia during working hours. The job also needed to be in balance with my family and other interests and hobbies and I didn’t want to work nights and weekends if possible. Money should be enough, but was not a primary thing. I’m in the perfect spot for some years now and couldn’t be happier with my choice. Guess what I do.
Family med?
@@rebecarus7261 Psychiatry
Psych
Exactly
@@AaAa-qq5wr indeed
I will be a doctor that it’s very busy with his job, but will take free time whenever he wants to.
Please do "So you want to be a Pathologist?"
If doctor lifestyle is the primary concern, you should consider applying to dental school. On average, dentists make more money FOR THEIR TIME than physicians in the United States. In most states you can be fully licensed as a general dentist immediately after earning the DDS/DMD without going through a grueling residency; otherwise a residency in general dentistry is only 1 year long. Private practice dentists typically work normal daytime hours 4 days per week. And contrary to what many pre-meds might think about dentistry, dentists regularly get the personal satisfaction of significantly improving quality of life and extending life expectancy for our patients. There is a lot of medicine in modern dentistry; as healthcare becomes more advanced, dentists are more involved in the screening and management of systemic diseases--diabetes, HIV infection, cancer, sleep apnea, psychiatric conditions, etc.
boring
Was just talking to my Grandma (shes also a doctor) about what specialty I wanna take, and I mentioned I want a specialty with a good lifestyle, and this video gets recommended to me a couple minutes later lmao, who is spying on me
I swear I just spend all day listening to this channel.
kevin please make a video on CRNA and NP/PA scope creep. use your platform to speak out for those who cant. the situation is getting worse and doctors are losing the battle.
What do you mean? Can you further elaborate on this please, genuinely curious :)
@@artsybirdy there is a chance if you or a loved one or family member ever get surgery. You will not have an anesthesiologist physician administering or even supervising your anesthesia,rather a nurse anesthetist. Just think about that for second.
There is a chance if you go to a primary care office. you will not be treated by an Primary Care physician, rather a nurse practitioner.
Nursing lobbies are pushing for independent practice WITHOUT real doctor supervision across the country and the general public is not aware.
he doesnt talk much about controversial topics on this channel
@@UneasyTortoise Wow. That doesn't sound good. I know Nurses want to be respected but that is not the way to go about it.
This is an issue, but unfortunately many Doctors have already sold their profession out. Scope creep is a problem because of Doctors being greedy along with large companies. When you prioritize money over your profession, this is the result. Its only going to get worse from now on.
My eyes : watching video
My ears : listening
My mind : is confused what to become
I am such a busy man 😂
100% I think the last part was the most important. Why go one of these lifestyle specialities when on your "downtime" you secretly wish you were doing something else
@@iwatchkittenvids45 I want to anesthesiology
@@aha-death2282 good luck 👍✨ I wish you great success
@@iwatchkittenvids45 thnx bro
Mouth: eating chips
Pls do a series on best cash based specialties. I would like to know about other cash based specialties except derma & plastic surgery. Each of your videos are awesome. 💖
Do a video about so you want to be a pathologist!
Internal Medicine hospitalist work one week on, one week off. Decent pay and good lifestyle.
Nocturnist hospitalist. I’m 40 with 4 toddlers and being a nocturnist is the best decision.
Please make a video of nocturnist earning potential
As a medical student in Europe, the most I’ll ever have to think about gunshot wounds was during my forensic medicine classes
Hey we got hunting accidents!
@@PrincesseKes Kinda depends on the region for that but I personally wouldn’t wanna be caught dead (in the truest sense of the expression) in hunting zones
It's crazy how Canadian Doctors and American Doctors have both similarities and differences.
5:00 i disagree with this part. i worked with EM physicians who would consistently spend additional hours at the hospital after their shift ended in order to complete their charts
Hey Dr. Jubbal, what are your thoughts on mid level practitioners and the future impact for MD/DO careers, especially with crna and anesthesiologists? Maybe a vid idea?
Your videos are very very helpful.
Thank you for showing light on the path.
Kinda bummed you didn’t talk more about PM&R. Definitely up there for Cush lifestyle. Just matched so looking forward to it!
Good luck!
Could you please elaborate? What is PM&R and why is it a good life style? I am considering medicine but I don’t know what to be
soaphops PM&R is physical medicine and rehabilitation. A simple way to think about it is a combination of non-op ortho and neurology. Working with stroke patients/brain injuries/spinal cord injuries is the neuro side. Sports medicine, joints, and pain management some of the ortho stuff. Because of the acuity of patients (usually always stable, in the process of rehab) there are very few emergencies and thus being on call is not as stressful or as intense. Most PM&R jobs out of residency are Monday through Friday with pretty regular hours. Even during residency the hours are not nearly as bad as other specialties.
@@jacobpereramd8094 thank you for replying! I will definitely look more into this speciality :)
I'm biased as a PM&R resident, but I feel like this field is WAY overlooked in terms of lifestyle. About 45-50 hours/week, wide variety of MSK/Neuro pathologies, several niches to fit into? Yes, please lol
How am I supposed to know if I want to be a surgeon some day? They don’t allow people to shadow them and I have no friends or family that are doctors
You get plenty of time and opportunity when you’re actually in med school.
Make "So you want to be a Pm&r doctor"
been waiting for this
This is why I love OB/GYN!
DILEMMA: I know that I want to work longer hours in my youth (I'm a premed atm) but considering the older age, I may want to have more time with my own families and so working longer hours may not be feasible at the later stages in my life. I observed some of the older doctors and surgeons, who were unhappy with the working hours as they felt they had no life outside of the hospital which they didn't prefer after a certain age. Therefore, idk if I can switch my working hours later on in a more demanding specialty or if I should choose a specialty I would be more comfortable with when I'm older...
Focus on getting in first. You’re too far removed to make any meaningful decision without seeing the specialties firsthand.
Good thinking with a clear understanding of how you want to spend your 50s. I am an final year medical student.
Here are two things that you can consider while making your mind:
1. Work for people who don't have to get in line to reach you and you have minimum urgent care cases.... Sports medicine, palliative care, geriatrics, oncology, heamatology,
2. Choose speacialities in which you can be a social influencer or atleast have your own practice/business outside of hospital and clinical setup. Like the specialties with the scope of entrepreneurship. Like ENT, Psychiatry, ophthalmology, pathology, radiology, .....
By the way if you have any other ideas in mind, please let me know. 😅😊
Best of luck for your journey to be a good doctor 🎉
Ahh that 40 years old medicina looked good. 😂 I need to get out more. But they don't make my junior doctor classmates like that
Thank you for this Keep up the amazing content!
Finally a video where people can decide Their speciality
"So you want to be a PM&R doctor" next time please please.
Need to mention Pathology - practices during business hours, very light call, makes 300k+. Not many specialties can claim that.
You forgot to mention pathology terrible job market; I would say the worst among all medical specialties.
@@borisgetman9222 can you elaborate please? I'm considering pathology for post-graduation
Can you do a video on Forensic Pathology please! 🥺
There’s really less info on net, mostly tv stuff.
I considering specialties rn so this is so helpful!
Hey man ! Great video. Helped a lot
Can you make a so you want to be... for us older folks that are skeptical about taking the plunge later in life?
@@assassinruler1483 that's encouraging
You got this man
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Mark Twain
Hey all, If in the US, I would encourage all medical students to think long and hard about going into a specialty where you spend your entire career inside of a hospital. Going into a hospital and caring for someone is great, but being owned by a corporate entity isn't. The corporate entities who own hospital medicine aren't your friend. They don't do ANYTHING a private owned physician group can do. And they take all the profits that should be going to you. I know as a medical student, profits aren't the main focus of your time now. But years from now, you will have a mortgage, kids, cars, and retirement on the horizon. Those profits, that YOU earned (not some MBA in suit), going elsewhere makes all of those items previously listed much harder to come by. Own your own practice and your time.
Problem with EM is the burnout and lack of built in options to deescalate unless you go into urgent care or admin.
I want to go into anesthesiology!!
Me too!!
Me as well !
Nice! Anesthesia is like flying a plane...things are busy at the start and end, but can be slow in the middle of cases. Be prepared to use checklists and be the one left holding the bag in case of an emergency.
I’d love to be an emergency medicine doctor and few months from now I’ll be part of their team (-:
Could you please do a video on “so you want to be... a neuro-trauma surgeon”
I can’t wait to be an anesthesiologist
Me too Although it's not well recognized in my country 😂❤
As a new pathology resident i'm surprised this in not included here
Most Psychiatrists make more than 500 k per year or more with extra hours, why did you exclude Psychiatry?
Do you know if forensic pathologists will allow undergrad students to shadow them? And can you do a video of how to become an fp and what that lifestyle is like? I imagine it's a great life to live. Thank you
Guys
This video is for Americans and countries near it
Different countries have different results....
As a current M2 these are sooo helpful thank you!!
I always thought that Emergency Medicine was very hectic. Guess I thought wrong
Actually, it is. What this video overlooks is that your shifts are not fixed; for example you can have an 8 hour night shift for 3 days followed by 1 day off then 2 days morning shift followed by 1 day off then 2 days of afternoon shift, etc...
This can be very hectic and requires a certain type of personality to enjoy it.
it's hectic but it's predictable hours since it's shift work.
Wouldn't opthalmology fall into a surgical specialty? This could also be set up as a cash based practice correct?
Just work part time, you'll get your work/life balance regardless of specialty. You'll still make enough to enjoy life 💰
Wait what, there’s part time in medicine? I’m a 4th year med student and never heard of that.. can you elaborate more please..?
I am watching from Philippines
Some day I will be a cardiologist doctor
Hi can you do a video like the "meet the surgical team" one but this time meet the Trauma team.
4:39 reason why I.T work can be tough.
Awesome info especially wen I’m being encouraged to go I to private practice after medical school
I know it’s very important to consider compensation or work hours before choosing a specialty (because no one should feel as if they are sacrificing their life for anything, let alone a profession), but nowadays all I see in RUclips are videos like this.
As if everyone goes to medicine just so they would be able to work 8 hours a day and get paid a lot, and that’s just makes me sad.
I want to see videos about people who go to more grim fields of medicine out of sense of purpose.
I want to see videos about physician scientist who go to oncology just for the dream they would be able to make a change in the field and understanding of cancer.
I want to see videos about Neurosurgeons that are so tired after their very long shifts, but wouldn’t change it for the world because they know that giving a few more months to a glioblastoma patient to be with their loved ones, improving the life of a young woman with early onset Parkinson’s or the saving life of a trauma patient with brain bleed, worths everything.
I know this kind of videos attract more views , but take in mind other motives to go to medicine deserve some exposure.
This is why I went to medicine.
Me, a surgery resident that hasnt slept in 2 days, just casually contemplating life
Please talk about Nutrition,should one become a nutritionist or a dietitian
Plz make videos on research methodology of how to conduct medical researches and write articles?
According to the Medscape report, doctors in the following fields are happiest:👍
Rheumatology: 60% of those surveyed reported satisfaction with life away from work.
General surgery: 60%
Public health & preventive medicine: 59%
Allergy & Immunology: 59%
Orthopedics: 58%
Urology: 58%
Ophthalmology: 58%
There's more nuance to this as well. In neurology, you can increase your income significantly through specializations. For surgical specialties, depending on whether it's private or public, you can pay large amounts monthly for overhead costs and insurance for malpractice. Though money is a factor, I've found that those who tend to focus solely on the lifestyle and financial aspects tend to make for the worse doctors since their focus is on the financial and not their patients. I've met many physicians who've told me similar stories. If you are going to make a shit ton of money, then make sure you earn it!
Hi!
I really love your videos and I binge-watch them for hours on end when I'm not studying
Can you please do a "So You Want to Be a Pulmonologist" video
I would really appreciate it!
Thank you!
Can Pediatrics be a lifestyle specialty? I know there's home visits to newborns and longer hours than dermatology but still fewer hours than most specialties. Also, can technology help limit work hours across different specialties in the future, by limiting paperwork and speeding up diagnosis?