The Harsh Reality of Becoming a Doctor | Can You Handle It?

Do you want your doctor working on little to no sleep? I breakdown @AnujPachhel’s Love/Hate relationship with medicine that so many doctors in training share. Do you agree? Let me know in the comments. 👇🏼

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[cs]

Its worse in india, One of my buddies told me in india they are only allotted 3mins to see a patient.
Its completely overwhelmed

[Two_CrackheadsHere]

Please donot compare USA and INDIA
The condition is worse than you can even imagine
You don't even know how the healthcare workers survive in disgusting unhygienic atmosphere in govt hospitals to treat patients
We donot keep our patients waiting for months.
We see every patient that comes without an appointment.
Why are so many doctors shifting to usa if the work culture was similar.
For you to know how scary the work culture in India is, you need to experience it.
I bet none of the Americans can survive a day treating the patients that way.
I am happy that despite all these adverse conditions god has given me the power to survive through this everyday .
Blessings and only Blessings

[dr.nancychauhan]

It is crazy how toxicity perpetuates through the hierarchy in med schools in India. We need to break the chain :(

[axflora]

"Can you handle it" perhaps isn't the right way to put it. It feeds into the narrative that only a select few are strong or capable enough to hack it as a doctor. We should be questioning the system itself, not people individually.

[sumaiya-eyzc]

Despite all the haters in the comments, medical students (such as myself) really benefit from your content Kevin so Thankyou!

[yjesivi]

I dropped out n landed in nursing and I’m so happy as an er nurse tbh ❤

[punterjac]

I think in India if you graduate from a Government Medical College you pay minimum fees as compared to studying from a private medical colleges. I believe part of completing your MBBS (undergraduate degree) from a Government Medical college in India is that you are bound to complete your residency in a Government hospital (which are often free for the general public, where the majority of the patients are of poorer economic backgrounds). I think that is what Anuj is referring to @ 5:02 about quitting Medicine where the medical graduate has to repay the government of India for compensating for the minimum medical college fees (sometimes COMPLETELY free if you study at AIIMS) that you had to pay to study MBBS. I think the government of India believes that they invested in you and expect you to repay them by caring for the Indian public by completing your residency. For example, one of my friends from AFMC had to repay a significant amount to the government as he decided to leave India to the US to study Anesthesiology after completing his MBBS.

[drashikjohn]

Hey Kevin,

I completed my MBBS at TMC, one of the most prestigious colleges in my country, after topping most of the exams I took post-high school. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, but when my internship started, COVID hit hard, and I quickly found myself burnt out. It felt like being thrown into a war without any combat skills—just handed a rifle and told to fight. I can completely relate to the experience in this video. 😂

Like many others, I tried to hold everything together, but I ended up completely drained. I took a few years off to rediscover myself and figure out what I truly wanted to do.

Now, I’m developing a platform to enhance the learning experience for junior doctors, making them better equipped rather than getting stressed out. I’ve been following you and Ali Abdaal for years, and if either of you is interested in this cause, your insights would make a huge difference in driving meaningful change.

[Respect_N]

🤞🤞🤞 such a good video to watch prior to starting medical school

[sreedharibulusu]

I always felt like Dr. Anuj's videos are somewhere inspired by your Med School Insiders videos. I've been your subscriber from the very beginning, so seeing you react to his videos feels like a full circle moment.

[nek_k]

Thank you because working as a doctor is nowhere close to what I thought it to be. Truthfully, I don't like the level of expectations, people's entitlement to doctor's having a strong work ethic and being available to meet their needs and the relatively low pay compared to the hours and amount of effort we put in. The hours are tough with significant out of hours service, and we are just expected to keep giving our all for this profession and our career. I'm not surprised numerous doctors reach burnout. Things get worse when there is a shortage of medical doctors in your healthcare system, and it is expected that doctors "adjust" to the situation rather than prioritizing patient care and recruiting more doctors.

[davechen]

I'm an anatomy TA right now and I can't agree more!

[denisonsuiam]

You have no choice once you have chosen to be a surgeons. You have to save people's life ❣️

[keisha]

Thanks for this video. I am a family nurse practitioner thinking of going back to med school to further my education. This helped me with making my decision. ❤ 😊

[reneewilliams]

Thank you Doctor Jubbal for all of your wonderful content! I was wondering if you did any videos about non traditional students? Believe it or not there are some after 40 who still want to be doctors. You have gone through medical school and residency. What do you know or think about non traditional students considering medical school ? Please forgive the question if you already did a video on the subject. Thank you again for all your content!🙏❤️

[lmhmjtv]

Can you do a video on the Naturopathic Doctor title? I see some NDs saying that it’s the same med school training and then some with added courses such as botanical medicine and acupuncture. I’m curious on your take.

[JaredVonBaren]

Likely not. Doctors always end up so fucking jaded. ❤

I've seen so many people complaining about to much work, burnout, blah blah blah. Let me get in the fight. I got that military mindset where I had to go weeks or months without a break. I'm ready for this life.

[zeyadmohamed]

I feel like Kevin has been hating on medicine so hard ever since quitting. We get it, it’s not perfect. However, he has to remind us at least once a month by making a video about the negative aspects. Could be me, but I low key feel like he’s still trying to justify his decision of quitting. I really love the other videos but I’m tired of these ones.

[waytogo]

Something is seriously wrong with some people! I spent close to 20 years as a college professor before I went back to school to become a doctor. I am probably the oldest person in my class! It is a dream I have had since childhood, but I could not achieve it due to many reasons including finances. After I became a US permanent resident, I took the MCAT and passed it enough to get one interview and one acceptance!

If you know that you do not like your job, quit! We do not need you to poison people's heart. I spent a lifetime chasing this ambition!