My Letter to the New Medical Student | ND MD
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2022
- Congratulations to the incoming class of medical students, whether you are the class of 2026, 2027, 2028, or whatever year you're watching this. You earned it. You deserve to be here. Be excited about what you are learning, and don't let anyone extinguish that flame. We need your excitement now more than ever to show the world that a career in medicine is and always will be worth it. To the older students who will become residents, the residents who will become attending, and the attendings who will care for students, plant the seeds of encouragement and kindness to those under you. You never know what fruit may come from it years down the road, and the patients you will indirectly help with your guidance.
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Christian if you're watching this, and I know you are, thanks for the sweatshirt and for the support since day 1✊
Beaming watching this! The journey will have many tough days, but it will also be full of moments that reaffirm your passion along the way. Surround yourself with people that will treasure those big moments with you. So proud of you my dude!
@@christiancullen941 thank you man :) just trying to allow the lessons you taught the students here at mcg reach way more people than you ever thought
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Love this! As an incoming third year med student, I found this very relevant, genuine, and heartfelt :’)
Thank you for this much needed video Andy. I will be starting med school in about a week and to hear you encourage us MS1 means A LOT. I've heard many people comment on the toxic culture in medicine & it is definitely discouraging so your video was very refreshing! Always love your reflections ❤
best of luck as you start out :)
Never ever let someone dim your light! Do something that makes you happy every day for at least 15 minutes. Be blessed.
As a first year in Atlanta, I’ve felt nothing but anxiety, imposter syndrome, and fear of the grind. Working on embracing everything now and your videos are therapy. Thank you for your effort and contribution to this field
thank you for the kind words about the vids, hope they help in some small way. keep your head up, it all gets better and you'll be a great physician :)
always appreciate how your videos come from a place of reflection and go deeper than the surface thank you!
Currently a fourth year here and I have to say such a beautiful message! Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you so much for all that motivation! As a freshman, to hear all those words come from someone I look up to is really heart-warming. Because of you, I know I am in for a ride and it's okay to enjoy it! :))
My Guy!! Thanks for putting this video out there! I’m a MS2 at UNM School of Medicine and what you just said is what I tell my class and the class below us! There are so many people in medicine that try to bring us down instead of encouraging us to enjoy the journey! I can say without a doubt that med school has been the time of my life and look forward to the rest of the journey. Cheers!
I have just started my medical journey few months ago .thank you so much for your motivation !love it❤
Great video Andy! I’m an incoming M1 at Rush and am indeed bright-eyed and eager to learn. I will do my utmost to carry your advice with me throughout my journey. Thank you 🙏
congrats on starting at Rush :) great school and best of luck as you get started!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this! I just began my 3rd year rotations today and I think this message applies just as well to those in my stage too. Social media can really be so discouraging because it is often times a place people use to vent out their frustrations about medicine. But I realized that social media is only one piece of the story and in real life, I see happy residents and attendings every day that DO love their jobs and are NOT burned out. I love your message of encouraging people to be excited and enthusiastic about what they're learning about and (more so in the clinical setting) just in awe of what we get to do every day! It's okay to enjoy it!
absolutely, normalize people actually enjoying their career in medicine instead of viewing it as the outlier or the unachievable goal
Such an underrated a topic -- it's about holding out a hand and celebrating the growth instead of crushing spirits as we get older and jaded in the process.
Thank you so much Andy. It needed to be said and you said it, as always. As a last year medical student, it actually made me feel very nostalgic of those first months learning so much and feeling so confident, but also very proud of myself for getting to where I am today, despite losing most of that confidence over the last few years. At this point in our medical career it's important to tell ourselves everyday that, in spite of the road being so tough and so long, everything we learn each day matters, and we should be very proud of what we have accomplished. Keep doing what you do cause it's really inspiring, and important for the medical community of the present and the future 🙂 xoxo
thank you so much :) even i have to remind myself to look back in those times of doubt to see the amount of progress made over the past few years
Thanks so much for this!!! I just started my OMS1 year a couple weeks ago and have been feeling a little weird about how at odds my experience so far has been with what so many people have told me to expect about medical school. In many ways it was painted to me as this huge monster, and now here I am feeling like a kid in a candy store. 😂😂 I know the “honeymoon phase” will end, but by gosh, I’m going to enjoy it while I can and not feel bad about it! Needed to hear this today. 😊
Andy…such a positive spin and support for your fellow medical students. You are helping so many future doctors. And we know you will join the ranks of the doctors we trust and love.
I've never been a person to bash any first year's excitement for things. I rather teach them ways to avoid mistakes I made or ways to make their time easier. For me, I stressed out much more in my first two years of medical school than I probably need. It was a big transition time for me in other ways, so I've started to be less hard on myself. But even entering fourth year, the feeling of never being completely confident never goes away. In fact, I realize now that the hardest lesson to learn is to be okay with your ignorance and to accept that there is simply no way you can learn everything without practicing. It comes from a deep place of wanting to do well for your patients and be a great doctor. But the biggest decision each day is more about your attitude and seeking to grow than it is knowing all the answers.
Even during my fourth year, I'm still studying material and learning. It's only now that I realize why learning to study hard matters so much. No one is going to push you to be good at your craft. It's up to you to make the first step. From there, everything else takes care of itself over time. I say this from experience because I tend to be harder on myself. As my neurology attending told me, "I want to be at an attending level, but I'm still only at the medical student level. The only way to get there is to go through the process".
In other words, focus on your attitude and being excited to learn. It's not a competition or showing you enjoy your work more. It's about appreciating your part to help people suffering. I've never had a patient ever get annoyed for taking more time to talk with them or do a good history and physical. Rather, I've had more patients appreciate me caring and double checking than acting like I know everything
that's the beauty of medicine, always something new to learn no matter what stage of training
Andy this was simply a beautiful video. The message is such an important one
Thank you for this amazing video ! It was very insightful and encouraging :)
As an M1, this is a great video and very relevant. Got stay positive and excited!
every medical student needs to see this you really changed my way of looking at my start of med school in October. Thanks.
congrats and best of luck as your start med school soon :)
I’ve always sensed an undertone of serious depression when I encounter medical students residents and physicians. The world does not make things easy on you all, keep yourselves safe too.
Thank you for this video! Just started at the same school as you, and this was put together as perfect as it could have been. Really appreciate it. Hoping to meet you on campus one of these days :)
congrats! best of luck as you start your first year :)
You are a wonderful young man and you are going to be a fantastic doctor!
You are a GREAT inspiration!
So accurate lol med school in my country is 7yrs, and you start clinical rotations by fourth year, that’s when you realize how stressful medicine can be. But it’s great and I’ll choose it over and over again great video 🎊
Thank you for your videos!! I'm in second year in medschool in the Philippines and it really gets tough some days, it's nice to feel seen and understood. I'm staying hopeful for better days :) Goodluck in your med journey too!
2 weeks into med school and its been really good so far. Thank you for the encouragement Andy!!!!!
best of luck as you progress through your first year :)
So relevant to so many areas of life. I've been in the valley of despair and only now feel like slowly learning a bit more while on rotations. Thanks for this insightful video & reflection 😊
rotations do have a way of making you feel like you're at the bottom of that curve 🤷♂
I rlly love ur vids man I’m like a fan. This vid has inspired me and more comfortable to go to med school . Thank u I will remember u
Thanks for the motivation
I've been watching you for some time and am not/will not ever be in the medical field; you have an aura about you that shines bright. Your positivity will take you anywhere.
Side note: Social Media can be a dumpster fire so people have to find their own bliss.
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thanks so much for this video. After finishing my 1st month of medical school, I needed this.
you got this! best of luck as you go throughout the rest of your first year :)
Thank you I needed this video. I just started at SKMC and feel quite nervous. Thank you for your insight.
congrats and best of luck as you get started at SKMC! you got this :)
Thank you for this. I start next month in Zurich.
It’s a blessing ☀️
congrats on starting med school and best of luck :)
I’m just going into second year. I definitely feel the valley of despair point. Sometimes the load of med school on top of trying to be an adult and taking care of yourself, having a social life, trying to work and keep yourself afloat, the amount of content and work, just the constant hustle and push, it gets super overwhelming. I feel like med school can break you if you let it, and I kinda wanna tell the incoming students to hold on to their spark and passion because it’s going to be a tough ride and there will be times that they’ll want to fall apart. I know I kinda do. But I want to be an ED doctor more than anything in the world so I’m still pushing and trying and working. Working on myself and my perspectives too.
Love from Canada.❤.. starting Chiropractic school in a few weeks!
Just started my second week. Thank you for this bro
best of luck as you get started! :)
Oh my gosh, got teary eyed 😣. Doubting if I should still go for medical school or not.
Just had my White Coat Ceremony yesterday. Appreciate this
best of luck as you start :)
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Thank you sir! 🙏🏿
Great video Andy! You are MCG’s National Treasure
So sweet! 🥹
I want to revisit this video 4 years later. Wish me good luck on my journey in premed
I'll be starting medical College this year in India . This video truly touched the spot . Thank you ♥️
best of luck as you start out!
What a genuine and awesome video❤️🙏we appreciate the shoutout in there😁
hahaha was wondering if you guys would pop in and notice that small detail😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH ! I am starting 1st year of med school in Czech Republic.
congrats and best of luck as you start out :)
Beautiful video Andy, I met you once on a virtual surgery shadowing event half a year ago, and I want to just say since we met I have been following your channel with much appreciation- all the best brother
haha i still remember that! thank you so much for following all this time, hope all is going well for you too!
I’m starting my nursing job in 2 weeks and I love your channel! I think there’s a lot more overlap between medical school and nursing school than I realized. At least the mental and emotional part especially. I love that you did a video with an NP but maybe (and I know you’re super busy so you might not be able to) you can follow a nurse around for a shift? Not only would it be a fun video but I think it’ll make you a better doctor and give your followers more understanding of what nurses do.
Keep up the awesome content and I’m excited to watch this video!!
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Thank you
I feel you Bro.
I have 24 days left until my final exams of high school begin! After two months, I'll be hopefully sitting interviews for medical schools, and next year, attending my dream university. Your videos make me so nervous but so excited for a new chapter in my life :)
I hope your dream comes true and good luck with your exams.
I'm an M3 and I felt this. I feel 20 years older after these few years lol.
you and me both lol
I am starting this September
best of luck :)
rotations are tough...
Can you please make one for high schoolers who are highly dedicated -hopefully doctor ash flint Trauma surgery
The medical profession needs to fix a few things about itself. Long hours. High education costs. Toxic elements in certain specialties.
There's no doubt in my mind that it should remain competitive. That's one of the best ways to ensure that only the most qualified people are put in the position of making life and death decisions - and it is a great way to guarantee that medical advances will continue to be made
However, it serves no public good to have a system that encourages burnout and creates massive debt.
This is why we have shortages in psychiatry and family medicine. This is why we have patients who need access to doctors being forced to work with an even growing there's of NPs and PAs - helpful additions to the medical team but not for all patients and all circumstances.
W brother
What kept u going?
Hey can you do a 73 questions but with a Veterinarian?
would love to if i get the chance in the future!
@@NDMD awesome man, I saw you did a video once with Dr. Cellini. Well his brother is actually a board certified Veterinary Neurologist, maybe you could get him if you get the time.
Coffee :p
My letter: quit while you can…
I don’t know what first year medical students you’ve been speaking to but When I was in first year I kept telling everyone I didn’t know shit about medicine which was mostly true. Most of my classmates also didn’t know shit and admitted they didn’t know shit and if anything confidence was lacking
Increasingly, clinically relevant material is being worked into the curriculum in the first two years so you will know some shit by 3rd year
𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘮 ✨
Eh why is this recommended to me... Wasted 10 minutes of my life
THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY NEEDED THAT 🤍🤍
to the new med students, dont worry if you dont know anything. you'll adapt 🫶🏻
Thank you