The reason I became a neurologist is because my mother had a brain aneurysm not long after graduating with her DNP. I have Tourette’s Syndrome, Epilepsy, I’m also high functioning autistic. I want to help people who are like me. I believe it will help my patients to have a doctor that knows to an extent of what they’re going through. I love neurology.
Most of the reasons mentioned in the video apply to most other specialties too - or at least to most other non-surgical specialties. 1. Diseases. People who choose a speciality typically choose it for the bread and butter or at least unique diseases in the specialty. Of course, ideally, one should have an interest in the diseases common or unique to one's specialty. Otherwise it'll be a looong career! 2. Research. Non-surgical specialties tend to be more research oriented than surgical specialties, though this is a broad generalization. Neurology does attract more cerebral (no pun intended) people. Similar to, for instance, oncology. It's a more "thinking" (rather than "doing") specialty. But that's not to say there aren't procedures, only that the emphasis is more cerebral than procedural. 3. Patient population. Virtually every physician says they want and like to help people. More specifically, one ought to enjoy or at least tolerate a certain patient population, that is, the patient population who tends to have diseases in one's specialty. For neurology that'd be largely the elderly, though of course there are other groups (e.g. traumatic brain injuries in athletes and military veterans). But again this could be said for many other specialties too. 4. Role models. A fictional role model like Sherlock Holmes or Gregory House comes up in students who choose internal medicine. No surprise since Sherlock was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who himself was a physician, and largely modeled after Joseph Bell, one of Doyle's med school professors. Real life role models like Oliver Sacks inspire students to enter neurology just as William Osler inspires students to choose IM or Atul Gawande inspires med students to choose general surgery or Siddhartha Mukherjee (The Emperor of All Maladies) inspires students to choose hematology and oncology fellowship after their IM residency.
I read its not a very competitive program for med students bc pretty much there is no cure among other reasons like lower pay than other specialties. I'm not in the med field so not sure what draws students to certain specialties over others but I surely hope more med students pursue neurology bc I can only imagine the trickle effect it can have on a population that needs them most..😔
Peace be upon you. I have a rise in tryptophan 14 and sometimes a decrease in the temperature of 34My blood pressure drops to 80-40, especially when sitting and lying down and I have a pulse of up to 200 and the hands and feet are constantly cold even in the summer and sometimes very excessive activity and longevity with a greater percentage of lethargy and general fatigue and I did an atomic scan on the body and Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, EEG, prolonged EEG, Holter 24 hours, tablet test, CT scan of the chest, Echo, EKG, blood picture, sodium, potassium, magnesium, cortisol stimulator, aldesterone, Free T3, Free T4, Parotheroid hormone, ACTH, TSH, and immunoassays for ANA, C3, C4, and IGe, and no one knows whether they are rare syndromes in the body of certain acids, neurotransmitters or enzymes. I do not know. Please help and thank you very much.
Sometimes it's just a gut feeling when you have such a fascination with neurons and synapse. 😊
The reason I became a neurologist is because my mother had a brain aneurysm not long after graduating with her DNP. I have Tourette’s Syndrome, Epilepsy, I’m also high functioning autistic. I want to help people who are like me. I believe it will help my patients to have a doctor that knows to an extent of what they’re going through. I love neurology.
Oliver Sacks was a brilliant human being
Most of the reasons mentioned in the video apply to most other specialties too - or at least to most other non-surgical specialties.
1. Diseases. People who choose a speciality typically choose it for the bread and butter or at least unique diseases in the specialty. Of course, ideally, one should have an interest in the diseases common or unique to one's specialty. Otherwise it'll be a looong career!
2. Research. Non-surgical specialties tend to be more research oriented than surgical specialties, though this is a broad generalization. Neurology does attract more cerebral (no pun intended) people. Similar to, for instance, oncology. It's a more "thinking" (rather than "doing") specialty. But that's not to say there aren't procedures, only that the emphasis is more cerebral than procedural.
3. Patient population. Virtually every physician says they want and like to help people. More specifically, one ought to enjoy or at least tolerate a certain patient population, that is, the patient population who tends to have diseases in one's specialty. For neurology that'd be largely the elderly, though of course there are other groups (e.g. traumatic brain injuries in athletes and military veterans). But again this could be said for many other specialties too.
4. Role models. A fictional role model like Sherlock Holmes or Gregory House comes up in students who choose internal medicine. No surprise since Sherlock was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who himself was a physician, and largely modeled after Joseph Bell, one of Doyle's med school professors. Real life role models like Oliver Sacks inspire students to enter neurology just as William Osler inspires students to choose IM or Atul Gawande inspires med students to choose general surgery or Siddhartha Mukherjee (The Emperor of All Maladies) inspires students to choose hematology and oncology fellowship after their IM residency.
I read its not a very competitive program for med students bc pretty much there is no cure among other reasons like lower pay than other specialties. I'm not in the med field so not sure what draws students to certain specialties over others but I surely hope more med students pursue neurology bc I can only imagine the trickle effect it can have on a population that needs them most..😔
Iam obsessed with brain and neurons (I have a bigger reason but it sounds weird to others) so I want to be a neurologist or neurosurgeon
@mental case I want to be immortal , weird right ?
@@parzival__1 And why would you want that?
@@henk-3098 I want to live far more than a human could ever live , there is only one life and I don't want it to end .
Any ideas for how you could achieve this goal of yours?
@@brandondizney9853 yup
Peace be upon you. I have a rise in tryptophan 14 and sometimes a decrease in the temperature of 34My blood pressure drops to 80-40, especially when sitting and lying down and I have a pulse of up to 200 and the hands and feet are constantly cold even in the summer and sometimes very excessive activity and longevity with a greater percentage of lethargy and general fatigue and I did an atomic scan on the body and Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, EEG, prolonged EEG, Holter 24 hours, tablet test, CT scan of the chest, Echo, EKG, blood picture, sodium, potassium, magnesium, cortisol stimulator, aldesterone, Free T3, Free T4, Parotheroid hormone, ACTH, TSH, and immunoassays for ANA, C3, C4, and IGe, and no one knows whether they are rare syndromes in the body of certain acids, neurotransmitters or enzymes. I do not know. Please help and thank you very much.
wait for me bro, I'll find
Can you say;
Your age
Did you visit neurology doctor?
How much time do you have these symptoms?
Ramachandran!
Wrong he asked the wrong person
why ?
Why?