Life as a Rural Family Medicine Resident Doctor | Beyond the Scope | ND MD

Welcome to the Beyond the Scope Podcast presented by ND MD. This podcast continues the mission of sharing the incredible stories and experiences of students, physicians, and healthcare professionals...but this time it's all about the things all those years of medical training doesn't prepare you for. Things that are beyond the scope of our practice. Whether it's navigating starting a family as a medical student or physician, or learning how to invest as a student, the goal is to bring on incredible guests who can guide you through those puzzling questions. Today we have an incredible pioneer to a new rural family medicine residency program, Dr. Zeel Shah. Over the past year as an intern resident, Dr. Shah has helped navigate her passion for serving communities in rural areas and explains how to know if this intimate specialty is right for you. Many medical schools are creating programs just like this to expand physician outreach to underserved areas of the country.
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[@NDMD]

Go follow Dr. Shah's KZbin channel and Instagram page for more in the life of a rural family medicine physician!

[@JPAUL346]

Family Medicine is a very interesting career. In my Midwest residency, we train to be primary surgeon on c-sections, do large volumes of complicated pregnancy management, large numbers of vaginal deliveries, scopes and procedures, and complicated ICU care. To address some comments, The flexibility and variety in that skill set is something NPs cannot replace or replicate. It also is the only speciality that can meet the needs of small rural communities without the resources to have a full speciality team. That’s why many of our FM grads work internationally and in rural USA

[@carlieamado6153]

Love love love Dr Zeel’s energy, her dedication to family medicine is inspiring

[@erriestar]

Family medicine is my dream career, like I love it so much!

[@khalilahd.]

I’ve never considered family medicine as a specialty but I love her insight and perspective! 💜🙏🏽

[@gettygets872]

Really ? How, why ? It’s the only speciality that you see patients from the “cradle to grave”. You see the whole family. The breath of knowledge is vast.

[@kaitlynkilpatrick36]

@@gettygets872 for some that's exactly why. You have to remember sooo much about every body system and it can be seen as not worth it to some when you also have to navigate the business of medicine, take into consideration socioeconomic status of patients, and plant roots in your community

[@mattsgarage6385]

I really enjoyed hearing the concluding remarks about being humble, reflecting on hard times and showing compassion through that mindset. That perspective is applicable everyday.

[@liyaaa5941]

Wowwww LOVED this whole entire interview with her she is an absolute gem✨ Her last piece of advice was definitely what I needed to hear right now "you're smarter than you think"

[@paelie]

I hope that Dr Zeel's message to physicians about not forgetting what it was like when they were students and the insecurity/imposter syndrome that comes with it is heard by the doctors who view this video. I've come across doctors who seem to have forgotten what it was like to be a student and it's something that I, as a medical graduate, don't want to forget simply because I "made it" and am "on the other side". Just because "that's how things were done" before doesn't mean that's how they should be done in the future. Disrupt the system.

[@JohnnySmoove]

I thought about Family Medicine. But the issue I am seeing is that a-lot of Nurse Practitioners are taking the field over and hospitals are not hiring as much family medicine doctors since it is cheaper to just have more NP's. If you have your own clinic FM can be very rewarding, but working in a large hospital system has its drawbacks

[@andriadefilippi4512]

i'm in nursing school and after living in a community of several hundred people, i can't wait to head out the a rural clinic. it's so interesting that she went to american and spent time in NYC. the pediatrician i MA for went to american and did her residency in NYC.

[@Ari_diwan]

"You're lot smarter than you think " 👏👌

[@LauraBeaumont]

In love with rural medicine !!

[@Anniefawesome]

Yes!! Ive had such a hard time seeing rural med!!

[@spencerhurst9261]

yes finally!! being from south dakota, this is my dream!!

[@zitahorvathova9716]

🤩😍 .. Really interesting podcast, thanks😱

[@zionstewards6508]

I lived in Zambia. So cool!

[@maureene7138]

she is amazing!!!

[@jeanlanz2344]

Wow! Dr. Shah is so wise, compassionate, and knowledgeable. Her patients are blessed to have her. Her joyful laughter is awesome. It was great to hear her advice to not come in with superiority judgment, but to help them embrace their strength. I also like how she uses pictures to explain complex ideas to her patients. She gave an excellent analogy about vaccines (in general) as showing your immunity army what the enemy is like. The only thing I would disagree with her is that most of the covid vaccines are called vaccines for liability purposes to avoid lawsuits; but they are really experimental gene therapy, not normal vaccines with dead or attentuated diseases. Thank you for a fantastic interview! God bless you.

[@kayleegoff141]

Some of rural community’s have clinics that are in schools that are in the rural areas.

[@user-by5ug4qq6v]

Any places offering observerships in FM?

[@user-by5ug4qq6v]

Whats the pay like in Fam Med? I really like the idea of fam med and will probably apply for it during this match cycle but Ive been told over and over that the pay isnt good. could i have more insight on that ?

[@73zach]

I'm an MS2 currently, but I have a close relationship that is a rural FM doc. He is in the pacific northwest part of US. He will be clearing 300k this year, sees about 30 patients a day on his work days

[@user-by5ug4qq6v]

@@73zach thank you so much! Is it a private practice or is he working in a hospital?

[@73zach]

@@user-by5ug4qq6v He is currently working amongst a FM "group" that works primarily through an outpatient clinic

[@DrStoooopid]

Every time someone puts pineapple on pizza, an Italian baby cries himself to sleep.

[@patrickj.7782]

She said no pineapple on pizza....🤔

[@shantnubhanwala5972]

It’s a dying field . Brutal truth no one is taking about. With below avg skill set and job satisfaction. U will struggle your whole life in this field from financially, academically, zero respect. Not saying from me own data , talked a lot of doc more than 100.

[@user-by5ug4qq6v]

Could u elaborate ? Explain more

[@shantnubhanwala5972]

@@user-by5ug4qq6v so it's about salary , sorry to say that but we need money to survive , cost are reducing per hospital visit. So u will make less per hospital. Then u will have to work your ass off to make same money. Either u have to move to rural place with no opportunity to develop or u can stay in city with a lot of struggle of everyday life. Second people they directly go to specialist bcoz of there insurance coverage. Third skill set will hold u back like drastically as u don't have much to do in this field. Sooner or later u will realise u are falling behind.bcoz lack of skill set u will feel ur only treating flu or little bit pain. Believe me this job stated to get dull and burden .

[@BG-ik4dc]

she's so weird

[@Os-lo1cj]

You're wierd

[@Anniefawesome]

She seems different because you are used to the neurologist who is very quiet. I think both are great.

[@AGreyAlien]

@@Anniefawesome Exactly she seems bubbly and relatable.

[@gettygets872]

You are very rude! She doesn’t have the personality of a cardboard box- dry and literal, which you seem to have. I’m sure her patients will appreciate her, especially when they are sick and need cheering-up.