Choosing a Doctor Specialty | What People Overlook

When deciding on a specialty, we often think about clinical interests, the bread and butter, and lifestyle. But there are several more often overlooked qualities that make up an important component in your long term happiness and career satisfaction. Here is what you shouldn’t overlook when considering a specialty as a medical student and future physician.

TIME STAMPS:
01:31 - Timeline in Training
04:22 - Rigor in Training
05:27 - Dynamic with People (Patients & Providers)
06:24 - Other Considerations

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[divinetruths]

i remember an old joke a friend from med school once told me, first year everybody wanted to do ortho or plastics, as soon as step 1 scores came back everyone now wants to do primary care.

[daainnadeem]

I finally got into med school recently

[masonmackay]

You have no idea how much you’re helping me. Keep doing what you’re doing, I’ll be here to watch every video.

[gwillis]

reminder: It is totally ok to change your mind once or several times between the end of second year medical school and med school graduation. Sometimes you never know how you like something until you actually put a hand in and try it for yourself.

[codymutter]

As a 30 yo second year I can definitely attest to overlooking the timeline of training - came in thinking surgery until I realized I'd be closer to 40 when I'm done. Leaning more towards "lifestyle friendly" now a days.

[aboveyou.]

Nothing better than a smart guy who truly understands medical students and deliver what they want and need to know in ur videos, we are lucky for ur amazing videos

[heehaaification]

Dear Dr. Jubbal and MSI team,

Thank you for making these videos and congrats on over 1 million subs! As a first-gen college student, the place I turned to time and time again for all pre-med related and trustworthy advice was here.

I recently graduated from undergrad, took my MCAT this summer, and got a 522 all thanks to anki (jk...thanks to your study habits videos...but also ANKI). I planning on taking 2 gap years, but I'm now one step closer to being a doctor! Writing these words makes me so emotional I could cry.

Thanks from all of us :)

[sen]

I attended an medical based highschool and during that time I fell in love with psychology. It was my plan to continue studying psychology in university but due to my family's disapproval I ended up going to med. I'm currently an psychiatry resident, it was an tough journey but enjoyable nonetheless.

[blakedanielle]

here coming from pre-law to med school proper! Loving the content.

[salmed]

Kevin never fails to release great content! Keep grinding man!!

[evangelinepare]

Please please do “so you want to be a pediatric surgeon”!!! I would love it!!

[alexandrai.]

Looking forward for “so you want to be obgyn/ fam med. 🥰

[thecatsfriend]

This is me being in the eight grade, wondering about the life decisions I sould make in at least 12 years . I will keep you updated !

[PracticalInspiration]

Thanks for sharing this, beyond being informative, it's a valuable video to share with kids seeking to enter into the field from someone who has personally experienced it

[gcjohntoledo]

The magic of algorithm. I really needed this one

[kathrinexox]

something random, but i love the divesity in these videos

[kennethmoore]

I ran a tutoring program for grade school children while in college. I taught 6th grade before I started Med school. I worked as a counselor at a children’s psychiatric hospital. I was sure that I would be a pediatrician or child psychiatrist when I started Med school. But my 3rd year clinical rotations convinced me otherwise. This is a major advantage of medical school—you get to try on the specialty before you have to choose.

[TS-vgww]

Been gunning for ortho since M1. Been reconsidering since the pandemic. Thanks.

[alexisa.morellm.d.]

A neurosurgeon with a stethoscope, lol.

[dabi_]

My opinion after choosing what I believe was the best specialty for me and now totally loving it: rather than focusing on an abstraction of what each specialty might mean, if you’re a medical student, just look around you. Are the people around you that are doing your target specialty, achieving the happiness that you want? If yes, pursue. If no, then choose something else. Each person’s happiness is different, so choose what you want and try not to get caught up into “what everybody else wants”, which I think is one of the most common traps of med school and career decision making.