10 Things I Wish I Knew Before IM Residency
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Happy New Year, everyone! I'm 6 months into residency, I can't believe it! In this video, I talk about the 10 things I wish I knew before starting IM residency.
For questions, please email me at:
thatgaurichick@gmail.com
I have a backlog of emails left to answer, but I am trying to get through them as best as I can. Please also check out the other videos on my channel. They might answer your questions!
Best of luck everyone!
1. Don't panic 0:17
2. Admit it when you're wrong and admit when you don't know 0:52
3. Time management 1:45
4. Know your patients VERY well (including extensive social history -> helps at the time of discharge) 2:35
5. Study, every day 4:00
6. Work on your presentation skills -> learn respective attending styles 4:55
7. Know your specialty guidelines (American AND European) for SURE -> stay update 6:05
8. Concentrate on your well being - destress with activities 7:33
9. Concentrate on your well being - have a strong support structure 7:33
10. Review these couple topics to brush up on basics (antibiotics and coverage, basic tx like for PNA, CHF, BP management, electrolytes, etc) 9:12
My residency in IM won't start for 12 years but I'm already excited
Those are rules for life, and not only for intern year, but for every professional in every career!
1.-No temas
2.-no seas arrogante y pretendas saberlo todo , pregunta ! Siempre pregunta
3.-maneja tu tiempo
The BGM is a bit too loud. Stil,l great video.
Thank you! I’ll work on it
Thanks for the great video!
really helpful,thank you Dr
Great to see you’re back. 😎👍
Thank you for this video! it was very helpful! For your 10th tip, what resources would you suggest to use in order to be prepared?
can you give a template of the HnP or tell me where i can find a good one so i can make sure im asking the right quetsions? (im not relying on it, but somthing to just keep me on track)
Great info... Mam what are the instruments that i should always keep with me? Thnk u.
Hi Dr. Gauri, is their anything else other than great scores, LORs, USCE that IMGs can add to their application to stand out?
no disrespect at all but why is it so desirable for IMGs to practice in the U.S.? is it seen as a major mark of success? are there too many doctors in India or respective home country? too much competition? i'm just curious, as a U.S. medical student :)
Not sure. But i can speak for myself, Im a Canadian and their are only 17 med schools in Canada and you can imagine the competition. Its normal for people to try for 2-5 years just to get in. So many Canadian go to Carib schools, do USMLEs, do US residencies and then come back to canada (or stay in US). Not sure what the motive is for Indian or other forgien country students.
Gotchya. That makes sense. Well I'm sure you'll do great!!! Good luck in your endeavors. What year in medical school are you? I'm a 2nd year :)
Thank you, gluck to you as well. Im 3 year, doing rotation in Chicago
Nice. Did you go to CMU? I go to school in NYC haha
What is your schedule like as an intern? Thanks for making this video!
Hi, I'm considering applying to IMG programs. If you don't mind me asking, which school did you attend and what was your experience like looking for residency programs? What types of things should I keep a look out for while going about my school search? Thanks for the video!
Hey thank you for making this video it's very helpful. Can you please take a minute and tell me if it's essential to appear in USMLE step 1 before applying/doing hand on clinical *rotations (not observership or research) as an IMG ? Please reply
Please start making videos again!
i love it
Hi mam I am currently pursuing my 4 year of my medical college India. When should I start step 1 preparation, please guide me. getting a resident in USA is my dream. From where should I begin? I don't know any senior or any one to guide me please guide me.
no disrespect at all but why is it so desirable for IMGs to practice in the U.S.? is it seen as a major mark of success? are there too many doctors in India or respective home country? too much competition? i'm just curious, as a U.S. medical student :)
Wikkiwikki Bookchigibachigi yup, its seen as being successful
@@excuseme1543 : Long post because, well, there is no one answer to this question. For each person the driving force is different. 1. Yes, living in a first world country is still seen as a major marker of success by many people in third world countries, partly true. But not everyone thinks so. Indians respect doctors who are engaged in community service and can treat patients for cheap. Doing so is more desirable than earning a degree in the US/UK.
2. Doctors in India manage to live a comfortable life, and some of them are actually quite rich. However doctors deal with extreme patient loads (doctor to patient ratio in India is very low), extreme infrastructure limited environments, extreme disrespect and many a times physical assault (Indian state of West Bengal and few others) when they are unable to handle more than 3 patients crashing at the same time. There is a huge dearth of any healthcare support staff - very few well trained nurses (most nurses only do housekeeping and don't like taking responsibility, though there are some amazing trained nurses who are few and far between), no phlebotomists, case managers, nurse practitioners, respiratory/physical/occpnl/speech therapists rare, no child life specialists etc, you get the point. Many doctors feel frustrated for this reason.
3. There is lack of adequate access to the latest full text medical journals and databases as they are extremely expensive in terms of Indian currency for hospitals to provide it to medical students/doctors. So several physicians like myself find it gratifying to be able to work in a country which is a leader in medical research education. We like to observe how a better medical service system works and how it affects doctors/patients/healthcare staff.
4. Also very true, getting into a subspecialty is highly competitive. The exam taken once every year is gruelling and requires years of preparation. the number of spots are limited (though increasing quite a lot every 2-3 yrs) compared to number of medical school graduates.
All these combined is just the tip of the iceberg to the reasons why Indian doctors like studying here in the US. But you must know that only about 0.5 -1% of all doctors in India have that desire. Most study and stay back in India. Example: In our class of 120 graduates, i am one of 2 who desired for and the only one who is actually doing a residency here.
Hey doctor you said you are an IMG but you speak like an american how you got this accent ?
Lol I think she’s an img born in America, as a Caribbean medical student.
Hi
how much hours of duty per week do you have??
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Hi mam do we need to write toefl for residency in USA
If you attended a school in which all subjects were taught in English, then the TOEFL is not necessary. You will just need a letter from your school stating that everything was taught in English.
Thanks a bunch for your video, awesome advice and hope you keep making them! Some constructive advice- the editing is complete shit. If you like, send me some of your vids before posting them and I'll quickly edit them so that it is much smoother. It would be easy to correct music cut in and out, volume issues and even enhance the video with zoom and color changes. Cheers!
Hello, I know you must be busy but it would be nice if you actually answered our emails..
she's in her first year of residency...give her a break!!! lol perhaps your question has been answered multiple times over in online student forums
Wikkiwikki Bookchigibachigi no my questions haven’t been answered and I had sent an email to her before her residency even started. So.
Maybe I can help you out. Though I'm not an IMG, I know many people who are. And if it's a question about Steps or residencies, I might be able to provide some input :)
Why do they admit Foreign Visa IMG Doctors when we have US doctors unemployed and not able to get medical residencies? Who is selling our country out?
I lament your future practicing having read Sandeep Jauhar's, "Doctor".
Interesting to know if yours will be different. OR.... as with majority of female docs,
you'll bail after "11 year average" for home & kids.