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This was a great breakdown! I am a soon to be a Family Med Resident interested in underserved populations, rural health, maternal child health care, and hospitalist care! Match in a little over a month!
Me too! But I'm still in 2nd year and trying to figure out my whys. Initially, I was drawn to Neurosurgery cos the mystery behind the brain, prestige, challenges (yeah, I said that😅),Trauma surgery&, Emergency med- for the challenges and mystery also. Now, I'm thinking more about the lifestyle, medical mission opportunities plus I'm someone who loves varieties (hardly have favorite stuff) and find it hard to narrow deep into one major area. Would love to get more tips from you Aaron!😊
@@favourleramo4052 3rd year is meant for just that. Finding your place. I did general and trauma surgery, and general was meh to me, same cases over and over in a rural hospital. Trauma was AWESOME but I didn't want to be doing that when I am 50 or 60 and I want to work in medicine a long time. I loved taking care of everyone and using my spanish. in FM I can work as a hospitalist, ER doc, outpatient and even deliver babies. I do have a youtube channel if you want to scour some of the videos I have put up on the topic of FM. Good luck in 3rd year and have fun! It's the hardest but funnest year of medschool.
@@AaronTrillo Oh!😃 I should subscribe to your channel then(same name right?). Thanks for highlighting the diverse areas to work in as a FM Dr. that makes it a pretty interesting specialty for the long run. Although, I'm not very good with learning languages but will be sure to try so I don't limit myself. I think 2nd year is the hardest though (for me& most of my seniors)😂
In the opportunities section, you forgot to mention hospitalist for family medicine, which statistically is among the most popular career choices for family medicine physicians.
Good video but could've been better if you collaborated with a family medicine doctor. Also, you didn't include that a family medicine doctor can specialize in sleep medicine and hospice and palliative medicine as well.
Generally speaking (which of course allows for exceptions), here's how I'd put it: FM Pros and/or Cons (depending on person) * Generalist, not specialist * More outpatient than inpatient focus * More peds/ob/gyn/msk/derm training than IM * Outpatient procedures (e.g. abscess drainage, lacerations, cysts, stitches, joint injections, punch biopsies, Paps/IUDs) Pros: * Relatively easy to move internationally * Residency tends to be more chill at least on outpatient * FM culture tends to be warmer and friendlier than IM in general * No need to recertify
Cons: * Fellowships not as radically different career paths like in IM (e.g. sports) IM Pros and/or Cons (dependent on person) * More inpatient than outpatient focus * Specialist, not generalist, i.e., specialist in adult medicine or the possibility to become a subspecialist (e.g. cardiologist, oncologist) * No OB/peds * Limited MSK/derm training compared to FM * Limited outpatient procedures and sometimes even limited inpatient procedures at many places (though not everywhere) with most residents only required to do a handful of inpatient procedures * Culture is more eggheady (e.g. long rounds, grand rounds, research projects) Pros: * Fellowships (e.g. hem/onc, pulm/ccm, cards, GI) Cons: * Harder to move internationally * Residency is usually more intense since lots of inpatient * Need to recertify boards every 10 years
Thanks for the video, I have been a big fan of your content throughout my medical school journey, can't believe I'm finally at the end stage and fiddling with my rank order list now. I'm having a difficult time with my ROL here in Canada choosing between FM vs IM. As of now... I am interested in doing hospitalist work, and not so much of a particular sub-speciality. Fortunately I received some invitations to strong IM programs here, but something I never considered until now was what my work life balance would be like. From the IM programs, such as Toronto (Big city with all hospitals at the core of downtown - I have two young kids and living in downtown with them would be near impossible to meet their needs) So, I am considering going the FM route (Options to rank less big cities, not live in downtown, etc) with electives tailored towards hospitalist but I worry that I will not be well prepared especially with knowledge and procedural skills in my career. I have hopes to practice in a more community hospital setting.
Id argue against a piece of cake life. Many of my IM and FM friends who are PCP take a lot of work home with notes, patient messages, follow up duties, etc. But you do like get weekends off which is nice :)
I don't think AI is at the position to replace a doc. While it can come up with answers on standard questions - most of family medicine is being creative when you have someone come with 4-5 problems and identifying if they each need different solutions/management vs. One thing explains it all. Technology while great - often leads to too superficial or too much info. Neither is great for pt care. But I do seeing AI help make doctors spend less time responding to common questions - ie. "I'm having chest pain "-> common recommendations and questions to help triage the pt to the ED vs. coming into the clinic.
@@TheMDJourney of course ai can’t replace a human physician entirely but i can see it do many things that can limit the role of pcp or make it easy for a single doctor to handle hundreds of patients in one setting which leads to less need for many pcp so less jobs or less salary But ofc thats my student level opinion im not an expert at all
Unfortunately most tech requires a doc to sign off on the response. If anything doctors will see more pts efficiently but don't think it'll cut salaries.
There's a lot of FM docs that do focus on obstetrics. In regards to doing surgery and other OB/gyn related procedures - that is almost always Obgyn trained docs.
The NP creep on FM is very real. In Canada, one of our provinces is proposing a 300k pay model with no overhead for NPs. FM is a dying specialty imo. In clerkship rn, and I've peaced out of my FM aspirations which sucks because it's such a liberating specialty that allows you to see patients from cradle to grave and gives you the privilege of being their for your patients in the most critical moments of their lives. Medical or otherwise. My FM rotation was incredible, I'd wake up every day genuinely excited to hit the clinic. But now I gotta say, considering everything, no respect from your colleagues in other specialties, often no respect from your patients, and now no respect from your own government.
Stop being superficial. With good PCPs out there, hospitalizations will be cut and the overall healthcare costs will go down. So i’d be careful calling primary care a crappy field because they’re the ones keeping the population from falling apart.
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Hey, friends! Hope you enjoyed today's video about "Internal Medicine vs Family Medicine". Take advantage of all my favorite med school tips and tricks in this free guide here! (themdjourney.com/med-school-success-handbook/) Good luck on your journey! 💪
Really insightful. Thanks mate
This was a great breakdown! I am a soon to be a Family Med Resident interested in underserved populations, rural health, maternal child health care, and hospitalist care! Match in a little over a month!
Best of luck with your journey!
Me too! But I'm still in 2nd year and trying to figure out my whys.
Initially, I was drawn to Neurosurgery cos the mystery behind the brain, prestige, challenges (yeah, I said that😅),Trauma surgery&, Emergency med- for the challenges and mystery also.
Now, I'm thinking more about the lifestyle, medical mission opportunities plus I'm someone who loves varieties (hardly have favorite stuff) and find it hard to narrow deep into one major area.
Would love to get more tips from you Aaron!😊
@@favourleramo4052 3rd year is meant for just that. Finding your place. I did general and trauma surgery, and general was meh to me, same cases over and over in a rural hospital. Trauma was AWESOME but I didn't want to be doing that when I am 50 or 60 and I want to work in medicine a long time. I loved taking care of everyone and using my spanish. in FM I can work as a hospitalist, ER doc, outpatient and even deliver babies. I do have a youtube channel if you want to scour some of the videos I have put up on the topic of FM. Good luck in 3rd year and have fun! It's the hardest but funnest year of medschool.
@@AaronTrillo Oh!😃 I should subscribe to your channel then(same name right?).
Thanks for highlighting the diverse areas to work in as a FM Dr. that makes it a pretty interesting specialty for the long run. Although, I'm not very good with learning languages but will be sure to try so I don't limit myself.
I think 2nd year is the hardest though (for me& most of my seniors)😂
@@favourleramo4052 Yeah same name. 2nd year is awful because its pure school work + Step 1. 3rd year is better but harder GL!
In the opportunities section, you forgot to mention hospitalist for family medicine, which statistically is among the most popular career choices for family medicine physicians.
Watching this from the UK. I can’t believe you spend so much admin time speaking to insurance companies… I find this really absurd
Good video but could've been better if you collaborated with a family medicine doctor. Also, you didn't include that a family medicine doctor can specialize in sleep medicine and hospice and palliative medicine as well.
As a med student who is torn between these two, I am very thankful you made this.
Do you have a link for the "salary by region" tool at the 10:00 mark?
Generally speaking (which of course allows for exceptions), here's how I'd put it:
FM
Pros and/or Cons (depending on person)
* Generalist, not specialist
* More outpatient than inpatient focus
* More peds/ob/gyn/msk/derm training than IM
* Outpatient procedures (e.g. abscess drainage, lacerations, cysts, stitches, joint injections, punch biopsies, Paps/IUDs)
Pros:
* Relatively easy to move internationally
* Residency tends to be more chill at least on outpatient
* FM culture tends to be warmer and friendlier than IM in general
* No need to recertify
Cons:
* Fellowships not as radically different career paths like in IM (e.g. sports)
IM
Pros and/or Cons (dependent on person)
* More inpatient than outpatient focus
* Specialist, not generalist, i.e., specialist in adult medicine or the possibility to become a subspecialist (e.g. cardiologist, oncologist)
* No OB/peds
* Limited MSK/derm training compared to FM
* Limited outpatient procedures and sometimes even limited inpatient procedures at many places (though not everywhere) with most residents only required to do a handful of inpatient procedures
* Culture is more eggheady (e.g. long rounds, grand rounds, research projects)
Pros:
* Fellowships (e.g. hem/onc, pulm/ccm, cards, GI)
Cons:
* Harder to move internationally
* Residency is usually more intense since lots of inpatient
* Need to recertify boards every 10 years
Brilliant 👍👍
Excellent breakdown! Thank you for this ✅
Sure thing!
Thank you for this! I’m trying to decide between the two and this is helpful. Good luck on your fellowship!
Best of luck to you as well!
Thanks for the video, I have been a big fan of your content throughout my medical school journey, can't believe I'm finally at the end stage and fiddling with my rank order list now.
I'm having a difficult time with my ROL here in Canada choosing between FM vs IM.
As of now... I am interested in doing hospitalist work, and not so much of a particular sub-speciality.
Fortunately I received some invitations to strong IM programs here, but something I never considered until now was what my work life balance would be like.
From the IM programs, such as Toronto (Big city with all hospitals at the core of downtown - I have two young kids and living in downtown with them would be near impossible to meet their needs)
So, I am considering going the FM route (Options to rank less big cities, not live in downtown, etc) with electives tailored towards hospitalist but I worry that I will not be well prepared especially with knowledge and procedural skills in my career. I have hopes to practice in a more community hospital setting.
I worked in a rural hospital where the ICU doctor was FM, we put in central lines and intubated people daily, he also ran labor and delivery unit.
family medicine >>>>>>>>> more free time and a good pay, 3 years residency and a piece of cake life !
the only heavy disadvantage for me to family medicine is how marginalized it is
i feel like chatgpt similar apps will do as good or close enough job
Id argue against a piece of cake life. Many of my IM and FM friends who are PCP take a lot of work home with notes, patient messages, follow up duties, etc. But you do like get weekends off which is nice :)
I don't think AI is at the position to replace a doc. While it can come up with answers on standard questions - most of family medicine is being creative when you have someone come with 4-5 problems and identifying if they each need different solutions/management vs. One thing explains it all.
Technology while great - often leads to too superficial or too much info. Neither is great for pt care.
But I do seeing AI help make doctors spend less time responding to common questions - ie. "I'm having chest pain "-> common recommendations and questions to help triage the pt to the ED vs. coming into the clinic.
@@TheMDJourney of course ai can’t replace a human physician entirely but i can see it do many things that can limit the role of pcp or make it easy for a single doctor to handle hundreds of patients in one setting which leads to less need for many pcp so less jobs or less salary
But ofc thats my student level opinion im not an expert at all
Unfortunately most tech requires a doc to sign off on the response. If anything doctors will see more pts efficiently but don't think it'll cut salaries.
What name of website to see average compensation with home prices on map
Hey can you make a video comparing internal medicine and emergency medicine as the way as this video !
Very nice put video. What website did you use to look up salaries for different specialties?
great video!!
super super super helpful
The biggest difference is 6 more months of inpatient training in IM and FM see peds and OB. There u go.
Can someone apply for a family medicine residency, then after completing it, apply for a plastic surgery residency?
random question... favorite scrub brands?
I've only tried FIGS and I like them
Hey can u make video on pathology. ? Like this IM and FM. …
We can add it to our list!
A really great breakdown
First hehe
Can we do obgy after FM?
There's a lot of FM docs that do focus on obstetrics. In regards to doing surgery and other OB/gyn related procedures - that is almost always Obgyn trained docs.
Please can you tell me about clinical Pharmacologist and therapeutics
Time hrs is it during residency or after getting job in that respective fields of specialisation?
Great content!
Thanks so much!! 🎉🎉
quality content
Clear bol be clear bol
The NP creep on FM is very real. In Canada, one of our provinces is proposing a 300k pay model with no overhead for NPs. FM is a dying specialty imo. In clerkship rn, and I've peaced out of my FM aspirations which sucks because it's such a liberating specialty that allows you to see patients from cradle to grave and gives you the privilege of being their for your patients in the most critical moments of their lives. Medical or otherwise. My FM rotation was incredible, I'd wake up every day genuinely excited to hit the clinic. But now I gotta say, considering everything, no respect from your colleagues in other specialties, often no respect from your patients, and now no respect from your own government.
Great informative video
IM vs Peds , Peds in general. Peds cardio or Peds neuro , or IM vs Infectious Disease
There is at least one 4 year FM residency, and, separately, fellowship applications are at different years for FM and IM.
Residency sucks. Don't do either
FM is a crappy job...IM worths only for fellowhip
Stop being superficial. With good PCPs out there, hospitalizations will be cut and the overall healthcare costs will go down. So i’d be careful calling primary care a crappy field because they’re the ones keeping the population from falling apart.