Advice to pre-med students | Lecture to UC Berkeley Pre-med Undergrads 11-5-23

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH; Physician & Professor
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[@johnmadany9829]

Regardless of the topic I listen to Vinay. I'm 64 years old and learning more every day.

[@GilesMcRiker]

I'm just pleased that they didn't cancel you

[@bluebird6300]

"They" tried 😢

[@GregKingston]

I thought the same thing when I saw Berkeley.

[@nadinemcmillon8659]

I second your comment!!! 😊 I wish ALL doctors were as knowledgeable, informed and committed to excellence for the benefit of patients and humankind!!❤😊☀️🌹

[@waotzimprett6403]

Wao

[@soniag4516]

lol they may not he may be a controlled opposition

[@johnmadany9829]

To be honest I would share a few things with premed students. There are a lot of rewarding aspects to practicing medicine but you must be aware of the following: Big Pharma wrote the textbooks Big Pharma writes protocols/guidelines Big Pharma funds are medical schools Big Pharma funds CME Big Pharma keeps the pay walls on Medical journals very high. Big Food and Big Pharma are one.

[@tallard666]

It would be more useful to call that the Medical Industrial Complex. It's worse than just pharma. Also: The Medical Industrial Complex controls public policies in countries like Canada where we have FAKE "public" healthcare. Our healthcare is "public" ACCESS But all profits and policies serve private profits. So basically "public" healthcare has become a private profits scam.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

i like my doctors to know that women dont need protate exams, and men dont need pap smears.

[@tallard666]

@@UniqueBreakfastTaco Indeed. Any doctor who enables "wrong body" narratives should not be practicing, and surgeons/endocrinologists who mutilate their patients' bodies should lose their licence. These practices must cease.

[@tracieupdike2214]

Well said!

[@ybrueckner5589]

To find out about the extent of big pharma influence has been very depressing late in my career. Makes it exceedingly difficult to persevere

[@tazg349]

Ive subscribed to you on YT for about a year now after I discovered you online because I found out I shared your core values not only as a doctor and researcher, but some of your life philosophies that you shared during some of your podcasts. Love and share your perspectives on COVID and vaccines especially. I compare your brilliance in intellect with Vivek Ramaswamy in your area of expertise. Admire Vivek so much as well. But this is the first time I came to know about your bio/background. Its beyond impressive. Im so proud to know that you come from Indiana as I am. I raised my two boys 31 and 38 in NW Indiana by the tristate and Munster areas. They are now successful working professionals themselves. Last but not least in relevancy, I tend to gravitate in interest in your topics in Medicine because Im a retired RN who worked in trauma setting ER over 20 years in the southside of Chicago, not far from UC, and married to retired ER MD for almost half a century. So we never outgrow our shared interests in all things medicine. Thank you for what you're doing to the future medical doctors in our country. Teach them to continue to "do no harm".

[@soniag4516]

Go listen to Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA and Dr. Peter McCullough and Dr. Judy Miskovits who worked under Fauci. This dr can't even hold a stick match. Ted talkers are enticing to listen to but empty words produce nothing.

[@epigeneticnerd4244]

I’m so thankful there’s docs like you out there. Keep it up man.

[@HamilcarBarca-jm3ey]

Dr. Prasad has been and is my source of truth on more than one public health subject.

[@soniag4516]

Try Dr Robert Maline, Jordon Peterson, Dr. Victor Hanson, Dr. Judy Miskovits, Frontlinedoctors

[@jilldempsey]

Thanks for sharing this! Love hearing the background.

[@alexisg4517]

This came across my feed randomly. I was a bio major at cal and technically had all the prerequisites for premed but was not looking to medicine at the time. I just wanted to say that my best times were taking classes outside my major, including architecture and study abroad. I took upto 19 units some times. I wanted to take full advantage of all the amazing professors and opportunities there. Maybe not good advice but I wouldn't have changed it. Maybe would have taken even more non major classes. 😂 enjoy your time there.

[@lindamcconnell6613]

I can listen to him all day long

[@kmeccat]

Not only are you a fantastic, intelligent speaker...but you're SO FUNNY! Your students must LOVE you!

[@willzsportscards]

'my only physical examination is a pet/ct' lolllllll. One of many reason I went into radiology. I enjoy 'doing' the physical exam on the patients with imaging. He did a solid job here. My advice to pre-med students? Like anything in life, look around first before committing to medicine. And then, medicine is a very, very broad field. If you're an insane workaholic, you can be a neurosurgeon and crack heads open on Sunday mornings because hey, that's what you live for. Or if you are a super empath, you can do oncology or palliative work and help people die (and get the occasional W too). Or you can be like be, and just chill out at home reading images with just your dog as your 'secretary'. Regardless of what path you end up committing to, the road is long and hard, but like most things in life that are of true worth....the value is greatly enriched by the struggle.

[@margotbw4660]

Thank you for sharing this video! I at once feel defeated by the complexity of data collection and interpretation and also reassured that it is possible to do it right. I never would have survived that medical training, the sleep thing seems ridiculous.

[@steveboussom6564]

This is beautiful Vinay, glad you are sharing your path and your love for what you get to do for a living.

[@walterbortz355]

Overdiagnosis and overtreament are key concepts to understand when entering the profession these days. Overutilization abounds and the groundwork to understand this concept is layed in having solid education in appraising clinical research. Vinay exemplifies the outstanding skilled clinician who gets this idea.

[@delo3936]

A pleasure to hear your thoughts. I’ve shared your youtube to many. As always, Cheers

[@tonimuller7493]

Thank you once again, Dr. Prasad. Great lecture!

[@americanajooma4457]

This was great! I hope your young audience benefited from your wisdom.

[@figskater3382]

Started watching u during Covid - I have nothing to do with medicine and no education in the field but this was a great talk-love all your videos-fyi 2 of my 3 sons graduated from MSU❤

[@marycollins8215]

Thank you. So grateful to Dr. Prasad!

[@kottino2]

Coincidentally was watching this while working on a cost-effectiveness model for MM, ha! Lovely speech

[@oldmango8606]

wonderfully presented...thanks

[@jimw6801]

I'm on your email list and love it. Now I'm subscribed to your youtube channel. Thanks

[@CAWN_G]

Great job on the lecture.

[@rockmama2474]

I love listening to you VP! I miss the VPZD Show.

[@theprogressivemichigander6588]

I didn't know you were a fellow Spartan. I was at James Madison Residential College but also took several courses in the philosophy department.

[@ybrueckner5589]

I love listening to this man I’m afraid of the day the troglodytes succeed in blocking him

[@karenkaren3189]

I actually think those people going into medicine will be better doctors because they know exactly what they’re getting into.

[@HopeU2Rwell]

Please advise the future doctors to learn about the benefits of vitamins, minerals and give advise about dietary needs for each ailment, and healthy lifestyle,otherwise these future doctors will end up being pill pushers without knowledge of long term consequences to the patient. Happy to see you passing on your pearls of wisdom Dr Prasad. Keep up the good work!

[@robfreeman5783]

lol wut. Which "benefits of vitamins" are you referring to, and which are deficient in average healthy feeling people who eat normal diets? just curious.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

modern doctors are merely legalized drug dealers.

[@brooke_ann]

Loved this your the best dr VP! ❤

[@JCResDoc94]

9:11 solid bit this one. gr8 addition. _JC

[@neil5872]

Good points about statistics, it gets pretty complicated

[@JCResDoc94]

22:40 hard stops. (diminishing returns) _JC

[@gnormhurst]

@39:53 "... 99% of lectures I went to were just so awful ..." I wish I knew how to fix this. Vinay is particularly gifted at communicating a subject and cutting right to the truth. But this is the 1%.

[@tallard666]

29:50 OMG I would not want my doctor to sound like that question!

[@sharanjhaveri6324]

Loved it!

[@4Uhane]

You are my hero.

[@johnmadany9829]

My philosophy of medicine is rooted in Plato's Republic.

[@JCResDoc94]

35:50 _"first 2 years i wanted to quit, to be honest w you..."_ _JC

[@JCResDoc94]

24:15 bio plausible models, not dogmas. _JC

[@mirinerichey7199]

I also get the opportunity to lecture to premed at our university to students and urge them to go into research/epi! It does not have the same glamour.

[@thevintagelens]

Why haven’t you applied for KZbin’s verification program that states that labels under videos that clearly state the information is coming from a healthcare professional or accredited organization?

[@JCResDoc94]

48:00 everything is racist. _JC

[@snideremark]

The fact that you had to hold your little lapel mic bugs me.

[@aptosvideochannel3521]

Pitted fruit! Get the hell out of here 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@niveajones6400]

Helps me better understand why so many doctors are so useless. 😢

[@IlSeokJeong]

Can anyone give TLDR? 😀

[@bernicebarba5388]

What’s your email , damn your good ; great dr can’t believe your better than my pill pusher . can i be your patient .

[@tracieupdike2214]

I am a family doctor. All of these premed students are more interested in money than in taking care of people. My practice was taking care of people, listening to their problems and making them feel better. Money just paid the rent it.

[@arrowrod]

Good luck on your quest. Some are going to be accepted into medical school. Way too few. All of my doctors are from foreign countries. They pass some kind of test. Good going AMA. Restricting American doctors, in the name of increased fees. The good news? Medical robots. Access to all medical knowledge through A.I. My guess. Less than ten years. The end to medical practice. I'm tired of you practicing on me.

[@seandejesus623]

1st

[@robfreeman5783]

The elimination of standardized testing and scoring and grades in medical and pre-med education is a real shame. The "lottery" system for med school admittance VP is proposing would be even more of a shame, a travesty really. I worked so hard for my basic science grades, MCAT and Step 1 scores, and feel that still today all that work is still paying off and serving as part of a strong foundation of basic skills and knowledge needed to be a physician. Some of those important habits, themes, lessons, strategies I learned are ingrained forever. It depresses, and to an extent scares, me that future physicians won't be challenged to compete or prove themselves in those ways before being allowed the privilege of practicing medicine. Show me a nurse practitioner who could score in the 90+th percentile on the old MCAT and Step 1. It's an important filter, not a perfect one but a necessary one if this profession is going to continue to be special and the tip of the spear.