Two Days in the Life of a Fourth Year Med Student - 48 hours on call Ob/Gyn rotation
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Come join me on my 48 hour call shift on my OB/Gyn rotation!! I am a fourth year medical student near the end of my medical school education - only 6 weeks to go! I am going into full-spectrum Family Medicine with OB and I wanted more time doing OB and delivering babies prior to the start of residency.
What is up with all of the people in the comments below bashing doctors? Not everyone goes into the medical field for the money. Some people simply want to bring purpose into their lives by saving those of others. What will happen when you are in need of a doctor? What then? I bet you will be thankful that someone decided to become a doctor then...
Haven't read the comments apart from the first (yours), but I guess people are complaining how well doctors are paid. And I am happy they are paid well (at least in some of the countries), in my country they are paid below or at the level or survival limit. And THIS is not okay. Doctors and teachers should be paid high salaries.
Haven't read the comments apart from the first (yours), but I guess people are complaining how well doctors are paid. And I am happy they are paid well (at least in some of the countries), in my country they are paid below or at the level or survival limit. And THIS is not okay. Doctors and teachers should be paid high salaries.
thank you!
even if they do go in it for the money... so what? lol they work hard during their undergrad, med school, and careers so they deserve the excellent payoff!
Most Asians
thanks to grey's anatomy, I know most of these word!!!
same 😁
Haha same😂
sameee it's actually why im watching these videos
Hehe same
+idkcaroline same
I'm not sure why, but this excites me quite a bit. Hopefully one day I'll be on call running around, doing something I truly enjoy, on minimal sleep. Haha sounds like a good goal to take on. We'll see what happens.
:-/
until you have to do it yourself I think, haha
Moopse101 I have to agree! Ever since I was a child it's been my dream to be a surgeon. The whole idea of being able to actively commit your life to the health of others really really inspires me. When you realise all you're doing is cutting flesh it's easy to get past being squeamish... I also always told myself I'd love to specialise in OB/GYN as a surgeon as I complete medical school. Let's just get through my GCSE's at this point!
48 hour shift? what?! Holy crap.
***** HAHAHAHA you are soooo angry. It's not even like that. Maybe you should shadow a physician or something before you form your opinions. Unless you already have...in which case I'd say let me step out of your face.
You definitely have a very verbose vernacular. You might not be angry, but you speak like a radical. There is usually a link between anger and radicalness(if it's a word). How have you observed these things first hand? If it was short of sitting down and watching a physician agonize over which treatment to pursue or if they made the right diagnosis then I'd say your experience did you an injustice.
I think you understand the system all wrong. Physicians are definitely not minions of the insurance companies. Maybe enemies. maybe slaves. But definitely not fighting for the same thing. I mean think about it at its core. The insurance has already been paid by its clients. So how does an insurance company keep the money they've made? By not paying the physician or anybody else.
As for big pharma. There are countless physician researchers that come up with CURES to diseases, and big pharma buys the research and then destroys them. Big pharma gets money by how many pills you buy. So it's in their best interest to make treatments, not cures. If you don't sell them your molecule then they use their myriad of lawyers to find a flaw in your patent and have their own submitted, making it a lose-lose. I've seen this first-hand a alarming number of times.
I can tell you are really intelligent, but I just don't think you've witnessed the entire picture. 11 cents of every dollar actually goes towards your healthcare. The rest goes to administration fees. So don't blame the doctors. Even if doctors worked for free you'd still have the bulk left to pay.
"The social deliberation from countless scholars"....lol that's really good. Maybe not in terms of robbing patients, but as a field, that phrase has waaay too much truth. There are quite a few physicians who would cross a room to shake your hand on that one.
If you have any articles or things I would love to read them. To see where you are coming from.
+Dark Matter I know a few doctors who are genuinely great people and try to help but the ones you mentioned also exist unfortunately. One I know is a radiologist because of the $300k+ salary they make, hes capable of doing anything but does that because he considers it the easiest for the least amount of work relative to other specialties.
I can't wait to be an OBGYN
+Eias Ashhab when it is ur dream it is not pain friend , everyday is amzaing
+Best of ME wow that's more than accurate
Me too!!! 😊😊😊😊
Me too😄
Same here!
I can see the passion and love in you for medicine!
Inspiring
my father is a family doctor, but he also did obstetrics for many years, probably close to 20 years. In that time span, he probably delivered upwards of 600 babies, and he said that it never got old. each and every time it was amazing.
i saw a woman give birth, isaw the vagina do things that i thought it was not capable of doing. because of that, i went the other way. :D
ak47ava .dman lmao
I love her love for medicine.
When you’re interested in becoming an obgyn but have no clue where to start
Im a second year med student and watching this just got me more excited for my rotations.
hahaha you can see the deterioration of her overall state by her hair :)
I am so interested in becoming an OB/GYN, though, the amount of hours are scaring me. Along with that I want to have a family and it seems that If I truly want to do this i won't have time. I will figure it out though, I still have time to decide.
Consider becoming a Physicians Assistant.
tell us how you really feel...
+Dark Matter yeah because how dare someone want to be a doctor and have a family..
+Dark Matter Have you had a bad experience with doctors? Didn't get into med school? Failed out of med school? I'm just trying to figure out why you are so hateful towards doctors. I am going to be a doctor because the Lord guided me there. I am not doing it for the money or the social prestige. That was not how I was raised to be.
***** When in my comment did I say I want to become an OB/GYN just because of their status...and how dare you assume that I don't want to help...Wrong and wrong...but that's none of your business anyway!
Lol you guys have really quiet nights on call. .. come get into the south african circuit and vlogging wouldn't even be possible
I am second year pre-med and you are truly an inspiration. Thank you
hi im 18 yr old im goimg to start premed but now suffering from depression bcoz i lost my family in a car accident, i need to talk plz replay pll addme on skype or fb
Why not train more doctors so people dont have to stay up 48 hours? Even 24 hours is already excessive. The numbers of doctors seems artificially low while training costs are kept high. Props to you for getting through it though.
+andun Yeah the government doesn't fun medical schools enough, its insane doctors are completely overworked and understaffed.
the reason is that the long an frequent shifts allow for advanced training and education for long periods on call. Also, it allows surgeon specifically to build up stamina to be able to perform surgeries that can go up to 20 plus hours. It helps them learn off of advanced cases and become groundbreakers in their chosen fields of study. regulating and the limiting of on call hours and shift hours is ultimately a detriment to all patients!
+Brad CT I'm not trying to say that med students don't go through hard times, but becoming a nurse is statistically harder. A lot of the stuff that docs learn (non speciality) are learned by nurses in half the time. Just saying to keep all the health care professionals relevant even though this is a med students page.
Luke Bota
right but if there were more of them, then you wouldn't need to be trained to stay up for 48 hours. Theres no way theyre as effective that deep into it and I wouldn't want a doctor who hasn't slept in over 24 hours trying to work with me. Its just artificial limiting of doctors.
I understand, but docs are SUPER expansive....that's why hospitals want more nurses/nurse practitioners so they won't have to hire so many docs. (Unless they are surgeons or professions that you actually need like 20 yrs of training to do) I would (if hospital admin) hire about 2-3 nurse practitioners for every 1 doc. They get A LOT of training and can even write prescriptions. Not bashing docs, but nurses are taking over the health care industry. Hopefully that was articulated correctly.
On my way to becoming a surgeon! can't wait for the looonnng shifts! they will be so much fun!
I'm 11 and I can't wait to be a surgeon
+Aiman Hussain surgery is a great path why would he rethink
+thebadace1 It is a great profession but it's not for everyone, and people's perceptions of it can be inaccurate so it's good to know what you're getting into.
+Aiman Hussain Why?
You don't have to "rethink" bc some stranger on the internet tells you. Good luck and have fun 💕
Good luck! It might be a long way to get there but in the end, you get to save many lives. :)
I love this!! this was so inspiring and very helpful!!! i hope you can make more videos like these!!! thank you so much for sharing btw!
I can't wait to be neurosurgeon
+ayub yare Have fun with the malpractice insurance
goodluck ! :D
Good luck with your 10 year residency!
>How do you hide a dollar from a neurosurgeon
>Tape it to his child.
+Kapparino they probably won't even have kids in the first place lol
I love watching your videos. I'm in school right now to be an OBGYN and I love the fact that I could see what I am in store for.
I want to be an OBGYN too! What school are you at??
Are you a OBGYN yet?👀
"We're just going to pop one human being out of another, then open one up to take another human being out of that one. Nothing too big." O_O
That sounds very russian.
it's messed up.....how many mistakes are made because of fatigue? I would imagine many
Todd Lavigne They aren't working for 48 hours, just on call. they can sleep when things aren't busy
mikayla reed got it...that's more reasonable.
I'd love to see a follow up video! Have you graduated or started your residency yet?
Boy that was an easy shift. Back in the mid-1990s when I was at her place in life, it was holy hell. Any not a good move to eat cold Chinese food (likely with MSG) when you have a headache. Only adding fuel to the fire of sleep deprivation and feeling yuck. Oh, recent research is putting Medical Resident burnout at about 50%. Cheers. Wish you all the best. Choose your specialty in medicine/surgery wisely.
Ciao.
JP Saleeby, MD
+Yusuf Saleeby, MD Surprised the doctor is clueless on MSG.
Grey's Anatomy is definitely making me want to be a doctor! Although, I expected everything to be like Greys Anatomy.
How did you stay awake and function?
Being on-calI for 48 hours doesn't seem that bad. I'm a premed student and I just got a job as a scribe in the emergency department at the hospital near my area. My first work day of on-the-job training was the overnight shift from 9pm to 7am. It went by so fast and it was fun! :)
P.S. I love your videos :D
thank you so much for sharing this experience with us!!!!
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. All the best for you. Keep posting! 😄
Very interesting vids, I'm just finishing up my BSN, were there any nurses enrolled in your Med Program? I'm curious and I am not quite sure if I want to pursue advanced practice nursing education or go for Med School in the future.
+Salomon Montalvo Jr. I'm in the same boat. I'm in nursing school now and I keep going back and forth between wanting to go to a CRNA program or to med school and specialize in dermatology. I'm also getting a BA in Spanish just to make myself a more marketable nurse or doctor either way. Good luck to you!
Can you make a video on Internal Med rotations?..Awesome channel btw:))
I’m 13 but I think I would like to be an ob/gyn would be a very interesting profession it seems very interesting then again I’m only 13 so who knows what could happen when college rolls around
i liked it :) it looks like a lot of fun delivering the baby :D
I was leaning toward either OB/GYN or Family Med with OB as well. I'm still a premed, though. Long ways away. Can you tell me what it's like? Doing OB and stuff like that?
Very informative video on the lifestyle and education of a med school student
odd enough, this vid kind of affirmed my envy to become a doctor one day. Sure 48-hour shifts are ridiculous, but just that feeling of responsibility is just so exhilarating.
i cant wait for my ob/gyn rotation
Hi how are you
this rate of cases in 2 days is less than one hour here in my country ! :D
It scares me that you said it wasn't too bad at the end, yet you were suffering from a headache and seemed groggy with exhaustion.
What is a shoulder distocia? I love your videos!! Im a high school senior hoping to go into the medical field!
Lisa King well, are you studying medicine now? :)
I love watching your videos because people always bash on me because I want to be in Obgyn and your videos motivate me to keep going
A colleague of my Dad's was once on call for over 500 days (and nights) straight. It doesn't get any better.
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iBarkBite no, actually. being the only vascular surgeon in the state had its downsides
Still calling BS
iBarkBite okay cool
How could you be so gullible to believe that...do you know what 500 days is?, it means you almost celebrated 2 birthdays and the so called vascular surgeon was still in the hospital..b.s
wow ur very inspirational im not in medical school but i love your vids because u show tht u have to work hard for what you get its not easy and u have to be dedicated so thanks for the awesome vids
Congrats on your journey. You will make a wonderful physician.
If you have to go to the hospital pray the Doctor is on there first to tenth hour and not there forty to forty-eighth hour. Your life depends on it. You can only drive a truck for 10 hours a day but you can operate on people and make life making decisions after being a wake 40 hours. Yep. That makes sense.
Delivering babies sound so terrifying to me! Even being a surgeon sounds nicer as you can take a while to do a surgery but with labour you have to do it and not stop or take a break in the middle of labour.
Elanore Nordquist you can't take a break during surgery
please update us once you get residency...Nice video
beautiful doctor
So after your 48 hour shift that monday did you have the day of or did you continue your ob/gyn rotations and went home later that day?
You usually get the day off, and 4th years don't have class so this is pretty much it. Sometimes you will have things like Grand Rounds that you are expected to attend which are lectures pertaining to a given specialty.
Keep on making these videos. I really liked it. It's inspiring and confirming my interest in health care.
How much It makes per month a ob?
In India we start the shift at 4am,don't have time to scratch our arse,so definitely no time to vlog it
I love your videos
What did you major in when you were in college?
2:43 "The other patient, he let me do the exam." My god, why are you doing a speculum exam on a guy. Was he okay? Did anyone stop you before you did too much damage? Are they going to let you continue your education?
This seems like a rather grievous mistake.
I really really hope this was an error in langue and not an error in gender identification.
I did have a doctor ask if I was pregnant once, but seeing the look on my face, she explained they had to ask everyone when they had a pregnant transgender person come through.
Hi, I really enjoyed your video. I am a freshmen in undergrad and becoming an OB/GYN has been my dream job since I was 8 or 9. I was wondering if you had any tips that could give me a leg up, and prepare me for the future.
48 hours? Fuck that shit. Im out! Lol!
The 2nd year video (where they actually had time to cook dinner!) and this cute video (where she still had "down time" made me crack up because these guys have no idea how good they have it! Once they're out int he real world, they'll realize just how much time they had as students! From "starving at 10:00 oclock," actually get to "eat dinner" to "hanging out in the call room" it won't be long when she'll realize medical school was the time she had the MOST time in her career!
I see your videos end eight years ago.
Are you OK?
You're living my dream right now! I want more than anything to deliver babies. Right now im an RPN hoping to upgrade and specialize.
GOOD..........To day i subscribed your you tube channel
I want to be a CCRN then later down the road A CRNA. Obstetrics Gynecology does not interest me. But I do love watching videos on someone's own life career.
Hi...I am in high school..I just want to know if I have to do pre med to go in medical school?what age do they accept you in medical school and also pre med ? What type of surgeon should i be?
Thank You so much for doing these vlogs. I look forward to more in residency :). You give me hope I can survive Medical School, lol
Starting med school in July. People saying they know what they wanna be will probably change their minds several times a week for 3 years. lol
Medical school seems fun at the end of the day though after watching you.I mean 48hrs later and you are still looking and sounding fresh:-)
Omg wow
@ ask me- me too. lol i remember my elementary teacher would always profess lmao You can be w.e you put you're mind to. first my guard license. let's get it guys. #wtchtheperves
Do you get scared to watch lacerations?
This is such an American thing. Why would you have one person being there for 48 hours? It's still a student! Why not have more doctors share those shifts and have a student come along? We've got a way better health system here in The Netherlands. I'm so glad I'll become a doctor in this country hahaha
ArtemisDD nobody asked
ArtemisDD she isn't necessarily awake for 48 hours...
intresting fact about OB/GYN: they don't treat men for some reason. Based on personenel experience. :c
I want to do this career but I’m terrified of having to do an c- section! I wanted to go for midwifery so that way I can be on call and deliver but I don’t have to do any major surgeries.
Thank you for showing! I know this video was made a while ago but it gave me a lot of motivation. Thank you! *second year Med student*
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed your video. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors!☺️
Very insightful to watch! Sophomore premed here...
this is awesome! I'm so excited for med school! Thank you for sharing !
I just found your videos and I must say you are wonderful! :) def subscribing!
i want to be an obgyn so bad, but everyone says I’m going to regret it bc of all the years I’m going to have to go to school:/
I know you did this video 2 years ago but it was a great video and your voice is so cool... I Know it's weird to say your voice is cool but it is 😊
I'm in school for this can't wait to he an intern and everyone who watches greys anatomy should know what the call room is for 😉
Can’t wait to be an anesthesiologist
Greys Atatomy
you guys have room to take rest?
did you match? can we get an update video on what kind of residency you and john got into?
I can't wait to finish with my ungrad and go into MedSchool!
as a student nurse i was excited to see what you got up to,, i now have a new found respect for doctors
About how many deliveries have you done in medical school?
Has the journey so far been very difficult?
so interesting to see a video of a medical student in the US! thanks!
You could be an ob gyn during your fourth year in med school?
Isn't this a break of patient confidentiality?
just a question, is it ok to talk about what happens with your patients??
just from personal experience it's like some rules of confidentiality but she can't say the names of them of course
you can't say anything that could possibly identify them. that includes describing them in (even without saying their names) and sometimes it's also best to not specify where you work
rina k yea because she's not mentioned actual names dumb dumb
In my Obstetrics rotation, the patient load at the hospital was so large that I assisted in 12 Caesarean sections in a 24 hour shift 👀 this other guy in my group did 17 in 24 hours. Obstetrics is so hectic but really nice and often good outcomes! 👶🏾❤️
hi im 18 yr old im goimg to start premed but now suffering from depression bcoz i lost my family in a car accident, i need to talk plz replay pll addme on skype or fb
I'm pursuing the same path as you but I'm just half way of community college and I have a ton of questions.
Are they paying you during this? If you are still considered "in school" then I guess this is just part of your classes, which means they aren't paying you. They don't pay me to take vector analysis so I guess I can understand why you wouldn't get paid.
Thank you for answering that question.
can you wear make when your on call or while your in surgery
I'm 12 and i really want to be a docter/surgeon any advice?
Study, a LOT, and when you think you've had enough, study even more !.
Ruben Ramos
thanks!
my dream is to be an ob/gyn but it's too late now :(
do you have to know math in order to be a surgeon ?
That's not right. You can't function mentally after so little sleep. I wouldn't want you as my doctor after the first 18 or so hours.
Emma Nelson oh shut up