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A force to be reckoned with!! Pull up a chair, this is about to be a TED talk.
An incoming intern physician at Baylor University in Houston TX, founder of / doctorsmessage ; a platform that motivates young men into careers in medicine and beyond, Dr. Nweke is a multifaceted IMG who graduated from St. George's University.
After starting out with a love for orthopedics, he pursued it relentlessly, put in the work, even scored a 241, but did not quite get what he wanted with Orthopedics on his first attempt.
As a motivational speaker, he applied his own quote into action "It's not about what it looks like, it's about what it feels like!".
Despite losing his dad during medical school Dr. Nweke did not give up!
As an entertainer with agile dance moves, he continued to forge forward to create a new desire for Physiatry (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) and now is preparing to join the workforce doing work with his hands!
If you are wondering what PM&R, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as Physiatry, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to people with physical impairments or disabilities.
🔵 In this episode, you will learn about:
His Caribbean medical school education at St. George's University
How to pivot, especially when you have to change specialty interests as a medical graduate
His hustle into orthopedics and what you can learn from it
How he got quality letters of recommendations
How he leveraged 2 gap years after medical school to continue to work in clinically relevant fields
How his extracurricular interests merged well with where he is today
How he turned disappointment into joy and how you can do the same!
Listen to this episode for motivation, inspiration and overall guidance.
You can find him on instagram here: / dr_onyemmeme_md
His youtube channel can be found here: / @dr.nnaemekanweke5823
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