How to Ace Your Infectious Disease Interview

Watch out for the chicken salad

[mrfxhnd]

as an Infectious Disease Fellow, we basically spend all day fixing all the other doctors’ antibiotic mistakes.
We take it personally.

[knotbrian]

That was a personal attack at Bill. We stan in solidarity with Bill :')

[jamesmatthews]

When he asked "What is your greatest fear?", I thought he'd answer: "Character limits in free text fields"

[stevenmonserrate]

Rip Bill dude. But you know what? That 2 hour warning is worth every penny. This man now has time to properly prepare: toilet paper, comfortable toilet, comfort materials like headphones, speakers, a fully charged phone, a phone charger (long haul case), a healthy amount of water and crackers, and a disproportionately comfortable living space. Prepare for the worse Bill. The next 24-72 hours are gonna suck my guy. 😂😂😂

[caella.v]

The pan-resistant pseudomonas made me gasp out loud. Found one last year. My boss was super excited, we now show it to every new doc who'll listen long enough as a cautionary tale. That and the Gonorrhoea we somehow managed to culture and keep alive for half a year now. Also RIP Bill, next time ask someone from the lab for food, we always have a (still sealed) granola bar for you. We can even warm it up in the incubator if you ask nicely :)

[zachjohnson]

Whenever you put out a new video, I always think to myself: he's set an impossible standard for himself, yet here we are again... exceeding expectations. Brilliant.

[LedHabel]

This is like a trip down memory lane through microbiology. Also, the “pan-resistant to change” killed me. This and the neurosurgery ones are my favorites yet

[nuchibaba]

Last year mom in law had MRSA septicemia and the ER doctor initially gave her Ceftriazone. After the consult, the ID doctor quickly changed her antibiotics and found out that the cause of her infection was her ingrown toenail. I was so amazed!!

ID med are like the Sherlock Holmes of medicine. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[tylerlambes]

Platinum, wrapped in gold, with caviar on top, with a side of satire.

[nobodyspecial]

Yes! Please shame doctors for poor antibiotic choices and prescription errors. Like that time I found that a patient had been prescribed amoxycillin continuously for over six months, two weeks at a time, for some kind of foot ulcer by a succession of different doctors in the outpatient department who probably hadn't felt the need to check the patient history.

Though self-prescribing patients are equally to blame, the number of times a patient has come to the pharmacy requesting 'just one amoxycillin capsule' for a sore throat, I swear...

When infections become resistant to the last resort antibiotics, I'm telling the whole world I told you so.

Sincerely,
An exasperated pharmacist.

[Jobobn]

As a molecular biologist, I felt every bit of the fear of antibiotic resistance and frustration at antibiotic misuse.

Bonus fact: Most antibiotic resistance is found in plasmids, and not as part of bacteria's central chromosome (They do sometimes incorporate, but then also transpose back into plasmids). Given that such plasmids tend to have a fairly short generational half-life, if we could get every country on board, we could take select antibiotics completely out of circulation for a number of years. Those resistance plasmids would all but disappear in that time, allowing us to bring back those antibiotics into use at much greater efficacy and then take another set of antibiotics out of circulation, and repeat this cycle to keep our existing antibiotics viable for potentially decades or centuries.

[Auliyanoer]

as a Jonathan to clinical pharmacist-ICU consultant this hits too close to home. Pan- resistants are true fear. I just finished making report on 6 months antibiotic usage on those nasty pan-resistants and so many inappropriate/too late prescription. The biggest heartbreak was all these babies passed away without fighting chance 😭

[sartaber]

Feeling seen, crop scientist here who started out in pest management (dealing w pesticide-resistant insects & fungal diseases) & moved on to food safety (RIP Bill). This whole series is A+ but am feeling this one on a deep level. :_)

[Whereiskylechris]

As a nurse I love this channel, the stereotypes are so true. I love especially that this is the one specialty that he makes looks incredibly competent and noble. Its fun to make fun of so many of the other specialties but I like that he has given credit where it is due to these docs.

[pembrokelove]

We finally discovered doctor bills real problem… He’s participating in every single fellowship at once.

[DoctorAzmain]

One of my worst experiences: doing a PR exam (DRE) on a patient with diarrhea, and infectious disease call seconds later to say he's C. difficile positive 😭 probably because of the antibiotics we'd given him 😭😭😭 (I took a looong shower that day)

[Mrsangeandbella]

"pan-resistant to change" love it! And poor Bill.

[RT.]

🤣🤣🤣 oh no Bill!! Everyone knows to only eat the *untouched* food left on the tray; not the half eaten stuff! Bill must have been *REALLY* hungry hahaha

[jennakuhn]

As a student studying antibiotic resistance, I loled extra and loved this so much. Thanks for adding a laugh to our days!

[PhoenixRoseYT]

Yay! Finally an infectious disease one! I’m still in med school but I’ve already started prepping for fellowship by writing prose-like SOAP notes and roasting doctors giving out antibiotics inappropriately. A friend of my got doxy for his asthma and I was like ??? tf kinda doctor would give you DOXYCYCLINE for asthma and allergies??