Answering your ASSUMPTIONS about FAMILY MEDICINE

Time Stamps Down Below

1:03 "elite" specialties look down on family medicine
2:22 Once you finish residency, you only see adults (no more children or OB patients)
3:28 Don't make much money
4:59 It can be a boring specialty
6:40 People go into FM because their board scores weren't high enough
9:24 Good work life balance VS No work life balance
12:28 Family medicine refers everyone even for minor issues

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[yojs_]

I am an Ob/Gyn and would encourage anyone not to go into any specialty for the money. Also, do not compare your salary, specialty, or job to others. You decide what kind of career you want and shouldn't compare to others. My family is more important to me than my salary or even my job/career. Also, as your life changes your priorities will change. Before I got married and had a baby, I had different priorities. Now my family is the most important. I do not want to live back on my life with regrets or what if because I was chasing money or my career.

[pagingdr.q]

Having just matched into Emergency Medicine residency just last month..I will say there is NO EASY SPECIALTY...being a doctor in any capacity is a privilege that takes tremendous sacrifice and perseverance..if you make it into a specialty you love..you have won! Lastly...being a licensed/board certified physician ...you can literally make as much money as your heart desires independent of specialty...work 2 jobs, work locum, consulting, adjunct professor, etc...its just about what youre willing to sacrifice...so in essence dont let anyone or anything chose the life you want..you only get one.

[noorejannat]

Being a final year medicine student, who's stuck between IM & FM, I found your video quite enlightening mainlyy because I am resonating with you alot; being extroverted and wanting to spend more time with your family.

[johanamaradiaga]

Thank you for this video! When I had chosen family medicine for residency I felt like I had to justify my choice to other people. Family medicine is so amazing. I like the fact that I can have continuity of care with a diverse patient population and not restrict my knowledge to certain organ system. Also, if you end up wanting to concentrate in a certain area of family medicine there are so many fellowships out there.

[DrAdnan]

Everyone tells me FM usually ends up being a few basic cases and gets boring, which sometimes makes me apprehensive about going into it. Still planning on it though ;)

[thill]

Thank you for helping me decide on FM. There is a lot of stigma on going into FM and I had hesitations before this video for those specific reasons. I am now more settled that this is the right career path for me as an MD.

[AuraAzarcon]

Thanks for clearing up so many things in this video!! :) I love the idea of working part-time. On one of your next videos, it would be great if you can talk about the different FM fellowships! :)

[valleygirlgg]

You are doing a good thing. I have a Fm but he also delivers babies.he does it all but he doesn't do like heart surgery. c secs yes but heart surg no. He was top 5 in his school and he's very smart. He chose to go into it because he knew that is where he could be his best. I think some of the best doctors go into FM because you have so many different ppl coming in for dif things and that would make it more interesting!

[e.h.]

I don’t believe you have to justify why you went into this field. You chose to make that decision, as a Radiology Assistant, my salary and goals are for my own interest and no one else.

Be the great Family Medicine doctor and do you!

Don’t let the people or viewers of YT let you dictate your decisions!

[kellysears]

I’ve commented before, but i wanted to again because I LOVE our family care practitioner. She takes care of my 18 month old, myself, and will also care for my newborn when he makes his arrival in July. I have hypothyroidism and she manages that better than my endocrinologist did because she looks at the whole picture of my health. She has taken such good care of my son in his first year and a half of life and never made me feel like i was being a crazy first time mom. It was also super helpful during my son’s first few months of life to see her so often for my son’s check ups, but she also checked in with me to see how I was doing not only physically but mentally! I 100 percent would tell anyone who is hesitant to go check out a family care provider!! Family care providers are angels on earth and I so appreciate what you guys do!

[kkmomma]

As an RN, I worked for a family medicine doctor for a year. It was very interesting and I learned so much. The patients really appreciated having a great dr to trust their family care to. Our patients became family.

[Broken_FE]

I will never understand why Family Medicine gets a bad rep. In a specialty you learn it and things become repetitive. Family Medicine, you never know what is walking into the door. The smallest “clue” can equal a huge illness.

[armandosolis]

Hi Jenny, I know this Doctor who runs 2 Family Practice clinics and is also Board Certified in Palliative Care(1 year Fellowship). He is also the Hospice Director. Let me tell you, he makes a lot more than $600, 000.00/year. I know because he's my Buddy:) As you said, all depends on how much you want to work. I am happy for you. Best to you and your family in your career!!!

[Jaycar]

I’m in medical school right now, but I have much experience as a paramedic then a flight/ critical care paramedic. I’m in a US MD program and am truly considering family medicine for the reasons she listed.
I don’t see family medicine as a “non-elite” field. I’ve shadowed many FM physicians and it is not a boring specialty at all.
I appreciate family medicine and the physicians who chose it. Some people chose FM even with amazing board scores because it is an amazing specialty.
Congratulations on your FM residency it is an amazing decision. You’re going to change a lot of lives!

[smiley]

I am doing Training in General practice in UK, I think it's similar to family medicine in US. I have finished my hospital posting and now working in GP surgery and I love it. The variety and trust the patients have in you is the most rewarding compared to hospital medicine. Loved the video and answering the assumptions.

[amandasolomon]

Really appreciate your honesty and vulnerability. I'm a mom of two, and I prefer the pace of fam med. Before family and marraige I would've been in ER if I had chance but each specialty is as valuable as the next. All the best in residency.

[acecjoy]

In my rural area, everyone loves the family medicine doctors in our community hospital and most people treats them like a king/queen❤

[oluwabunmi]

I inspire to be like you when I become a doctor

[Fandomonium]

My boyfriend had a 248 and chose family medicine and got much crap for it. His own school told him that he was “wasting his talents” and everyone telling him how anybody who dreams of going into a competitive, high paying speciality would kill for that score. And tbh I’m a bit guilty of having that misperception subconsciously too. However, starting medical school myself, I truly see why he loves it so much, it is literally the best specialty imo, and I wish people didn’t have such negative preconceptions of it before their rotations. I’ve seen several people at my school, even those who want to pursue highly competitive specialities, absolutely love their FM rotations more than anything, but care too much about what other people think, and it kinda breaks my heart. Like you said, there are those that are amazing at the clinical side of things, kill it in the classroom, love FM, but have always been bad at standardized tests, so there’s always two sides of the spectrum. I definitely appreciate you discussing this ❤️

[DaRyteJuan]

I was assigned by by insurance provider to a doctor who’s a DO. In an effort to better understand her background, I recently went and educated myself on the distinction between a DO and an MD.

Although, there have been some hiccups in our doctor-patient relationship, I haven’t given up on her yet.

For instance, she played a part in me having abstained from alcohol for the past two years. So that’s a pretty significant win. A previous doctor made a subtle suggestion that consuming alcohol was working to aggravate certain conditions, but I didn’t latch onto it.

And until this video, I didn’t know that OMT was an actual practice unto itself.

As a man, it’s oftentimes awkward having a female GP, but there are pluses too. Sometimes it really tests me as a man to stay on board. It requires quite a bit of introspection to process some of the feelings that we’ll up.

Keep going though. Some of us male patients might be difficult in the beginning. But over time, you can potentially win some of us over.