This is the real dr. G. I’m glad you’re here. Be nice to primary care physicians. They are overworked and under appreciated and their money trees never grow any fruit. Also, subscribe for more residency interviews
As a family physician, I appreciate the shout out. I love my job, wouldn’t trade it for anything. Thanks Dr. G for bringing a smile to my face every day!
@@Monicalala actually, some docs now have that posted all over the place. It feels very warm and welcoming as a patient with complex medical needs- some weeks I'm at medical appointments 5 days a week. I can add several more appointments- weeks apart- for primary care provider appointments and I can spend that much more money on co-pays. Oh, yay! I leave those places- they're obviously so busy that providing the kind of care that has saved my life several times isn't possible. Doctors need to understand that they must stop accepting patients when they're getting so busy that they're triple booked routinely. It's simply impossible to provide adequate care at that point and I doubt it's the life that anyone who sets out to be a doctor wants. My current PCP took 6 months to get into as a new patient. She spends as much or as little time as my situation requires.
Family medicine is so under appreciated. They’re basically trained to handle everything under the sun as long as No OR is involved. They’re the backbone of public health care
I'm actually in the hospital with my son right now for a bad strep infection and our doctor just stopped in to just see him with his own eyes. This man cares so much he came to the hospital at 8pm to make sure a kid under his care is okay despite there not being much left to do in this particular second. Under appreciated is an understatement.
@@jo1italianstyle family medicine means taking care of the family, including children. They are trained in pediatrics. Some even deliver babies. That's why he always looks tired and frazzled - family med does it all.
@@jo1italianstyle family med doc can handle patients at any stage of their life from cradle to coffin. The position was originally designed as the village doctor in rural communities far away from hospitals and specialized care. Thus their training and skill set is incredibly broad and they can do some minor surgeries such as c section, though them performing these surgeries are extraordinarily rare now a days. However bc they are primary care thier reimbursment rates in the us are shit. I worked with a hospital admin for one of the major nyc hospital system and they were like, as long as our primary care doc lose less than 100k we are happy bc we'll make it back through referals.
My primary care doctor was the one who single-handedly figured out how to manage my chronic migraines and solved my mysterious nerve injury that dozens of neurologists, spine surgeons, and hand/microsurgeons failed to diagnose. She is a family physician at my university's student clinic and professor of medicine and sees a crazy amount of patients each day but treats every patient like we're the only person she has to worry about. Kind of hate that I graduated and need to find a new doctor now.
Just had an urgent appointment with my primary care doc yesterday. I could tell she was running on fumes, but she still shoved it all aside and gave me her undivided attention and diligent care. She's an absolute angel.
I'm the son of a family medicine doctor in a rural town. Seeing him is the reason I didn't go into medicine, as he always seemed like this, with added fun of people finding our home phone number to call him (yay rural communities and their non existent boundaries). I will say he at least carved timeout for his kids, but yeah, I felt that chatting until he fell asleep part. Edit- I would add that despite the lack of respect for his family time by calling our home, he was and is much loved by his town.
My friends sister is a primary physician in a very rural area, and I imagine this is exactly how her interview went lol. She was like "yeah I really want to be a rural family doctor, you have to be able to do EVERYTHING it really keeps you on your toes." She's been doing it for at least 7 or 8 years now. We need more people like her, rural medicine positions are so hard to fill.
The reason we need more people is that the hours are bad the conditions are also bad and the pay is a joke. Fix these 3 things and you'll have plenty of ppl
As a family doctor I can say this is 100% accurate :D but we have great work life balance. No on call, very few actually life threatening situations ect. It's a nice calm job but you do see a lot of patient and manage any/every complaint/disease.
That reeeeally depends on your standards of “work-life-balance”. Especially in underserved areas this stuff is more stressful than ‘Nam. Constant On call because there’s always someone calling in the middle of the night, people show you their “weird thing on their lower back” while you’re shopping groceries, too many people, too little time, no money, constant paperwork.... I’d call that the opposite of a good work-life-balance. But it IS the epitome of helping and the classic “doctor”... the very fact that people still do this without a gun pointed to their head ... they are worth their weight in pure gold.
Here in my country(Netherlands), unless you're about to die in the next hour, you have to go to your primary care doctor. You can't just go to the emergency department.
@@henk-3098 Please don't take offence at my saying this but on subjects like this identifying your country is useful. For instance my country is Ireland, here you technically can choose between GP (family med/primary care) or ED but you'd only go to ED if there was something seriously wrong. On the other hand in the state of Kerala, India it freaked me out that there didn't seem to be any GP's, instead we went to hospital for everything. BTW Henk, unless you've reasons to keep it quiet what is your country?
@@FenrirWolfganger Ah yes I'm sorry, I've changed it now. And I'm overexaggerating a little. If you truly have an emergency you can go straight to the emergency department but you will have to pay an excess/deductible, while the GP or 'huisarts' (literal translation is home physician) is completely covered by insurance. Most of the time you call your GP and he/she will refer you to the ED.
both my parents are family physicians. they get like 200 phone calls a day from 7 am to midnight. not to mention texts, emails and hypochondriac people showing up at their door at every waking hour for every meaningless stuff they can think about. they both love it tho, i mean, its the pure essence of helping people.
You would think PAs and NPs would but they act as primary care doctor-lite so the physician and PA work at 2 different primary care jobs instead of the PA helping the physician at one job
My mom is a family doctor and she gets paid dirt and treated so badly. She’s paid by the number of patients she sees so the good doctors that don’t kick their patients out after 5 mins don’t make much at all. Plus she has an average of 2 hours of paperwork at the end of each workday that pile up because she didn’t want to fall farther behind and make her patients wait longer for their appointments. She’s not paid for any of the paperwork. She also has to pay rent for her office space, her medical receptionist, and every band aid and piece of paper comes out of her pocket. She has to know everything about every possible thing that could be going on with a person. Family doctors (at least in Canada) are such a scarcity because no one wants to graduate med school with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt and then have the government act like you’re not as important as everyone else. She’s so fed up with it that she wants to change careers. Thank you for stressing that her job is extremely difficult- it sounds fucking exhausting.
@@teacup3064 what's the tax bracket on $300,000/year....medical insurance? The payment on the student loan? Providing your staff health insurance/benefits, and paying rent for the office..... and then realize that if you worked in the hospital with a bachelors degree, you clocked out at the end of your shift, and watched Tv in the evening you would be making $50/hour....so how is being a doctor worth it? If I worked those kinds of hours I would also make near to what they make, with none of the risk of malpractice or next month's rent bills
@@ludwigvonmiseswasright4380 do you mind if I ask what do you do for living? I know many doctors that are able to share practice office with other doctors with all the expenses you listed, it comes to 150,000 per year which is really good. Risk of malpractice is in any medical or professional specialty.
Shoutout to my doctor, who actually took the time to talk with me for like 15 minutes when I asked to start psychological treatment. Much love to all family medicine docs out there, you're truly the best kind of people
I had a family doctor years ago (retired now) who was simply the best. He actually sat down with you and actually spoke to you like a human being, put in the time to listen AND hear what you had to say, addressed your concerns, took the time to explain what each medication did and what it was for and treated you like a close friend, instead of doing what a lot of G.P.s these days do, which is a revolving door policy. Six years later, I haven’t come close to finding a new family doctor like him, which is sad.
After 7 years of family medicine I decided to transition to rural ER in the middle of the pandemic. Hard to imagine but the ER has been less stress overall. No messages, labs to call back on, referrals to place, few forms to fill out, no med refills, prior auths, ‘oh by the ways’… just a good mix of strokes, MI’s, SI’s, traumas and everything in between.
The messages!!!! I answer two and four more would pop up. Patients/parents put in msgs any time of the day. 3 am. Christmas. Saturday And not urgent questions either.
Before he retired, my dad worked family medicine his entire career. He started moonlighting at a semi-rural ER a few weekends a year, and I think it honestly was kind of his stress relief weekend.
Appreciate it. As a primary care physician (family medicine), this is worryingly accurate. I am definitely overworked but my relationships with my patients keep me going. It’s an honor and a privilege to be someone’s PCP but family medicine is no joke. By a long shot, waaaay harder than I ever imagined it to be. Our scope of practice is basically everything having to do with the human body at any age at any stage. Thank your PCP. And if you’re a specialist, be nice to us!
Thank you for doing what you do! I had the same PCP for 13 years, and she came to feel like a good friend who I bothered as little as possible :P She performed outpatient surgeries on me, was my husband and son's doctor too, and helped us with a lot of (thankfully minor) issues over the years. She moved to be closer to her parents right before the Pandemic and I gifted her some earrings as thanks for all the years. I've had 2 new PCPs in the meantime (one retired after 6 months, one is moving) and am currently without. The same thing happened to my mom. It's a wonderful relationship to build when you get to stay with one person, but it's really hard to re-forge that with someone new.
Thank you for being a family med doc. Your patients are so lucky to have someone like you looking out for them. I hope I can find a doc like you someday.
As someone who wants to go into family medicine, this makes me chuckle and cringe. You should set up a fundraiser so every family medicine doc has their own personal Johnathan. Think of it now: A commercial with a crying family medicine doc on the floor, and a voiceover that says "For just $5.00 a day, you can help an abused physician get the help they need."
Actually, you could also do a direct to consumer-style parody ad " *happy physician running through a field* with a voiceover that says " talk to your ophthalmologist about getting a Jonathan"
@@DGlaucomflecken The first two ideas were freebees. Although, if I do borrow a Johnathan, do I need to buy him a special kibble, or does he just forage for toast crumbs?
Oh.. my.. God.. my feelings about the last 3 years I worked in a family medicine clinic have been totally validated by 2 minutes of video... I'm gonna call my therapist, I dont need her anymore..
A family medicine doctor saved my life after an ER physician dropped the ball and sent me home. I was bleeding on the brain. She ordered an MRI, but had to shop around to find me the cheapest because I didn't have health insurance. The bleed was in the middle of my high parietal region.😅 She is my hero❤
As a Family Medicine doctor in the UK (or GP - General Practitioner as we call it) I agree this is exactly the same!!! Apart from ‘prior authorisations’ as the NHS is free at the point of delivery for all, we are the gate keepers and monkeys doing lots of the leg work!! We do 90% of all UK medical consultations for 9% of the annual NHS health budget!!! Great videos and strongly resonate this side of the pond too!!
Heeee! The applicant showed up a put-together, reasonable human being and ended as a worn out shell with crooked glasses. Absolutely perfect! Well done!
A previous family care doctor not only followed us to the ER when he had dx my husband with a DVT, he went into the ER and convinced my husband to stay (mostly by scaring the shit out of him🤣) because my stubborn husband thought he could just go home and deal with it, without treatment 🤦🏽. Positively saving his life. My husband already had 6 small PEs in his lungs.
My primary care doctor was the first person I went to for help when I finally admitted to myself that I couldn't fix my depression on my own. He was so kind and empathetic he didn't make me feel like a basket case or weak. That alone was already so helpful for my mental health journey. The meds helped too
I was nicknamed the 'prior auth queen' when I was a psychiatric clinic assistant for our local mental health authority. Iirc, my record for approvals in a single day was 8 or 9. Which, when you have to wait on long holds mx times, is pretty dang good.
My friend and her husband are both nurses at our local hospital and I send them most every one of your videos and for each one they just keep saying how spot-on you are for everything. They’re both COVID nurses and have been dealing with so much over this pandemic; your humor brightens their days!! (And mine too!!)
If you guys don't mind me asking, I know other sections of Medicine it's very difficult to get places (matches?), is it really this easy to get a Family Med placement?
@@FenrirWolfganger I mean you still have to pass boards and clinical rotations but if you don't care about a big academic center you can apply to lots of rotations without interviewing and still have a high chance of matching. I think as long as you rank at least 12 it's almost guaranteed. FM is also IMG friendly so lots of them go into that.
@@kaitlynkilpatrick36 Thank you Kaitlyn for your prompt reply. I wish you all the best with your next year and a half and Interning. FM is certainly a demanding job but I've seen in friends and family how a caring Med can really boost the spirits even of the chronically ill.
A bit of sulphate of potash around the money tree might help it produce more flowers, and thus more money. Or maybe start a Jonathan breeding program? Or, now here's a crazy thought, primary health care could be properly funded, thus saving a lot of money in the longer term by catching and addressing chronic disease as early as possible. ... I'll just go and fetch the potash, shall I?
@@grantmegan91 It's weird how in this country (US) we HAD to go to our PCP with concerns that my son (and I) had ADHD so we could get referred to a specialist. Why are PCPs responsible for screening psych patients? Every health issue we've ended up needing a specialist for--from allergists to gastroenterologists--have started with a visit to our PCP. They really are amazing!
As a family medicine doctor, I can promise you, this is 100% accurate. It’s so frustrating every single day of my career so far. And I never dreamed we’d be so under-appreciated.
My GP is almost like a family member at this point. She has helped me tirelessly (I have quite a few medical issues), she is so kind, so patient, and she goes above and beyond for every single one of her patients. She usually runs 10-15 minutes behind but I don’t even care because I know that she is running late because she took the time and energy to help the people before me to the best of her abilities. She comes into every appointment with a smile and she is so willing to listen to you about any concerns/questions/input you have in regards to your care. Family medicine is the backbone of medicine
nurse here, I left primary care long ago, the providers were burned out, the nurses were burned out and and the schedules required weekend work to clear the week prior of notes, just to do it all over again the following week. Primary doctors are unsung heros.
My primary care physician and his staff turned around a vaccination certification for my college-bound son overnight. My college-bound son promptly lost the form. The staff then kindly sent the scanned copy that they had kept for their files to the University since we don't have a fax machine. They are awesome!!
I want to be a trauma surgeon but God I have so much respect for family medicine and just primary care in general. Not my cup of tea, not even a little bit, but it's a contender for the most necessary job on Earth and yet it's so underappreciated. You have to really love it to be doing it.
And here I am in the emergency department, watching this at 3:30AM, after having just mercilessly sent like 50 children to their family doctor first thing Monday morning...
Here in the US now (at least where I am), we have three levels: ED, Urgent Care/Walk-in, and Primary Care. It's nearly impossible to get into the PCP in under a week so I usually take my son to Urgent Care if he's having something right now, or if I need to get patched up. We've only been to the ED twice--once when he couldn't breathe (severe asthma attack), and once when I had extreme abdominal pain. I can't imagine taking him to the ED with anything less than a real emergency, but I guess it's good that parents are making sure it isn't an emergency...? Thank you for what you do
@@ladygrndr9424 I used to work in the emergency room and the reality is that many people are unable to obtain either insurance or legal documentation for residency in this country, therefore they go to the ER for regular issues as they have no other option.
@@ladygrndr9424 I dunno though, it gets old when you have to squeeze in *non-emergent* ED diagnostic exams in the middle of outpatient schedules, with inpatient add-ons, back to back & without getting time to eat much (since there were non-emergent but STAT exams to perform) 😴
A salute all FM Physicians for all the thankless work they do. I remember my PCP (family medicine) was egging me to go to Med School and return to work in his private practice...It was hard telling him that I was more interest in the physical sciences, to his dissapointment. He would show up at his practice at 6am and leave until 7pm, well after his clinic closed at 5pm. He was lucky to have an PA and a RN helping him, still he retired, like many have, mid pandemic...sign...
My PCP before I moved was the first person to tell me I have hyperflexible joints. I'm in my late 20s. I've been having joint pain. Back pain for years. She also had chronic issues including hyperflexibility. Loved her so much.
I was reading in a medical subreddit that it's the opposite. One of the better fields to go into because your workweek is very manageable. So many different stories
Seems accurate. My pcp is the best. He helped me realize I needed a few new specialists for second opinions and it led me to completely different diagnosis. He also helped me when I had questions about my cerebral vasospasm syndrome and then told me he'd give me a referral for a vascular neurologist since the cause of my condition is unknown. I won't leave him if I don't have to. Appreciate your pcps
My PCP is Family Medicine (NP) and he's the best. He always makes sure I understand side effects, likely and possible outcomes, what I can expect my insurance to approve or deny on what timescale, and double-checks there's no other complaints or questions I need to have addressed before he moves on, including making sure that I have a safe place to live and good access to food. The office also does a lot to connect patients with local resources whenever possible. But he also had to close the clinic down for about 6 months for financial reasons a year or so back.
So freakin on point it’s ridiculous. PC physicians are the most underrated, overworked, and underpaid group of all medical professionals out there. With the sole possible exception of Jonathan
These are just so super funny, and I enjoy them a lot! i discovered your channel on TikTok when I was visiting my family in Europe, but I live in China and the Western version of TikTok doesn't work in China, so I appreciate very much you have started to use also TH-cam.
My GP (General Practitioner, what we call primary care doctors in Ireland) is really the best. He advocated hard for me when I needed mental healthcare but couldn't access anything of quality. You can tell he just really cares about his patients.
Similar to general dentistry. We're called the captain of the ship. Make the least amount of money but have the most variety. Worth it, to me at least. Challenging and fun to put together complex treatment plans, sequence care accurately. Make a difference.
For residency of Family Medicine, how difficult is it? How many hours per week does a typical FM resident work? Also, do FM residents have to be on call? I'm a premed, and I'm just wondering. Thank you!
Amazing how much you have taught me, with amazing and sometimes nutty humor. Appreciate your knowledge, characters, detailed scenarios. New haircut? Brilliant 👏
I have a neurological disorder called trigeminal neuralgia, my family doctor figured it out before my neurologist who is the head of neurology at the hospital. I will always be thankful, 2 years of not knowing what was happening sucked tho.
I'm a family medicine PA and this is very accurate. Only a few minutes to address multiple chronic health problems. I spend hours after work doing charts. The physicians I work with are even busier. Still a rewarding job though.
The head doctor at our primary care/infectious disease/transition care clinic is a PCP, an infectious disease doctor, and a pediatrician. She also writes a newsletter and gives talks. I have no idea how she does it all
So true! Unfortunately many of us also have to get up way early to round in the hospital too. I love my job but it gets to be very overwhelming at times.
We had been back and forth between the oncologist and the emergency room when my mom passed from cancer. As soon as our family care physician received the chart updates from the hospital, she actually personally called me to see how I was doing.
As a family dr i can tell you is depressing sometimes, but hey! Someone has to do it :') in the end you will be rewarded by your patients (sometimes) an by the other drs (almost never) but hey you'll still love it, is an amazing :)
Yep. Be ready to pay your passion tax because the public don't care and think only they are capable of moral injury. The appreciation you receive is only proportional to how much they feel good atm.
As a rural public family med you should deal with everycase and send only few to specialists or emergency But you become the loved one in the community you know the parents children grandchildren step parents cousins .it s always a pack in one consultation because it is free
Haaannnn... do all the tricks 😂😂😂.. simply saying during corona when we are understaffed our family medicine doc done everything i have immense respect for her... 😍😍😍
This is the real dr. G. I’m glad you’re here. Be nice to primary care physicians. They are overworked and under appreciated and their money trees never grow any fruit. Also, subscribe for more residency interviews
So accurate 😭
1-2 problems per visit is the unwritten rule
I like the disheveled glasses! 😂
As a family physician, I appreciate the shout out. I love my job, wouldn’t trade it for anything. Thanks Dr. G for bringing a smile to my face every day!
@@Monicalala actually, some docs now have that posted all over the place. It feels very warm and welcoming as a patient with complex medical needs- some weeks I'm at medical appointments 5 days a week. I can add several more appointments- weeks apart- for primary care provider appointments and I can spend that much more money on co-pays. Oh, yay! I leave those places- they're obviously so busy that providing the kind of care that has saved my life several times isn't possible.
Doctors need to understand that they must stop accepting patients when they're getting so busy that they're triple booked routinely. It's simply impossible to provide adequate care at that point and I doubt it's the life that anyone who sets out to be a doctor wants. My current PCP took 6 months to get into as a new patient. She spends as much or as little time as my situation requires.
Family medicine is so under appreciated. They’re basically trained to handle everything under the sun as long as No OR is involved. They’re the backbone of public health care
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Absolutely
@@DGlaucomflecken I initially read this as a reply to JEÑÑY's comment, and found it way more hilarious that way.
@@AGH331 This is probably a job for urology.
uhm emergency medicine would fit the bill
The glasses changing at the end upon taking the job is amazing!
And his tie 😂
@@trungle6422 you forgot something from tidy hair to messy hair
He started getting disheveled as SOON as the interviewer started handing him the work to do 😂. Just *chefs kiss* so subtle and well timed.
Was just about to comment that
Didn't even notice! Hilarious
I'm actually in the hospital with my son right now for a bad strep infection and our doctor just stopped in to just see him with his own eyes. This man cares so much he came to the hospital at 8pm to make sure a kid under his care is okay despite there not being much left to do in this particular second.
Under appreciated is an understatement.
shound't you have a pediatrician instead of family medicine at that age?
You're making the assumption that he had to drive to the hospital. Might not have even left at that time.
@@jo1italianstyle family medicine means taking care of the family, including children. They are trained in pediatrics. Some even deliver babies. That's why he always looks tired and frazzled - family med does it all.
@@jo1italianstyle family med doc can handle patients at any stage of their life from cradle to coffin. The position was originally designed as the village doctor in rural communities far away from hospitals and specialized care. Thus their training and skill set is incredibly broad and they can do some minor surgeries such as c section, though them performing these surgeries are extraordinarily rare now a days. However bc they are primary care thier reimbursment rates in the us are shit. I worked with a hospital admin for one of the major nyc hospital system and they were like, as long as our primary care doc lose less than 100k we are happy bc we'll make it back through referals.
@@danielgrigg3426 you're making the assumption that he was there the whole time
My primary care doctor was the one who single-handedly figured out how to manage my chronic migraines and solved my mysterious nerve injury that dozens of neurologists, spine surgeons, and hand/microsurgeons failed to diagnose. She is a family physician at my university's student clinic and professor of medicine and sees a crazy amount of patients each day but treats every patient like we're the only person she has to worry about. Kind of hate that I graduated and need to find a new doctor now.
What was the diagnosis I’m really curious for your nerve issue
@@rwskiller5 yes tell us
Bah! Find a way to keep her as your doctor. Unless you're moving and she's too far away...
:)) How did she do it by the way?
DDx pls
Just had an urgent appointment with my primary care doc yesterday. I could tell she was running on fumes, but she still shoved it all aside and gave me her undivided attention and diligent care. She's an absolute angel.
I'm the son of a family medicine doctor in a rural town. Seeing him is the reason I didn't go into medicine, as he always seemed like this, with added fun of people finding our home phone number to call him (yay rural communities and their non existent boundaries). I will say he at least carved timeout for his kids, but yeah, I felt that chatting until he fell asleep part.
Edit- I would add that despite the lack of respect for his family time by calling our home, he was and is much loved by his town.
My friends sister is a primary physician in a very rural area, and I imagine this is exactly how her interview went lol. She was like "yeah I really want to be a rural family doctor, you have to be able to do EVERYTHING it really keeps you on your toes." She's been doing it for at least 7 or 8 years now. We need more people like her, rural medicine positions are so hard to fill.
Does she have 'Texaco Mike' there?
The reason we need more people is that the hours are bad the conditions are also bad and the pay is a joke. Fix these 3 things and you'll have plenty of ppl
As a family doctor I can say this is 100% accurate :D but we have great work life balance. No on call, very few actually life threatening situations ect. It's a nice calm job but you do see a lot of patient and manage any/every complaint/disease.
That reeeeally depends on your standards of “work-life-balance”. Especially in underserved areas this stuff is more stressful than ‘Nam. Constant On call because there’s always someone calling in the middle of the night, people show you their “weird thing on their lower back” while you’re shopping groceries, too many people, too little time, no money, constant paperwork.... I’d call that the opposite of a good work-life-balance. But it IS the epitome of helping and the classic “doctor”... the very fact that people still do this without a gun pointed to their head ... they are worth their weight in pure gold.
Where do you work to have such good balance?
I want to work there too!
Here in my country(Netherlands), unless you're about to die in the next hour, you have to go to your primary care doctor. You can't just go to the emergency department.
@@henk-3098 Please don't take offence at my saying this but on subjects like this identifying your country is useful. For instance my country is Ireland, here you technically can choose between GP (family med/primary care) or ED but you'd only go to ED if there was something seriously wrong. On the other hand in the state of Kerala, India it freaked me out that there didn't seem to be any GP's, instead we went to hospital for everything. BTW Henk, unless you've reasons to keep it quiet what is your country?
@@FenrirWolfganger Ah yes I'm sorry, I've changed it now. And I'm overexaggerating a little. If you truly have an emergency you can go straight to the emergency department but you will have to pay an excess/deductible, while the GP or 'huisarts' (literal translation is home physician) is completely covered by insurance. Most of the time you call your GP and he/she will refer you to the ED.
both my parents are family physicians. they get like 200 phone calls a day from 7 am to midnight. not to mention texts, emails and hypochondriac people showing up at their door at every waking hour for every meaningless stuff they can think about. they both love it tho, i mean, its the pure essence of helping people.
Someone's born with a silver spoon and free ride. Must be nice.
@@HanSoloxcs What exactly were you hoping to achieve when you typed this? He didn't choose the circumstances of his birth anymore than you did
Aw, bless their hearts. 💕 They are the real heroes. ✨💕
@@HanSoloxcs oh yes! The ill gotten gains from doing the thankless job of family medicine. So evil. 😶
@@thunderstar254 because its disconnected from reality
When he asked “Don’t you have someone who does this for you?”, I thought the answer was going to be “I do now.”.
That would have been perfect!
Don’t they have a nurse? At least one between five.
You would think PAs and NPs would but they act as primary care doctor-lite so the physician and PA work at 2 different primary care jobs instead of the PA helping the physician at one job
Or turn to the side and say, "Oh, Jonathan!" Camera cuts to an empty doorway. Camera returns to doctor. "No... no, we don't."
@@TackX22 A nurse for a generalist ? I have never seen a doctor assisted by nurses outside of the hospital
The final scene made me lol 😄. Appreciate your family doctor, everybody (or general practitioner as they’re called here).
My mom is a family doctor and she gets paid dirt and treated so badly. She’s paid by the number of patients she sees so the good doctors that don’t kick their patients out after 5 mins don’t make much at all. Plus she has an average of 2 hours of paperwork at the end of each workday that pile up because she didn’t want to fall farther behind and make her patients wait longer for their appointments. She’s not paid for any of the paperwork. She also has to pay rent for her office space, her medical receptionist, and every band aid and piece of paper comes out of her pocket. She has to know everything about every possible thing that could be going on with a person. Family doctors (at least in Canada) are such a scarcity because no one wants to graduate med school with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt and then have the government act like you’re not as important as everyone else. She’s so fed up with it that she wants to change careers. Thank you for stressing that her job is extremely difficult- it sounds fucking exhausting.
by dirt poor you mean $300,000 a year??
@@teacup3064 probably about $150,000 a year
@@pierzing.glint1sh76 how do you know?
@@teacup3064 what's the tax bracket on $300,000/year....medical insurance? The payment on the student loan? Providing your staff health insurance/benefits, and paying rent for the office..... and then realize that if you worked in the hospital with a bachelors degree, you clocked out at the end of your shift, and watched Tv in the evening you would be making $50/hour....so how is being a doctor worth it? If I worked those kinds of hours I would also make near to what they make, with none of the risk of malpractice or next month's rent bills
@@ludwigvonmiseswasright4380 do you mind if I ask what do you do for living? I know many doctors that are able to share practice office with other doctors with all the expenses you listed, it comes to 150,000 per year which is really good. Risk of malpractice is in any medical or professional specialty.
Shoutout to my doctor, who actually took the time to talk with me for like 15 minutes when I asked to start psychological treatment. Much love to all family medicine docs out there, you're truly the best kind of people
I had a family doctor years ago (retired now) who was simply the best. He actually sat down with you and actually spoke to you like a human being, put in the time to listen AND hear what you had to say, addressed your concerns, took the time to explain what each medication did and what it was for and treated you like a close friend, instead of doing what a lot of G.P.s these days do, which is a revolving door policy.
Six years later, I haven’t come close to finding a new family doctor like him, which is sad.
Wait for me, ill try to be the best
@@isidorocasanovas9300 patients over money 👍
After 7 years of family medicine I decided to transition to rural ER in the middle of the pandemic. Hard to imagine but the ER has been less stress overall. No messages, labs to call back on, referrals to place, few forms to fill out, no med refills, prior auths, ‘oh by the ways’… just a good mix of strokes, MI’s, SI’s, traumas and everything in between.
The messages!!!! I answer two and four more would pop up. Patients/parents put in msgs any time of the day. 3 am. Christmas. Saturday And not urgent questions either.
Before he retired, my dad worked family medicine his entire career. He started moonlighting at a semi-rural ER a few weekends a year, and I think it honestly was kind of his stress relief weekend.
I am a family medicine doctor, and I feel seen. Thank you for supporting us. Also, I am changing my profile picture to askew glasses.
I like how he gradually became more and more worn out
Right!? 😂
This first time I watched this, I didn't catch the interviewee's slow descent into dishevelment because it was so subtle. What a great touch!
Appreciate it. As a primary care physician (family medicine), this is worryingly accurate. I am definitely overworked but my relationships with my patients keep me going. It’s an honor and a privilege to be someone’s PCP but family medicine is no joke. By a long shot, waaaay harder than I ever imagined it to be. Our scope of practice is basically everything having to do with the human body at any age at any stage. Thank your PCP. And if you’re a specialist, be nice to us!
Thank you for doing what you do! I had the same PCP for 13 years, and she came to feel like a good friend who I bothered as little as possible :P She performed outpatient surgeries on me, was my husband and son's doctor too, and helped us with a lot of (thankfully minor) issues over the years. She moved to be closer to her parents right before the Pandemic and I gifted her some earrings as thanks for all the years. I've had 2 new PCPs in the meantime (one retired after 6 months, one is moving) and am currently without. The same thing happened to my mom. It's a wonderful relationship to build when you get to stay with one person, but it's really hard to re-forge that with someone new.
Thank you for being a family med doc. Your patients are so lucky to have someone like you looking out for them. I hope I can find a doc like you someday.
As a curious person, do you also have *the glasses* ?
0:34 Get yourself somebody that tells you "You're perfect" as lovingly as Dr.G
I know right? That was right in the feels
As someone who wants to go into family medicine, this makes me chuckle and cringe. You should set up a fundraiser so every family medicine doc has their own personal Johnathan.
Think of it now: A commercial with a crying family medicine doc on the floor, and a voiceover that says "For just $5.00 a day, you can help an abused physician get the help they need."
Lmao
Galucomflecken I think we have just found a new skit for you XD
Actually, you could also do a direct to consumer-style parody ad " *happy physician running through a field* with a voiceover that says " talk to your ophthalmologist about getting a Jonathan"
Ok this is really funny. Please send me more ideas I'll lend you Jonathan as payment
@@DGlaucomflecken The first two ideas were freebees. Although, if I do borrow a Johnathan, do I need to buy him a special kibble, or does he just forage for toast crumbs?
Oh.. my.. God.. my feelings about the last 3 years I worked in a family medicine clinic have been totally validated by 2 minutes of video... I'm gonna call my therapist, I dont need her anymore..
A family medicine doctor saved my life after an ER physician dropped the ball and sent me home. I was bleeding on the brain. She ordered an MRI, but had to shop around to find me the cheapest because I didn't have health insurance. The bleed was in the middle of my high parietal region.😅 She is my hero❤
I love how the money tree line wasn’t delivered sarcastically, as if there’s an actual money tree that just doesn’t grow
As a Family Medicine doctor in the UK (or GP - General Practitioner as we call it) I agree this is exactly the same!!! Apart from ‘prior authorisations’ as the NHS is free at the point of delivery for all, we are the gate keepers and monkeys doing lots of the leg work!! We do 90% of all UK medical consultations for 9% of the annual NHS health budget!!! Great videos and strongly resonate this side of the pond too!!
GPs in the UK have slightly better money than doctors in the hospitals, though. I suppose in America they are more under-appreciated.
Holy crap that is messed up!
@@mellie4174 there are many more specialities, so 9% of NHS budget, whilst it sounds like a little, is actually a lot more than you think!
Wow
Heeee! The applicant showed up a put-together, reasonable human being and ended as a worn out shell with crooked glasses. Absolutely perfect! Well done!
A previous family care doctor not only followed us to the ER when he had dx my husband with a DVT, he went into the ER and convinced my husband to stay (mostly by scaring the shit out of him🤣) because my stubborn husband thought he could just go home and deal with it, without treatment 🤦🏽. Positively saving his life. My husband already had 6 small PEs in his lungs.
My primary care doctor was the first person I went to for help when I finally admitted to myself that I couldn't fix my depression on my own. He was so kind and empathetic he didn't make me feel like a basket case or weak. That alone was already so helpful for my mental health journey. The meds helped too
As a family med resident and on call tonight, this provided equal parts of laughter and distress 😂
Not a resident, but I definitely feel you when it comes to being on call (maybe you're going to work the morning after too) 😬
I was nicknamed the 'prior auth queen' when I was a psychiatric clinic assistant for our local mental health authority. Iirc, my record for approvals in a single day was 8 or 9. Which, when you have to wait on long holds mx times, is pretty dang good.
My friend and her husband are both nurses at our local hospital and I send them most every one of your videos and for each one they just keep saying how spot-on you are for everything. They’re both COVID nurses and have been dealing with so much over this pandemic; your humor brightens their days!! (And mine too!!)
I am a family practice doctor, it hits too close to home!
Thank you so much! I feel so understood!
is the pay even good, people say you get payed nothing
And that is why I tell my doctor how much I appreciate her every time I see her, and make her job as easy as possible.
It's hilarious how accurate and relatable this sketch is! As a former family doctor, I loved it!
I love my primary care physician. He looked into so many things for me which is awesome because my situation is rather unusual.
My wife is in family medicine. This was so on point I can’t even xD. The moment with the money tree was just priceless
love the detail !!
how his hair becomes ruffled
how his tie gets loose
how his glasses become crooked.. by the end of the video
He didn't even have glasses in the beginning.
As a future family med physician, this makes me laugh and cry at the same time!
You're hired!
Same 😂 in a yr and a half I'll be an intern 😬 scary
If you guys don't mind me asking, I know other sections of Medicine it's very difficult to get places (matches?), is it really this easy to get a Family Med placement?
@@FenrirWolfganger I mean you still have to pass boards and clinical rotations but if you don't care about a big academic center you can apply to lots of rotations without interviewing and still have a high chance of matching. I think as long as you rank at least 12 it's almost guaranteed. FM is also IMG friendly so lots of them go into that.
@@kaitlynkilpatrick36 Thank you Kaitlyn for your prompt reply. I wish you all the best with your next year and a half and Interning. FM is certainly a demanding job but I've seen in friends and family how a caring Med can really boost the spirits even of the chronically ill.
My mom is a family practice doc and she loves these videos, spot on. Keep up the good work my guy
Our primary care doc's all have their own Jonathan's, but they're still so busy that the scribes need scribes.
A bit of sulphate of potash around the money tree might help it produce more flowers, and thus more money. Or maybe start a Jonathan breeding program? Or, now here's a crazy thought, primary health care could be properly funded, thus saving a lot of money in the longer term by catching and addressing chronic disease as early as possible.
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I'll just go and fetch the potash, shall I?
My family medicine treats so many people with generalized anxiety and depression because they can't afford to go to psychs.
@@grantmegan91 It's weird how in this country (US) we HAD to go to our PCP with concerns that my son (and I) had ADHD so we could get referred to a specialist. Why are PCPs responsible for screening psych patients? Every health issue we've ended up needing a specialist for--from allergists to gastroenterologists--have started with a visit to our PCP. They really are amazing!
I adore my pcp. She’s a family medicine doctor and I don’t know how she does it but. She’s helped me so much with my chronic health issues
As a family medicine doctor, I can promise you, this is 100% accurate. It’s so frustrating every single day of my career so far. And I never dreamed we’d be so under-appreciated.
My GP is almost like a family member at this point. She has helped me tirelessly (I have quite a few medical issues), she is so kind, so patient, and she goes above and beyond for every single one of her patients. She usually runs 10-15 minutes behind but I don’t even care because I know that she is running late because she took the time and energy to help the people before me to the best of her abilities. She comes into every appointment with a smile and she is so willing to listen to you about any concerns/questions/input you have in regards to your care. Family medicine is the backbone of medicine
My PCP is family medicine and also delivers babies. She also has two little kids of her own. She's amazing.
😂the lopsided glasses gets me every time. Poor family medicine - so important and so under appreciated
nurse here, I left primary care long ago, the providers were burned out, the nurses were burned out and and the schedules required weekend work to clear the week prior of notes, just to do it all over again the following week. Primary doctors are unsung heros.
As someone working in the primary care track right now, this made me both laugh and cry.
My primary care physician and his staff turned around a vaccination certification for my college-bound son overnight. My college-bound son promptly lost the form. The staff then kindly sent the scanned copy that they had kept for their files to the University since we don't have a fax machine. They are awesome!!
I want to be a trauma surgeon but God I have so much respect for family medicine and just primary care in general. Not my cup of tea, not even a little bit, but it's a contender for the most necessary job on Earth and yet it's so underappreciated. You have to really love it to be doing it.
And here I am in the emergency department, watching this at 3:30AM, after having just mercilessly sent like 50 children to their family doctor first thing Monday morning...
Here in the US now (at least where I am), we have three levels: ED, Urgent Care/Walk-in, and Primary Care. It's nearly impossible to get into the PCP in under a week so I usually take my son to Urgent Care if he's having something right now, or if I need to get patched up. We've only been to the ED twice--once when he couldn't breathe (severe asthma attack), and once when I had extreme abdominal pain. I can't imagine taking him to the ED with anything less than a real emergency, but I guess it's good that parents are making sure it isn't an emergency...? Thank you for what you do
@@ladygrndr9424 I used to work in the emergency room and the reality is that many people are unable to obtain either insurance or legal documentation for residency in this country, therefore they go to the ER for regular issues as they have no other option.
@@ladygrndr9424 I dunno though, it gets old when you have to squeeze in *non-emergent* ED diagnostic exams in the middle of outpatient schedules, with inpatient add-ons, back to back & without getting time to eat much (since there were non-emergent but STAT exams to perform) 😴
A salute all FM Physicians for all the thankless work they do. I remember my PCP (family medicine) was egging me to go to Med School and return to work in his private practice...It was hard telling him that I was more interest in the physical sciences, to his dissapointment. He would show up at his practice at 6am and leave until 7pm, well after his clinic closed at 5pm. He was lucky to have an PA and a RN helping him, still he retired, like many have, mid pandemic...sign...
The "Thank a primary care doctor day" should be a real thing!
tnx for the suggestion doc.
This is sooooo my life as a family med doc! Your videos make me laugh, when I literally have no time to laugh. Thank you!
Family Med: From the womb to the tomb
My PCP before I moved was the first person to tell me I have hyperflexible joints. I'm in my late 20s. I've been having joint pain. Back pain for years. She also had chronic issues including hyperflexibility. Loved her so much.
What's PCP?
@@shovanabajracharya primary care physician
Hey im so happy to see you healthy man i love your content and cant imagine a world without you keep up the good work man!
I was reading in a medical subreddit that it's the opposite. One of the better fields to go into because your workweek is very manageable. So many different stories
On my General Practice (family medicine) placement in the UK. Nice to see it’s a universal experience. The poor souls …
The poor family doctor character is probably my favorite. I laughed out loud at the end!!!
Busted up laughing within 3 seconds - I do believe that’s a record for Dr. G and me! “I’m here for the interview!” “Huh? Oh, you’re hired!”
Seems accurate. My pcp is the best. He helped me realize I needed a few new specialists for second opinions and it led me to completely different diagnosis. He also helped me when I had questions about my cerebral vasospasm syndrome and then told me he'd give me a referral for a vascular neurologist since the cause of my condition is unknown. I won't leave him if I don't have to. Appreciate your pcps
My PCP is Family Medicine (NP) and he's the best. He always makes sure I understand side effects, likely and possible outcomes, what I can expect my insurance to approve or deny on what timescale, and double-checks there's no other complaints or questions I need to have addressed before he moves on, including making sure that I have a safe place to live and good access to food. The office also does a lot to connect patients with local resources whenever possible. But he also had to close the clinic down for about 6 months for financial reasons a year or so back.
I have had the BEST family medicine doctor in the world for over 35 years. He's saved my life numerous times. He's a saint! 🌹❤️ to Dr K!
So freakin on point it’s ridiculous. PC physicians are the most underrated, overworked, and underpaid group of all medical professionals out there. With the sole possible exception of Jonathan
These are just so super funny, and I enjoy them a lot! i discovered your channel on TikTok when I was visiting my family in Europe, but I live in China and the Western version of TikTok doesn't work in China, so I appreciate very much you have started to use also TH-cam.
Wouldn't be alive right now without my family doctor so yeah, they're definitely under appreciated
I haven't genuinely laughed so much in weeks. You're so talented in so many ways ❤
The little anxious exhale he makes with every sentence is what really sells it for me.😂
We need more family medicine content please !!!
Awww that “great to be here” at the end was so adorable!!! 🥰
My GP (General Practitioner, what we call primary care doctors in Ireland) is really the best. He advocated hard for me when I needed mental healthcare but couldn't access anything of quality. You can tell he just really cares about his patients.
God my family doctor is amazing. I really need to thank her more next time I see her
Me too
I now understand why my Mom always had me & my brother make Christmas presents for our doctors' offices growing up! (her dad was in primary care)
Similar to general dentistry. We're called the captain of the ship. Make the least amount of money but have the most variety. Worth it, to me at least. Challenging and fun to put together complex treatment plans, sequence care accurately. Make a difference.
Maybe I'm a masochist but this makes me want to go into family medicine instead of neurology because I can help more people.
I think this is a rare kind of lovely
I am a 2nd year family medicine resident and everything in this video is true!! Even the part with the glasses!
For residency of Family Medicine, how difficult is it? How many hours per week does a typical FM resident work? Also, do FM residents have to be on call? I'm a premed, and I'm just wondering. Thank you!
Amazing how much you have taught me, with amazing and sometimes nutty humor. Appreciate your knowledge, characters, detailed scenarios. New haircut? Brilliant 👏
lol😂 im a swedish family medicine physician and you have pinned it down so accurately!
Can’t wait to start my rural family med rotation tomorrow morning!
that glasses switch at the end is beautiful
I work as a family doctor in Brazil and this is so true. I am waiting for Psychiatry!
This and rural medicine interview are my favorites.
I have a neurological disorder called trigeminal neuralgia, my family doctor figured it out before my neurologist who is the head of neurology at the hospital. I will always be thankful, 2 years of not knowing what was happening sucked tho.
I'm a family medicine PA and this is very accurate. Only a few minutes to address multiple chronic health problems. I spend hours after work doing charts. The physicians I work with are even busier. Still a rewarding job though.
I’m not anywhere close to the medical field but I still watch these because they’re clever and hilarious
I once strongly considered FM. thanks God for good mentorship.
The head doctor at our primary care/infectious disease/transition care clinic is a PCP, an infectious disease doctor, and a pediatrician. She also writes a newsletter and gives talks. I have no idea how she does it all
I use to be a Family Medicine Doc. Left after 5 years. Now a pathologist. No regrets.
I’m family med trained but only do ER and locums. This is why. 😂
Your videos are hilarious. It always takes truth to make good comedy.
So true! Unfortunately many of us also have to get up way early to round in the hospital too. I love my job but it gets to be very overwhelming at times.
I’m a family doctor and I love my specialty being so busy and diverse like that ❤😊
We had been back and forth between the oncologist and the emergency room when my mom passed from cancer.
As soon as our family care physician received the chart updates from the hospital, she actually personally called me to see how I was doing.
I went into public health and research, but this is the only that manages to make me miss seeing patients. Guess Im more of a family person at heart.
Me as a future family medicine candidate:
Welp that's kinda depressing...
Don’t give up. Be a hero 🦸♂️
You will also get to go home at night, and may put in a CA 125 test very promptly and save someone's life like my GP (family doc) did
Not all super heroes wear capes, many just have a frazzled look and glasses askew.
As a family dr i can tell you is depressing sometimes, but hey! Someone has to do it :') in the end you will be rewarded by your patients (sometimes) an by the other drs (almost never) but hey you'll still love it, is an amazing :)
Yep. Be ready to pay your passion tax because the public don't care and think only they are capable of moral injury. The appreciation you receive is only proportional to how much they feel good atm.
I owe my health and family's to my G.P....big hugs to all family medicine for looking after us ❤
The placement of the glasses in proportion to your face is beautiful- it’s my favorite part🤷🏽♀️🤣
As a rural public family med you should deal with everycase and send only few to specialists or emergency
But you become the loved one in the community you know the parents children grandchildren step parents cousins .it s always a pack in one consultation because it is free
Haaannnn... do all the tricks 😂😂😂.. simply saying during corona when we are understaffed our family medicine doc done everything i have immense respect for her... 😍😍😍