1st Year of Medical School in Review | The Hard Lessons Learned

We back baby. After a little break, I got some time to reflect on the fun memories and lessons learned over my first year of medical school! I want to do these at each little check point in med school but man is it moving fast. Congratulations to the new med students coming in and thank you so much for being part of my medical school journey. These videos have 100% created so many ways to meet incredible people both in and out of the medical field and I am looking forward to the next year as I prepare for clinical rotations. Comment below any questions you may have and follow the other socials to stay in touch!
0:00 - 3:27 Intro
3:28 - 5:49 Med School is Fast and Furious
5:50 - 7:46 Med School Studying: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
7:47 - 9:32 Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
9:33 - 13:01 Your Preceptors are Medical and Life Coaches
13:02 - 17:22 Merging Professional and Creative Careers
17:23 - 19:02 People Who Support You as You
19:03 - 21:29 Looking to the Future
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[@nicholasmangra6300]

I haven’t even finished my associates yet. But one day I will be able to go to medical school. For those of you who are going into medical school. I wish you the best of luck, and hope you will succeed to be the best physicians out there.

[@alaaelnour3727]

Thnx sweety and we hope u start ur medical school soon ❤️much love

[@Amanda-iv6bs]

Saved this video to watch today - after completing my own first year of medical school! It's crazy how fast it went. The biggest thing i learned was to not be afraid to adjust my studying with each system! and as you said, do NOT compare yourself to others! we all have our own strengths and weaknesses. Funny how you're so proud of achieving 1K subs in this video and look at you now - 148K subs!!! that's awesome. love your videos and love following along!

[@MehDragon99]

Here from Dr Cellini's channel, good stuff man! I'm starting med school in one month and your videos are definitely getting me even more excited :)

[@NDMD]

congratulations!!!! and thank you so much, it's so encouraging to see some of the new supporters coming in. best of luck in med school and do learn to enjoy the journey as cliche as that is :)

[@bharathhaleshnaik2709]

Andy great respect for you!! You motivate me a lot

[@NDMD]

thank you so much :)

[@geraldomedrano5558]

I'm especially glad you mentioned that you all make time to play soccer. I played soccer all my life and would want to continue to play as my way to get away from my studies for a while. Thank you for the video

[@NDMD]

glad it helped! and yes physical exercise is a huge part of balancing life in med school and if you can do it with people playing a sport you love then even better

[@paulaa6403]

I literally just stumbled across your videos and I think they are really inspiring. Keep doing you. I’m definitely subscribing.

[@NDMD]

wow thank you so much for your kind words :) welcome to the fam

[@brene798]

I'm about to start my first year of med school in Texas! The words in this video helped a lot my man, will definitely be keeping up with you throughout your journey and using it as inspiration for mine as well :)

[@NDMD]

that's incredible to hear! congratulations and enjoy the journey as well! hope to bring you some sort of encouragement as we get through this thing

[@T0XiCxF4tality]

Keep it up man! Love the content! Im not a med student (only a PA-S), but glad to know the feeling of being overwhelmed in healthcare is normal!

[@NDMD]

thank you so much! glad it could be of some comfort, and definitely appreciate the support :)

[@ayomideo6222]

That intro though! Love your creative videos and thanks so much for talking about those 12+ study hour videos!

[@NDMD]

Thank you so so much! Hopefully you found it encouraging :)

[@ayom23]

I am also "Ayomide O." Small world.

[@emmanuellaifeonye4758]

Here from Dr Cellini’s channel! I love your content.. rooting for you in all you do!

[@NDMD]

thank you so much! it's so encouraging to see the new supporters coming over, you guys are awesome :)

[@davidlakhter]

great video Andy - much love :)

[@NDMD]

thank you so much!

[@jesusandmedicine1950]

This was insightful and helpful. Thanks for sharing. God bless you

[@NDMD]

thank you so much, glad it helped!

[@crestajane282]

Hey Andy from NZ! I came across your channel last night and wow - thank you for creating and sticking to it!! You're inspiring people from all over the world for sure :) I am in my last sem of pre-med and I'm also a charity CEO and working as an HCA. If you have one tip to share that helps maintain your academics and creative passion (insanely busy life), what would it be? Or top 3? Have followed you on all your social media and I'm looking forward to following your journey! YOU LEGEND!!

[@NDMD]

thank you :) and 1. do it for the right reasons 2. seek to serve with everything you do 3. surround yourself with people who are just as crazy as you are

[@marykay8587]

Ive always wanted to be a Dr, a family practican so i watched a lot of nursing videos of new students but Dr is where its at! I'm too dumb to be a Dr but these vlogs are fun! :)

[@jadenicoleann1326]

Hello doc! new subscriber :-)

[@NDMD]

Thank you so much for subscribing! Hope you enjoyed the video :)

[@vishnupriya4615]

Hey I'm a first year med student and currently almost going to finish my sem 1. Could you please do a video on OSCE and how was your experience throughout it!

[@NDMD]

oooo that's a good idea, although now that step 2 CS doesn't exist, OSCEs are becoming a little less strict on grading and more focused to assess learning progress. but i cant definitely brainstorm a way to show how OSCE's are structured

[@humerakhanum9451]

U r soooo cool

[@anvipeddi1854]

What program are you a part that allows you to take on this curriculum?

[@NDMD]

just a regular MD program, but all schools have different curriculums they go by

[@DisguisedHaku]

coffee ☕

[@NDMD]

haha thanks for actually reading the description

[@jadenicoleann1326]

coffee☺

[@imthrillz5255]

That curriculum sounds awful, why would they speed up preclinical??

[@andrewhelwich8886]

Take it with a small grain of salt