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John P Andrews MD
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2008
Hi Folks, I'm a neurosurgery resident at UCSF. Opinions are my own. You can join the 40K folks who follow me on TikTok by finding me there @johnpandrews_md
look stupid in lecture, feel smart after the test
After medical school, the time for looking stupid is over (though it still happens). While you are a student, take advantage of the opportunity to ask questions in class. This is one of the advantages of going to lectures live or in person--you have experts in the field there to answer your questions. If you can overcome the embarassement of admitting when you don't understand something, you'll almost always find that you are not alone. If you are asking questions in class, you will also be more engaged and professors generally respond positively to students engaging them in class. It's also a very helpful barrier to overcome early, the barrier of admitting that you don't understand something. It will serve you well, and you'll be happy you asked the questions you did when you are taking the test.
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The "one-handed" surgical knot
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One of the first things you'll be tested on in medical school if you want to be a surgeon is whether you can tie a surgical knot. There is no magic or trick to tying knots, you just have to practice. That's why they are a good early test of interest for medical students, it clearly shows who has been practicing this skill in their own time. In this video I am showing practicing with a shoelace ...
Science journey part 2
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Getting ownership of a big project in medical school was a big part of building my confidence. Having great mentors that built me up was also critical. I took risks on projects that I was really interested in and willing to invest a lot of time into. Overall this led me to doing experiments I found stimulating and wanted to keep investigating. The more experiments you do, the more you find, and...
Neuroscience: Model systems
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Model systems are important tools to study any disease, and neurologic disease is no exception. The model that you choose to study should depend on the question you want to ask, since every model has advantages and limitations. I think it's extremely important to enjoy the techniques that you use and a lot of this will be dictated by the model of the disease you study, so choose wisely!
Science Journey (Part 1)
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I am now pretty far down a path to being a neurosurgeon and physician scientist studying how to better understand and find new treatments for neurologic disease. While one might assume that I had always been into science, that's actually not the case. In this Part 1 video, I try to provide some context about how getting into science and research started out as a way to improve my resume just to...
Choosing a medical specialty
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Choosing medical specialty is incredibly personal. You should first reflect on why you think you are having a hard time choosing. If it is just between two options, a good pros-and-cons list can be very helpful. You should also try to talk to people in these specialties and ask them what their life is like, and see whether that is something that works for you.
Should I go into neurosurgery
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There are a lot of reasons to be a neurosurgeon, and plenty of reasons not to. When making that decision, it's important to think about the hard parts of the job, and how they fit with your personality. One part of the job is taking full responsibility for the care of people who are in dire straights. As a neurosurgeon you are the last line of defense when people have some of the scariest condi...
Choosing medicine & surgery
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Feeling faint or even passing out at the site of blood or when seeing a surgical procedure is a normal physiologic reaction than many people have. This is generally because of the novelty or rarity of what you're seeing. This does not mean you can't be a doctor or even a surgeon. You can get yourself accustomed to just about anything. So if you are planning to go into a medical field and find y...
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon (full lecture)
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Standardized tests can have a huge impact on where you end up in academia, so its best to have a well-thought out and standardized approach to them. This video goes through a method I learned in medical school to study for USMLE Step 1 and step 2CK. While I'm not a natural test taker, by sticking to a regimented schedule, I was able to score between the *92nd and *96th percentile on these tests...
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: part 7
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Choose your tools, question-banks, textbooks and studyguides wisely. I suggest having both a question bank resource (if available) and some sort of textual resource. The text may be a subject-specific book or a studyguide designed for the test. You should try to have a small core of diverse methods. You should absolutely find out if there are any officially produced or approved practice tests f...
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: part 6
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Excercise. Running or working out between sessions, or at least staying active during this study period will help you concentrate during your sessions and keep you from feeling like a zombie deep into the weeks of studying.
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: part 5
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Schedule your breaks. Don't pretend like you aren't going to take days off. Moreover, make sure you are taking at least a 1-2 hour break between study sessions. If you stick to your studying and your breaks rigorously, you will be more likely to get the most out of each session.
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: part 4
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Don't fall into these pitfalls of long term study plans. Do not get hung up on one particular topic trying to master it. In this tests on huge amounts of information, you do not need to be a master of any one topic. Rather, you need to have a good working knowledge of all the topics covered. That's why you distribute your topic asymetrically among your study sessions, spending more sessions on ...
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: part 3
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When you are in the midst of your studying, you don't want to waste brain power deciding what you need to study that day. Do the planning before hand and stick to the plan.
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: part 2
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Once you have determined the number of study session you have prior to test day, you then have to decide what to study during these sessions. Make a list of all the topics on the test and rank them from best to worst in terms of how prepared you are for them. Then distribute your study sessions such that you spend the most time studying topics you struggle with, and less time studying topics th...
Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: Part 1
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Standardized test studying from a neurosurgeon: Part 1
Neuroscience: Whole-cell Neuron Recordings
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Neuroscience: Whole-cell Neuron Recordings
Neurosurgery Subinternship (Sub-I) part1
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Neurosurgery Subinternship (Sub-I) part1
Neuron Recordings: Intracellular and extracellular
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Neuron Recordings: Intracellular and extracellular
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Thanks!
I like that i found ur channel and that i get to be one of the first subscribers ur content is informative and helpful and gives me a different perspective that I appreciate and learn from
Could you share any thoughts/tips on navigating med school as an older non-trad?
I’ve been looking stupid and “embarrassing” myself by asking questions in class ever since I started med school 😂this month but I got an A on the 1st quiz so I’m gonna keep it up. I have my 1st exam on Friday, wish me luck 📝
I'm taking inspo from this man huge productivity boost 😅
I'm currently in nursing school and I absolutely hate asking questions in class 😅😅😅 it feels like everyone is so advance 😭 the other day I asked "if corticosteroids increased your risk of osteoporosis?" idk where I got that from bruh Istg the other students looked at me 😦😦
But now you know, and you will remember it for possibly forever
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I’m a premed and I’m going into my sophomore year and this is really helpful - gonna apply this approach for this semester
Very valid point, going to make an active effort to ask more questions in lecture going forward!
Would love to see more videos on skills like suturing!
Can't emphasize this enough. You pay with your time every day you show up so might as well get the most out of it.
Do you think that surgeons or medical students have hard time if they want to be surgeons because so much knowledge that they are learning in theyre residency is going to be replaced by new methods or by ai and robotic systems so they always need to catch up. 2 question do you think tha surgeons are going to get replaced fully by robots in 20 years ?
Hello Dr.Andrews love your context on TH-cam and TikTok! As many of your followers are likely medical students can you please make more content pertaining to medical school even if it’s just like your 1.5 min video on this surgical knot. I think your video on standardized exams was extremely insightful. Would it be possible for you to make one specifically catered towards step 1 and 2 prep throughout ms2 and ms3 as well as during dedicated and how u would best set your self up for success during dedicated. Also a video on finding a valuable mentor in medicine would be awesome! Given your busy schedule this might be very difficult but just throwing out topics that hundreds of medical students like me would love your insight on!
Thank you for these. I always appreciate suggestions!
That is so satisfying to watch
Very much useful.
is this taught in medical school?
I relate to that feeling of completion and satisfaction that comes from taking a project from 0-1. My journey has been more towards the software & bioinformatics path and this has been encouraging to hear in regards to hardware efforts
I really enjoyed how you treat research itself as an asset, as a pre-med student as dumb as it sounds I continuously ask myself, "Why is research so important?". To hear your story and how you came along this journey really changes my mindset regarding research. Makes me want to tap into this field as a first-generation and explore.
You are greatly an inspiration. As a student pursuing biomedical engineering and aspire to go into medicine your opinions fascinates me a lot
Favourite new channel😊 As someone who is discovering the beauty of doing research while doing my Microbiology degree and considering it as a career path, this video and it's part one have been so enjoyable to watch.
me too^. Giving me some motivation to gun for my own project in lab. (I'm in my gap year)
would calcium imaging be a optogenetic technique?
I can't imagine building one of those MEA rigs from scratch... must have felt like the sky's the limit afterwards. Kudos to you
If you ever decide to tutor for the mcat, let me know. I enjoy your videos and hearing how your brain works! I am losing hope in my ability to get into med school because of the mcat.
The thing that I find very fascinating about neurosurgery is that the field provides a big diversity in terms of scientific researches especially the ones related to brain pathologies and also I like the need of dexterity and precision in the specialty. Thanks for the video!
Could you do a video on interviewing? Like for medical schools (me) or residency and fellowship?
Wanted to hear this seriously, the voice though
Your videos are so good ❤ Keep the amazing job and the authenticity, that’s what we need in the world
Does the medical school you go to have a massive impact on matching to a competitive specialty? Im an untraditional premed and I’m really interested in surgery but I’m not sure ill be able to get into a competitive program
Can you give some tips on finding research/funding? Current MD student who has a few pubs but looking to get some first author publications and I don't know how to go about doing that.
Hi John, I’m impressed such a brief video could be so insightful. Similar to you, I hate boredom. I will certainly be choosing a specialty that keeps me busy. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to watching more. A question I like to ask physicians is if they could go back in time, would they do it all again? All the studying, standardized tests, years of residency, do you feel it was worth it? Also, if you could go back and give your MS1 self any advice, what would it be? Thank you for your time.
Can you give of some of the more work life balance specialties vs a little more career centric vs very career centric doc? thanks in advance
Hey John, current MS3. Thanks so much for your pearls of wisdom. Im currently in the former camp where I like 3 surgical subspecialties but can't quite decide on one. This video was great food for thought!
Hi John, I love your content but would recommend upgrading your microphone, the audio is quite quiet. Keep on posting your quality insights!
Wow!
Thanks!
Love this video. And thank you for pointing out flashcards, somehow I could never make a use of them, it always felt like a memorization rather than an understanding method.
Thank you for this video. To be honest, I regret to say (and this brings me no happiness), that I have failed a lot of my courses simply because I did not have a set-schedule for studying. I always had really good memory as a kid, so flash cards were a few of the tools that I'd use. Memorizing a few things here and there helped, but when it came to problem solving; getting to the root of a problem and developing a solution for it; I struggled and ended with failure. I then realized that memorization comes with understanding the fundamentals of the subject; focus on the foundation (what, why, how, etc), not just the remembrance of certain ideas surfaced on concepts. Again, thank you, I will put this plan into action for my Fall semester coming up.
Gonna use this for my mcat which is in a month
seeing this 5 weeks before my UCAT. TH-cam got too much data on me.
God bless you as you move forward. My son is a student Doctor ( First year of rotations)
Awesome video. Would you be able to make a video that dives more in depth about how you study during each study session. Are you mainly doing practice questions or reading etc.
Why so swole? What are the health benefits? Ortho528?
Exactly 💯! It's not even a good looking body!
just curious what you think about pre-made flash cards. i agree about making your own it, it is a waste of time. but with premade and for a larger test (im taking the mcat) i think they have benefit in certain subjects that you just need refreshers on especially if you are studying over the course of several months. obviously something like physics or chemistry that requires you to manipulate equations and things like that are less flashcard friendly but generally i think they have benefit when used in combination with the study tools you mentioned. let me know what you think
Though I'm a girl,don't like the view of any jacked boy or anyone in great shape 😂when i look at them,i get frustrated and uncomfortable
Could you make a video on how you study for some of your classes?
Neurosurgery has fascinated me ever since high school. I’m at med school rn and I have a profound love for the nervous system especially the brain and the various diseases. However I am still not 100% sure whether to pursue it or not however a big thank you for the advice, doctor 🙏
Thank you so much for your videos. Please post a video about how to decide between medical residencies vs surgical residencies for people who love both.
Thank u Dr for doing this ...its really nice of to share ur methods ..would be extremely grateful on how u exactly go about learning new content And what r ur top study tips For example what do u actually do in the 2 hour study session . I understand u have an extremely busy schedule but it would be tremendously helpful ..Thank u again ❤
Surreal journey
Until they’re an attending people have very poor understanding of the job they’re signing up for. Across medical and surgical fields. Training is brutal but you’re never the “last line of defense.”