Thanks for the reaction and insight, Dr. Jubbal! I actually used your channel as a resource and it helped me turn things around academically during my remediation. Unsolicited update, I passed my first round of board exams and I’m finishing up my last surgery rotation next week- so things have been going well 🫡
I hear the fire hydrant analogy all the time, but in my experience, it's more like trying to keep water cupped in your hands as a faucet is pouring over it. No one is expecting you to keep all of it, but as a first year med student, you don't know if the water you've managed to catch is useful information or your professors just being pedantic about one particular biochemical pathway you will never use in your career.
That's pretty shitty that someone who was once just like me and you grew up and got their MD, now they're just being dicks and doing stupid shit like that.
I’m an older student, just turned 40, not in med school but doing pre-PA, I had a teacher that told me about how he went to med school 3* different times!!! It was an inspiration! He failed out the first time, then he went back to try again, and for anyone to admit they failed was so admirable, and to know he went back again was even more so, but then he said when he went back in the 70’s, as he was taking a test, police came in and arrested him because they had confused him for a suspect that had committed a crime at that time (prior to all of the technology we have today of course). He eventually got out of that, they found the right person and he was able to go back again!!!!! I thought holy moly here I am feeling bad because I might’ve done bad in a couple courses that I can repeat while he’s repeated Programs! It’s nice to hear that no one is absolutely perfect. I work in the medical field as a medical assistant and it’s NEVER talked about. And I work closely with residents on the daily.
Glad I’m not alone, just starting and am older. How do you learn, understand and remember sciences? Fav resources online or books? I have a hard time and sciences are super hard and abstract to me!
This was actually very insightful. He made some very strong points that I had felt while in med school but didn’t stop to think about so those issues just wine t unnoticed and not dealt with.
I can relate. This is the first time I have experienced what burnout is. Working full time to support family worsens it. So what do I do ? I miss class (infamous in class as a result) and be a little accepting of mediocrity. Always reminding myself to just pass. It hurts my pride but it a good trade off. Love from Ghana.
As a Registered Nurse we experience a similar situation it’s a ton of information thrown at you in a short period of time and it can be overwhelming. I am a firm believer that preparations are necessary……scheduling is your life I know because I did nursing school twice . I completed an LPN program then went on an RN program within a year of becoming an LPN….. however I must say my LPN program help me so much since the all the information was not new to me and I went back to school within a year later not five or more years later. The medical education field is cut throat. My LPN to RN program was 46 weeks just three semesters. Time management is so so important for anyone pursuing a degree in medicine.
This is unfortunate that the system of training is still perpetuating the same things that I came across in 2016. It is going to be good to bring forth the platform that will improve our healthcare training system
I failed first year. The difference is our exams are only in the middle of the year and at the end of the year. If you fail the mid years, you have to get a higher mark at the end. I passed all the other blocks but failed the written exams. I've recently just sat the exams again after failing the year last year. I'm finally at the end and rethinking if I even want to continue medicine. The constant anxiety and stress over the fact that all it takes is failing one exam and I'll have to repeat the year again is a lot to carry. Especially when I get into the exams and so much of it isn't even related to what we learn. It constantly feels like the university is trying to trick us. We don't have supplementary exams. It sucks. So, yeah. I've now done first year twice and I don't even know if I passed. I passed the mid years but all it takes is one bad exam or the pass mark being higher than what I actually got and I fail (they move the mark based on how everyone does overall).
If I have an exam on Monday after I having had a heavy Friday, I'll simply get a doctor's note delaying my exam on Monday. Simple. Done it many times. Why stress? Work smart, not hard.
Hey Kevin, just noticed that you're uh, looking rough haha, so I just wanted to say: Thanks for all your hard work in making this reaction videos, in giving us an inside look into what really goes on in these healthcare careers and med school journeys. I hope things get better for you and want to recommend a Book for you to read, perhaps you would benefit from it, and that book is the Noble Qur'an. Give it a read with an open mind, I think it would benefit you a lot and you might never get the chance to see what it says. Again, thanks again for all your efforts and hope things turn warmer for you.
No no no, he knew that medical school was hard. My question is were you making videos during medical school, so does he want to become a doctor or an influencer?.
Thanks for the reaction and insight, Dr. Jubbal!
I actually used your channel as a resource and it helped me turn things around academically during my remediation.
Unsolicited update, I passed my first round of board exams and I’m finishing up my last surgery rotation next week- so things have been going well 🫡
Congrats! Way to turn things around.
I hear the fire hydrant analogy all the time, but in my experience, it's more like trying to keep water cupped in your hands as a faucet is pouring over it. No one is expecting you to keep all of it, but as a first year med student, you don't know if the water you've managed to catch is useful information or your professors just being pedantic about one particular biochemical pathway you will never use in your career.
That's pretty shitty that someone who was once just like me and you grew up and got their MD, now they're just being dicks and doing stupid shit like that.
Thank you for calling out the Kreb’s cycle!
I’m an older student, just turned 40, not in med school but doing pre-PA, I had a teacher that told me about how he went to med school 3* different times!!! It was an inspiration! He failed out the first time, then he went back to try again, and for anyone to admit they failed was so admirable, and to know he went back again was even more so, but then he said when he went back in the 70’s, as he was taking a test, police came in and arrested him because they had confused him for a suspect that had committed a crime at that time (prior to all of the technology we have today of course). He eventually got out of that, they found the right person and he was able to go back again!!!!! I thought holy moly here I am feeling bad because I might’ve done bad in a couple courses that I can repeat while he’s repeated Programs! It’s nice to hear that no one is absolutely perfect. I work in the medical field as a medical assistant and it’s NEVER talked about. And I work closely with residents on the daily.
Glad I’m not alone, just starting and am older. How do you learn, understand and remember sciences? Fav resources online or books? I have a hard time and sciences are super hard and abstract to me!
This was actually very insightful. He made some very strong points that I had felt while in med school but didn’t stop to think about so those issues just wine t unnoticed and not dealt with.
Good advice for nursing students too!
I can relate. This is the first time I have experienced what burnout is. Working full time to support family worsens it. So what do I do ? I miss class (infamous in class as a result) and be a little accepting of mediocrity. Always reminding myself to just pass. It hurts my pride but it a good trade off. Love from Ghana.
As a Registered Nurse we experience a similar situation it’s a ton of information thrown at you in a short period of time and it can be overwhelming. I am a firm believer that preparations are necessary……scheduling is your life I know because I did nursing school twice . I completed an LPN program then went on an RN program within a year of becoming an LPN….. however I must say my LPN program help me so much since the all the information was not new to me and I went back to school within a year later not five or more years later.
The medical education field is cut throat. My LPN to RN program was 46 weeks just three semesters.
Time management is so so important for anyone pursuing a degree in medicine.
This is unfortunate that the system of training is still perpetuating the same things that I came across in 2016. It is going to be good to bring forth the platform that will improve our healthcare training system
For those commenters who are concerned, don’t worry I’m great. Was 95°F outside and was just toasty and a bit sweaty
Hey Kevin, if you don’t mind me asking, what are your personal top 5 favorite specialties? And Keep up the great work 🙏
To be fair to car review channels, being good at giving reviews, especially to the general public, is not the same as being good at racing
I failed first year. The difference is our exams are only in the middle of the year and at the end of the year. If you fail the mid years, you have to get a higher mark at the end. I passed all the other blocks but failed the written exams. I've recently just sat the exams again after failing the year last year. I'm finally at the end and rethinking if I even want to continue medicine. The constant anxiety and stress over the fact that all it takes is failing one exam and I'll have to repeat the year again is a lot to carry. Especially when I get into the exams and so much of it isn't even related to what we learn. It constantly feels like the university is trying to trick us. We don't have supplementary exams. It sucks. So, yeah. I've now done first year twice and I don't even know if I passed. I passed the mid years but all it takes is one bad exam or the pass mark being higher than what I actually got and I fail (they move the mark based on how everyone does overall).
Good luck!
Just commenting for the algorithm 🖤🤎
Don't allow yourself the situation to fail. Prepare. There is no such thing as hard, only prepared and unprepared.
If I have an exam on Monday after I having had a heavy Friday, I'll simply get a doctor's note delaying my exam on Monday. Simple. Done it many times. Why stress? Work smart, not hard.
I really like the “real feel” shot accidentally caused by the previous cam overheating! 😅
Maybe something to look at for future reaction vids?? 🙏
Can you make a video on tips to give a good case presentation please!!!
Just been inquisitive, did you go back to residency when you quit or you changed specialty
Hey Kevin, just noticed that you're uh, looking rough haha, so I just wanted to say: Thanks for all your hard work in making this reaction videos, in giving us an inside look into what really goes on in these healthcare careers and med school journeys. I hope things get better for you and want to recommend a Book for you to read, perhaps you would benefit from it, and that book is the Noble Qur'an. Give it a read with an open mind, I think it would benefit you a lot and you might never get the chance to see what it says. Again, thanks again for all your efforts and hope things turn warmer for you.
This failing out isn't really failing out. Its only repeating the first year.
The disappointed look in the thumbnail..
Kevin, you ok brother? I know you see what I see..
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o_O
No no no, he knew that medical school was hard. My question is were you making videos during medical school, so does he want to become a doctor or an influencer?.
Maybe both😊
this is the right question.
@@MrBjorn6 when your craft is someone's life, no. you get to only choose one.