Answering Commonly Asked Questions | My Residency Experience | Part 7

[@jorge.04]

Thank you for sharing this!! I'm a third year medical student and I love seeing youtubers talk about their experience in med school and residency, but I think you're the only one that has a channel dedicated to pathology which is my preferred specialty so finding your channel was a wonderful surprise!

[@Baking_MD]

Thanks!

[@austinroberts8842]

It saddens me that burnout in medical students and physicians is still such an endemically pervasive, yet downplayed part of our industry. I’m so glad that you were well supported and received / are continuing to receive the important care you need. Thank you for sharing such a personal part of your medical education journey with us.

[@samirnacer9206]

Your love for your job is refreshing ❤🎉. Thanks again for sharing

[@tanganyika8580]

Thank you for sharing your experience particularly regarding burnout and mental health. You are truly a champion.

[@Baking_MD]

Thank you for your support!

[@rebecanieves2165]

I truly enjoy your videos, they have given me a lot of insights and tips! Also, thank you for sharing your experience on burnout/depression. I think it's important to keep these two things in mind as you go through your medical career since they're so common and we can make sure to reach out for help when we need to!

[@Baking_MD]

Hi Rebeca, thank you for your support!

[@Anonimo-us4ez]

Thanks a lot for the tips. Hope that you continue telling us these stories. Will you make a video talking about the pathologist implications in some fields of research such as Oncology?

[@Baking_MD]

There are lots of research collaboration between pathology and the clinicians, especially in the field of oncology.

[@mahmoudhashim5133]

Be strong. I'm also img with depression .. thats hard and it's hard .. you are not alone. But life goes on, nothing shameful.

[@Baking_MD]

Hi Mahound, thanks for your support!

[@hildad.8372]

Thanks for sharing your experience with us! 😊 These videos have helped me to get an idea of how pathology residency can be. Greetings!

[@Baking_MD]

I'm so glad!

[@RMA4846]

Thank you for sharing!!! Much love for you!!!

[@Baking_MD]

Glad it was helpful!

[@duahn4537]

Yes I think you are right; burnout is inevitable. But having a support system at work and also at home should be helpful. You mentioned 'having time to travel'. I know Emergency Medicine residents with the flexibility of shift work, do have that opportunity to travel; can Pathology residents do that as well?

[@Baking_MD]

I used my vacation days to travel. Depending on the residency program, you can get 3-4 weeks of vacation a year.

[@duahn4537]

@@Baking_MD That's good; thanks for the response. I am in my final year, reviewing to write Step 1 before March 2022. I am still undecided about which residency to apply for yet. General Surgery and Neurology have been my top two choices. But I must say your videos have provided vital understanding of Pathology and made me to consider it. Please continue to make more videos.

[@markrudolf7567]

This has been helpful, and it's brave of you to share as much you have in this video, so thank you! As for questions...how would you go about deciding between a surg path fellowship and a fellowship specifically in a particular organ system (e.g. GI or pulmonary)?

[@Baking_MD]

Mostly depends on where you want to work. If you want to work academic setting, then doing the subspeciality would be better fit. If you want to do community practice, general surg path would be better since usually in the community setting, you would probably do general signout.

[@manbirsingh7773]

Hi Dr Wang, Thanks for wonderful videos. What do you think about step 1 score of 22x for pathology, what can I do to look my cv pathology specific? I have experience in autopsies in home country (not a pathology residency)

[@rickhardtbreijn9821]

Thank you for your videos!!! Do you ever get neck pain, back pain or muscle spasms out of sitting and using the microscope too much time? If so, how how do you prevent/solve that?

[@Baking_MD]

Surprisingly no! I normally have horrible posture, but for some unknown reason, when I sit in front of a scope, I have the most amazing posture. I do use gel pads to rest my wrists on. It's grossing where I have issues. I find it hard to stand for multiple hours at a time, so I make sure to wear super comfortable running shoes to give my feet more cushion and support.

[@kennyp5388]

Thank you for your channel. You are inspiring me to become a pathologist. However, one of the things that I fear is that I hear some people saying that AI will change pathology. Do you fear that pathologists will be supplanted by AI in the future?

[@Baking_MD]

Not at all. I'm exited for AI to help streamline our work.

[@kennyp5388]

@@Baking_MD that's good to hear :)) thank you doc!

[@nourhangamal1345]

iam really sorry u had to go through that .

[@Watchmee3]

Can you please shed light on "vacations days off per year " during residency and in pathology job contracts?

[@Baking_MD]

In general residents get 15 or 20 weekdays of vacation a year, and it doesn't roll over. It varies widely for actual jobs, but usually starting at 3 weeks off.

[@loveyouzindagi2950]

I’m interested in clinical pathology, I wanted to ask are there CP only residency programs too ? Thanks

[@Baking_MD]

Hi, there are residency programs that offer CP only, especially in bigger academic programs (ie. University of Chicago)

[@loveyouzindagi2950]

@@Baking_MD thanks

[@graynight3478]

Will you put all your videos in one large one?

[@Gigadrane]

No need to, but I'm sure she can turn it into a playlist on her channel if she hasn't already.

[@Baking_MD]

Yups, I have all 7 videos in my "Pathology Residency" playlist