Being motivated by increased pay only would probably not be enough to get you through the grind of surgical residency. Transfer only if you are much more passionate about the work :)
Thanks for sharing your POV. I've always wondered why you were no longer a FM resident. Your comments about the residency program being better in ENT vs FM are not really reasons why you switched. This seems more program specific and is not specific to the staff job after residency. The "too much life" comment also seems out of place because FMs can take on hospitalist shifts or do more, expand their scope, take on a larger roster. It's unfortunate that family medicine is under such strain. I agree that medical schools try too hard to get all their students to match to better their match stats as opposed to helping them discover what their passion/future career is.
Thanks for the feedback! I was very cautious not to say anything that could be misconstrued as negative towards FM and tried to maintain a respectful stance towards FM. It'd be better for someone who is a current FM to speak to the upsides and downsides of a FM career. You sound like you're a FM so please let me know you're ever interested in being interviewed for a video on FM.
How does someone who values working all the time, intense research, wants to be on call all the time, doesnt want "life", not "chill", a perfectionist, wants to do high volume procedures who is Type A, end up even considering and matching into family medicine in the first place? Did you recently do some serious soul searching to discover all these traits about yourself and decided to swap out or did you fail to end up in a different specialty and got into FM as a back up? Good for you for finding your calling though and congrats on the swap. Much better fit seems like.
You can look at past videos. Shanna planned really well. High school already started building experience for university that would be great candidate profile for med school. University already doing grad level type research in specialty fields. Starting med school year 1 already planned for how to max your chances of getting into a specialty. My assumption is the latter gamble in choosing two specializations or one program across multiple locations in major cities. E.g. ophthalmology and another highly competitive specialty. Then somehow not getting matched into either programs so in the second round chose family medicine to avoid not matching into anything. With Shanna's resume, if she wanted to match into family medicine, she could have easier gotten into a BC program where her family home is and at the time had a tall, handsome, mature, kind boyfriend too (checking all the boxes for life's goals) from prior video and doesn't need to go to Alberta where one has to make a lot of sacrifices getting uprooted. Other people go to places like Alberta, or Winnipeg because they grew up there and part of the reason is going home and contributing significantly to the underserved areas they lived in. Alberta is losing doctors to other provinces and US from budget cuts to healthcare while BC has increased incentives such that family doctors made $380,000+ gross income instead of the older model of churning through patients. People similar to Shanna do not become family doctors unless they intend to finish residency faster, get a graduate level degree from Harvard University (E.g. epidemiology / public health) and choose to work for organizations like United Nations, WHO, etc eventually holding an executive position and appearing as an expert in newspaper and news media. Not listening to elderly ladies coming in weekly for their checkups and complaining of their aliments.
@@moldenm5239 wow you know a lot about Shanna. Unless you know her personally, its probably best she give a response for accuracy's sake. Anyway, matching into a Canadian highly competitive specialty like Ophthalmology is not just about preparing, its also about personality and fit. Based on the adjectives she used above to describe herself, perhaps she had the CV, but not the friendly approachable personality needed to ace interviews/electives necessary for ophtho, plastics, derm. And if your perspective of patients is "Not listening to elderly ladies coming in weekly for their checkups and complaining of their aliments." you wouldnt match/succeed in those fields either.
@@hailmademodeG I have a lot to say about how the carms process tends to push people to pick quickly rather than encourage self discovery to find a natural fit. Maybe could make a video on it another time if people are interested?
@@hailmademodeG as I said in the video, there is a myth that med school will push that family medicine is allegedly a “fit for everyone” because there is supposed to be a niche that fits each personality. They sell you this myth really hard and push everyone to apply to family medicine. Lol I fell for that myth and only now that I’ve tried for a couple years to find a niche within it without success, can I say that this common myth isn’t true. Now I tell my med students not to apply to family medicine unless it feels like a fit upfront. You live and learn, and pass on the lessons you learn the hard way
@@DrDingus Fun detective work! Would there be interest if I interviewed different IM residents after they match to their different subspecialty interests? They could speak better to those
@@ShannaYeung Absolutely. Autoimmune diseases have been on a steady rise over the the last few decades and there's a lot of disagreement on why exactly that is. What are your thoughts?
You're a wonderful person and doctor. Thank you so much for this video. God bless you!!!
Sounds like a proper senior resident. Gotta set boundaries or people will push them on others down the line.
Well, ENT pays way more. More procedural-based.
Being motivated by increased pay only would probably not be enough to get you through the grind of surgical residency. Transfer only if you are much more passionate about the work :)
Thanks for sharing your POV. I've always wondered why you were no longer a FM resident. Your comments about the residency program being better in ENT vs FM are not really reasons why you switched. This seems more program specific and is not specific to the staff job after residency. The "too much life" comment also seems out of place because FMs can take on hospitalist shifts or do more, expand their scope, take on a larger roster. It's unfortunate that family medicine is under such strain. I agree that medical schools try too hard to get all their students to match to better their match stats as opposed to helping them discover what their passion/future career is.
Thanks for the feedback! I was very cautious not to say anything that could be misconstrued as negative towards FM and tried to maintain a respectful stance towards FM. It'd be better for someone who is a current FM to speak to the upsides and downsides of a FM career. You sound like you're a FM so please let me know you're ever interested in being interviewed for a video on FM.
How does someone who values working all the time, intense research, wants to be on call all the time, doesnt want "life", not "chill", a perfectionist, wants to do high volume procedures who is Type A, end up even considering and matching into family medicine in the first place? Did you recently do some serious soul searching to discover all these traits about yourself and decided to swap out or did you fail to end up in a different specialty and got into FM as a back up? Good for you for finding your calling though and congrats on the swap. Much better fit seems like.
You can look at past videos. Shanna planned really well. High school already started building experience for university that would be great candidate profile for med school. University already doing grad level type research in specialty fields. Starting med school year 1 already planned for how to max your chances of getting into a specialty. My assumption is the latter gamble in choosing two specializations or one program across multiple locations in major cities. E.g. ophthalmology and another highly competitive specialty. Then somehow not getting matched into either programs so in the second round chose family medicine to avoid not matching into anything. With Shanna's resume, if she wanted to match into family medicine, she could have easier gotten into a BC program where her family home is and at the time had a tall, handsome, mature, kind boyfriend too (checking all the boxes for life's goals) from prior video and doesn't need to go to Alberta where one has to make a lot of sacrifices getting uprooted. Other people go to places like Alberta, or Winnipeg because they grew up there and part of the reason is going home and contributing significantly to the underserved areas they lived in. Alberta is losing doctors to other provinces and US from budget cuts to healthcare while BC has increased incentives such that family doctors made $380,000+ gross income instead of the older model of churning through patients. People similar to Shanna do not become family doctors unless they intend to finish residency faster, get a graduate level degree from Harvard University (E.g. epidemiology / public health) and choose to work for organizations like United Nations, WHO, etc eventually holding an executive position and appearing as an expert in newspaper and news media. Not listening to elderly ladies coming in weekly for their checkups and complaining of their aliments.
@@moldenm5239 wow you know a lot about Shanna. Unless you know her personally, its probably best she give a response for accuracy's sake. Anyway, matching into a Canadian highly competitive specialty like Ophthalmology is not just about preparing, its also about personality and fit. Based on the adjectives she used above to describe herself, perhaps she had the CV, but not the friendly approachable personality needed to ace interviews/electives necessary for ophtho, plastics, derm. And if your perspective of patients is "Not listening to elderly ladies coming in weekly for their checkups and complaining of their aliments." you wouldnt match/succeed in those fields either.
@@hailmademodeG I have a lot to say about how the carms process tends to push people to pick quickly rather than encourage self discovery to find a natural fit. Maybe could make a video on it another time if people are interested?
@@hailmademodeG as I said in the video, there is a myth that med school will push that family medicine is allegedly a “fit for everyone” because there is supposed to be a niche that fits each personality. They sell you this myth really hard and push everyone to apply to family medicine. Lol I fell for that myth and only now that I’ve tried for a couple years to find a niche within it without success, can I say that this common myth isn’t true. Now I tell my med students not to apply to family medicine unless it feels like a fit upfront. You live and learn, and pass on the lessons you learn the hard way
@@moldenm5239 Thank you for your comment. I appreciate the positive intentions!!
How did you go about the swap? Did you do many ENT rotations in 4th yr med?
I have another video called How to Transfer that describes different processes to do the transfer!
Did you ever consider neurosurgery or another surgical specialty?
I did consider neurosurgery. It’s an awesome field!
What do you think about rheumatology?
@@DrDingus Fun detective work! Would there be interest if I interviewed different IM residents after they match to their different subspecialty interests? They could speak better to those
@@ShannaYeung Absolutely. Autoimmune diseases have been on a steady rise over the the last few decades and there's a lot of disagreement on why exactly that is. What are your thoughts?