Doctor & Surgeon Stereotypes (by Specialty)

Unless you’ve completed medical school and are a doctor yourself, you probably believe various stereotypes across surgical specialties and have a distorted perception of the personality types of surgeons. Some stereotypes are true, but most aren’t. This is the truth about each specialty.

00:53 Neurosurgeons
02:53 Orthopedic Surgeons
03:47 Plastic Surgeons
05:05 Urologists
05:16 Ob/Gyn
06:25 General Surgeons

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[MedSchoolInsiders]

What are some other specialty stereotypes you've heard of that I didn't cover!? Let me know =)

[shaylaholman]

Yes please do another specialty video. Cardiology, anesthesiology, and even family medicine

[symoneontheinternet]

I feel like anyone who calls any kind of doctor/surgeon a "dumb bro" is a lil' misguided

[DoctorNosa]

I am doctor in the UK and it's amazing how we have the same general stereotypes about surgeons over here despite being in different continents. Great work for debunking some of these myths! xx

[JonathanCirillo]

The most toxic part of medicine in-fighting is how competitiveness of specialities falsely correlates to the quality of a doctor.

[n.sh.]

What do you call Two orthopedics looking at EKG?


Double blind trial! 🤣🤣🤣

[ShubhamSharma-brop]

Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Critical care, Nephrology, Internal medicine, Neurology.
Pls try to consider all of them Dr Jubbal, I guess nobody will mind if the video gets longer to 15 or so minutes lol. We love watching medschool insiders. Lots of love ♥️

[ratoim]

So these five doctors decide to go duck hunting. While waiting, they agree to take turns when shooting. After a bit, some ducks show up...


The GP gets ready to shoot, but then thinks, "Is that a duck? I'd better get a second opinion." The duck gets away.

The Ob-gyn gets ready to shoot, but then thinks "What if the duck getting ready to lay? Can't do it!" The duck gets away.

The psychologist gets ready to shoot, but then thinks "I know it's a duck, but does it know it's a duck?" The duck gets away.
The surgeon gets ready to shoot, and BLAMM. The duck falls to the ground.
He turns to the last doctor, a pathologist. "Go see if that was a duck."

[nadyasiddique]

Cover dermatologists, radiologists, hospitalists, pediatrics, etc

[VictorySpecification]

If you want a more informed opinion about the stereotypes, ask the anaesthesiologist. We see all of the specialties in the same OR all day.

[yunjiawang]

OMG! I'm an orthopedic surgeon in China and what he said about orthopedic surgeons is the truth, lol. It's very interesting that people of the same type chose the same specialty.

[daniellekabongo]

“Do healthy people ever need brain surgery?” Goodbye neurology💀

[irismalon]

0:50 Neurosurgeons
2:50 Orthopedic Surgery
3:43 Plastic Surgery
5:04 Urology
5:15 Ob/Gyn
6:20 General Surgery

[jsf]

Oral & Maxillofacial surgeons be like: “AM I A JOKE TO YOU?, I GOT MY DENTAL AND MEDICAL DEGREE”

[samuelrichey]

Do the non-surgical specialties! I can’t wait to hear about Psych

[Nav]

Do maxillofacial surgery! Where you have to do dentistry, medicine and surgical training!

[DavidHindin]

Loved this, Kevin. But small disagreement - I've actually seen some of the most incredible surgical nuance and technical finesse during all my training from our general surgery / trauma faculty. For example - kocherizing the duodenum in a field coated in bile, blood and more doesn't sound like it would be delicate, but it teaches us to be every bit as meticulous as when we're setting up a vascular anastomosis

[obgmd]

Some of us OB/Gyns take extreme pride in our cesarean scars and closure. Anyone who thinks OB/Gyns aren’t surgeons have never seen a cesarean hysterectomy or laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy. Oh and don’t forget that the laparoscopic approach was invented by OB/Gyns! Great video and yes it is 4am and I’m still up. 😳

[skeptical]

I’ve always wanted to specialize into general surgery and I’ve never in my life thought of it as an ‘easy’ ‘non competitive’ specialty. However, this doesn’t change my view on general surgery and I will happily stand by my choice in what I want to specialize in :) At the end we all know that doing what you enjoy the most brings happiness into ones living

[quantumcrash]

How do you hide $100 from an anesthesiologist?





You don't need to hide it, just don't wake him up!