How To Make The Most Of Premed Clinical Experience Opportunities

It's essential , even when you're in medical school , to get the right clinical experience to shape your career . And so today we're gonna talk about how to shape your career . And so today we're going to talk about how to maximize your clinical experience , how to maximize your shadowing .

That way you can learn what you need to learn , you can get yourself into medical school and you can advance to become this amazing clinician you want to be . And this all comes from an encounter I just had with the medical students . I want to share it with you guys .

You can learn from their mistakes , not make those mistakes and be successful in clinical experience . We're gonna hit the intro . I'm gonna get right into it . Guys , let's go , but stop making excuses , stop whining , stop right , get at it . No excuses Just dominate . All right , guys . Thank you so much for joining me .

Like I said , I'm Dr Pineson , I'm the pre-med pro-expert , and I'm here live action every Monday , every Wednesday , 4.30 Pacific time , to help you get better , to help you be more productive and to help you be happier , more positive , in your pre-med journey .

Now , today we're talking clinical experience , and this is fresh on my mind because I had a medical student rotate with me recently , and , as they rotated through you guys know I'm an anesthesiologist they rotated through with me .

They made some cardinal mistakes , some cardinal mistakes that lead to a negative experience not only for the student , but also for all those people around them , and for the clinical providers and for the patients and so forth , and so I want to share with you guys what happened .

And so the student came and they made one of the biggest blunders you can make as a future doctor , as , whether it's a pre-med , a medical student or even as a resident , it's one of the hugest mistakes you can make . And so let's start there , and that is attempting to be a know-it-all when instead you should be focused on being a learn-it-all .

Hear what I say here . This is literally if you get nothing else from this video , listen to this and learn this , and you'll go far In medical training . They stress with you it's about lifelong learning , and when they say that , sometimes you don't quite understand what they mean .

Oh , lifelong learning , like , okay , I'll be learning for forever , and we just hear it and we don't really internalize it and really take time to understand what that means . What it means is that for you guys ? What it means is that for you guys , at every single step of your medical journey , there is constantly opportunities to learn more .

You will never be done learning . You will never be able to learn everything and know everything , and so you must be in learner mode and student mode at all times to flourish , to thrive at all levels . Personally , guys , one of the hardest things in transitioning to medical school is that for so many of you guys , as pre-meds you've been the A student .

You've been able to learn everything for your exams . Then you transition to medical school and you recognize , man , medicine is deep . There's a lot of stuff here . I can't possibly learn everything by test date , and so it gets very frustrating for students . They feel very frustrated oh my gosh , I'm not getting my .

And then they turn to the clinics oh my gosh , I'm not doing my clinics right , like , we have these early patient experiences , but I don't know what I'm doing , I'm floundering , and they set these bar crazy high for themselves and instead what I want you guys to do is recognize that's what it's all about . It's there . You're there literally to learn constantly .

They put you in these awkward predicaments so that way you can feel awkward , recognize this is rock bottom . It only gets better from here and you can learn and you can grow .

But if we have this unrealistic expectation for ourselves , if we have this whole thing like , oh , I should know everything , know it all , it leads you to , like , feel angry , to feel upset , to feel disheartened , to feel less than and that's what happened with this student was this student was trying to act like a know-it-all with me and I'm like you can't know

everything . I know because I'm a seasoned anesthesiologist . You're here on rotation trying to learn about anesthesia . So what good does it help you to try to seem like a know-it-all when I can see right through you ? You can't be the expert I am . You're here to learn from me . So they were literally they would ask me something or something would happen .

I'm like , hey , listen , this is a good point and I would try to teach them . And while I'm speaking , they start speaking . I'd be like you know what ? In airway management , it's really important ? Oh yeah , because we get the airway open . I'm like sure I like the excitement , but can I finish my point ? Yes , have to keep the airway open , that's step one .

But how do we do that ? And so , for you guys , that's what we want to avoid . It's not about showing how smart you are .

As someone who went through the whole ranks , everyone always was impressed with me on medical rotations when I shadowed people , even before that long , even as a high school student , when I shadowed , they were impressed with me and it had nothing to do with everything I knew to do with everything I knew .

It had everything to do with my eagerness , my willingness to learn and soak up all the good information to make them feel like know-it-alls and make me feel like a learn-it-all . And they say they've done studies on this , some of the best , they say conversationalists . It has nothing to do with what they say .

It has everything to do with how they listen , because we , as people , like to feel listened to and , as an educator , as a senior anesthesiologist , like to feel listened to and , as an educator , as a senior anesthesiologist , if I have a medical student rotating with me , if I have a pre-med shadowing me , I want them to recognize they don't know more than me .

I want them to show the deference , to be like Dr Pines said teach me all the good stuff . I want to learn all this . This is amazing , I'm so excited . Teach me it all . I don't want them to try to show me what they know . And it's important , guys . So again , at a psychological level , to make it a much more enjoyable experience .

Then you recognize hey , I can't look dumb enough . I'm here to learn . Let's go , let's look dumb and let's do things . Let's challenge ourselves . Let's try an IV , let's try an airway , even if it goes terribly , I'm here to learn . I don't put that pressure on myself . You'll do better because you will step out . And so this medical student , for example .

I mentioned how they were already trying to interrupt me and seem like I know it all . But they also , every time I say , hey , listen , you want to try this procedure ? Like , hey , I'm trying to teach them something . They kept shying away oh , no , no , no , I don't want to do that , I don't want to do that . And they were doing've never done an IV .

You're here to learn these experiences , otherwise , why come , why have a clinical rotation if you are perfect and you know the procedures already and so instead , right , the juxtaposition of that is I've had pre-med students come and I've shown them how to do techniques and they're like , oh wow , blah , blah , and they picked up things because they were open to it .

Same thing with other medical students . That's what it's about , guys . You can learn a ton , but you can't learn anything if your mouth is moving . You can't learn anything if you close your eyes and run away from everything because you're too scared to mess it up .

You're there under my supervision to learn to mess up , to make mistakes , so I can tell you ooh , don't do that , they'll bleed out . You're going to bleed out the patient . You can make the adjustment and be more successful . Does that make sense to everybody ? What I'm saying right now ? It's crazy . Like I don't want to do an IV , I'm scared .

Don't be scared . Take that fear out your heart , that need to get it right , and just say you know what ? I'm going to stick this needle in there and I may or may not get blood , I may or may not strike oil , but either way , this is one more miss that gets me closer to getting the IV correct .

And , as someone who's done literally , I can't even count guys . But I've done so many IVs it's like second nature for me to throw IVs . Now when I train medical students or residents , I look back and I'm like I see , watch them struggle , and I just laugh inside because I'm like I can remember when I was there .

But now I can't miss baby , I'm on it and it's all . Through all those reps it took all the misses , all the frustrations , all the mishaps for me to now be like this amazing anesthesiologist who gets the job done with my procedures . Because everybody understands If you want to be a great clinician , you're trying to step up to that .

So we can't be the know-it-all , we have to be the learn-it-all and that's the approach , that's the philosophy we want to have going into clinical experiences because it makes it amazing for everyone . That's literally the only criteria I have for my evaluations .

When I'm evaluating pre-meds because they're going to ask me for a letter of recommendation , or I'm evaluating medical students because they're going to want a letter of recommendation for the residency , or I'm evaluating residents to see if they promote , I'm always just looking for someone who recognizes and understands that they don't know everything .

They know the limits of their knowledge , they're willing to accept the challenge and try things and they're willing to say , hey , I don't know this , help me more , and ask for assistance when they need it . And if you can do that and you got a good attitude about that whole spectrum of learning , you're going to get an A recommendation from me .

But if you've got a funky attitude every time I give you some feedback or some instruction , that's going to be a problem . Do we all understand ? If you like this right now , like this video , let me know . You're here with me , dr Pineset , the pre-med productivity expert . I'm so excited to talk about this topic . I love clinical stuff .

I love teaching the clinical environment because you see people right as pre-med . A lot of times you could be in the classroom and you're like , oh , this is cool , this biochemistry , okay cool , and it doesn't really translate for you . But then when you get into clinical environments you get to see the diseases that you kind of learn about .

You get to see the biological processes . So a lot of times I like to take like the clinical condition and say , listen , I've got this patient , got this asthma . Okay , with this asthma , what's happening ? Okay , let's take it back to your physics class .

Let's talk about how the diameter of a circle and surface tension , how that works in the alveoli of the lungs , and so I try to bring in those basic science concepts . So we love to teach , we love to educate , and so I get excited in these clinical experience opportunities because it's an opportunity to see your guys' eyes just go .

This is what I've been working so hard for . It's for this . This is why we took physics , this is why we took chemistry , because all this stuff comes into play to keep patients alive in a practical , practical way . Now we've talked about this lifelong learning , getting over the fear of not knowing everything .

So let's talk about some key strategies to not be that mistake-prone medical student that I just had and to be better .

The very first thing , guys , is when you guys go for clinical experiences whether it's shadowing or you're actually clinical rotations is it's not okay Again , you don't have to know it all , but it's not okay to become unprepared for your level of . Did everybody hear what I just said ?

It's not okay to come and show up in a clinical environment not prepared at your clinical level . So if you are a pre-med and you're going into a clinical environment , nothing is really expected of you from a clinical knowledge standpoint , however , you should have a basic understanding of the specialty you're going to shadow .

So if someone comes to shadow me as a pre-med and I'm an anesthesiologist and I say , hey , you're shouting me as an anesthesiologist , what do you think is cool about anesthesia ? What do you know about anesthesia ? And they're like anesthesia isn't that with a foot doctor and you have no idea what anesthesia is .

It tells me that you're just hunting around for shadowing opportunities and you don't give a crap about what I'm doing . You don't value my time , my day , something I spent my life cultivating as a great anesthesiologist . You don't value it . And , as a result , I see you . You're not prepared for this moment .

So I'm not going to teach you and I'm not going to write you a letter of recommendation because you're not thrilled to be here . You're wasting my gosh darn time , my gosh darn breaths are wasted on you . Do you guys understand what I'm saying ? That's what you guys have to understand . So come prepared to your clinical level . Understand what the specialty is .

Understand what that is . At a pre-med level you shouldn't know the clinical stuff , but if I take a clinical situation , excuse me and I make it basic science for you . So if I start talking about delta P if I say , hey , listen , a lot of physiology is based on physics . That's why they start with that same phys and within the physiology a lot of times .

Right , we're talking about flow , whether it's flow of air , whether it's flow of blood in terms of blood pressure , right , so that delta P , that gradient , is very important . Does that make sense ? And I'll talk about systolic blood pressure , diastolics , and I'll talk about air flow to the lungs and how to increase oxygenation with PEEP and so forth .

And we'll have this discussion and I'll bring it all back to delta P , a basic physics concept . P1 , p2 , flow is determined by the higher pressure , right , the better that gradient , the faster the flow flow , and so we set that up for you .

And if I talk to you about that and you've taken physics and you can't get it back to me , then I'm looking at you kind of crazy , like you aren't a prepared student , because , yes , you shouldn't know about heart physiology , but you should know about basic physics . So I'm judging you based on that . When you get to the medical student level .

Now , I'm judging you at that clinical level . So if I talk about a common disease like COPD or asthma and , as it relates to anesthesia , you should have an understanding of what COPD is , what asthma is and how that fits in with our lung physiology and what I'm trying to do as an anesthesiologist .

So you shouldn't understand how I do it as an anesthesiologist , but you should understand what those clinical conditions are , because that should be common knowledge , bread and butter for all medical students . Does everybody see ? So , whatever your level is , come prepared at that level .

When you do show up right and you are prepared at your appropriate level , show up professional . Y'all , gosh dang it . One of my favorite students is a medical student currently right now and he just finished up his second year of medical school . He's taking step one right now and he came to shadow me not too long ago .

He came to hang out and talk about step one and he shows up and he's a medical student and he shows up in what looked like sweatpants . They were scrubs but they were big and baggy and kind of like a weird color . They look like sweatpants . And then he had a sweatshirt on that said med student and I get it , that's cool and everything .

He had a sweatshirt on that said med student and I get it , that's cool and everything . But it's a clinical environment . You're coming into and you're wearing a sweatshirt and what looks like sweatpants to my clinical environment . So immediately I'm like , come on , man , you're better than that . And I had to get him started talking to you about his wardrobe .

But I can't tell you how many times I've had pre-med show up to a clinical environment in sweats , in hoodies , open-toed shoes , things that are not appropriate for a clinical environment . I wear Crocs every day , but I wear my closed-toed Crocs . You can't be wearing your open-toed shoes . So for you guys , when you show up , you actually wanna be prepared .

And the second P you wanna be professional , be professionally dressed . It sets the tone for the day Overdress , don't wear a tux . But if you wear a suit , whatever , be overdressed because it sets the tone . And they're like hey , listen , at least he put on a clean shirt today and he put on a collared shirt and he's dressed professionally .

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on other things . It starts the day on a high tone . But if you show up and you're dressed poorly , I'm going to immediately start to judge you Like you don't take this seriously . Spongebob shoes on , let's go . So we start there . So we show up prepared . We show up professionally . The other thing we show up .

The third P is we show up promptly . So three P's Prepared professionally and then promptly . If I tell you , hey , this is anesthesia , we start early , so the first patient will get here at 6 am , I get there at 5.30 to set up what time should you show up as a pre-med or a medical student ?

What time should you show up as a pre-med or a medical student ? If I say first patient shows up at 6 , I show up at 5.30 to set up what time should you show up ? Definitely not later than 5.30 if you want me to take you seriously .

If anything , you should shoot for 5.20 , 5.25 , so that way you say , hey , listen , I'm here , let me know when you're here , dr Pinesett , and we can meet up . So that way I know my time is valuable and you're not trying to waste a second of it . If you stroll in at six , because that's when the patient shows up , I'm already judging you .

If you show up at 6.05 thinking , oh well , the patient got here at 6 , I can get here at 6.05 , I'm judging you . Show up on time promptly . Again , it sets the tone for how serious you take it and how serious I should take you Prepared , professional and promptly . Then , once we're in the scenario now we're in . Is everybody still with me ?

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I'm already a Stanford medical graduate . I'm already the anesthesiologist . So I'm here to help you guys make that same transition and make your passions and your dream a reality . All right , so let me know , be in touch with me , make me feel like you're here with me , all right .

So now we said we're going to show up , we're going to be prepared , we're going to be professional , we're going to be prompt . Now we move into the actual day . So now you're here , you've showed up , you're dressed sharp , you're on time . Great , now that you're here , about your learning experience . Proactive , meaning , you seek opportunities to learn .

And one of the big mistakes particularly medical students , pre-meds don't make this mistake as much , but medical students make this mistake is they think doing is learning , is learning . The only way to learn is to do something , they think . But what you should be doing is looking and listening , because that's how learning happens .

First , you may have heard the expression . I want you to write it down if you've not heard it . See one , do one , teach one . If you have not seen a procedure done , how can you expect to do one Well , successfully ? So , as you want to learn from your clinical experiences , it's not just about doing . I want you to keep these two L's in mind .

It's about looking and listening . So , as I'm doing an IV , I'll talk you through it . Listen , I'm placing the hand this way , the needle comes in this way . You're going to see this catheter kind of release . I'm going to walk you through all the steps . So I'm going to be having you watch me , I'm going to have you listen to me .

You can learn a lot that way , not just in terms of skills , because not all the clinical skills can be applicable to you guys , but what is important and this is again where this look and listen comes into play , because a lot of people will sit back but like , oh okay , whatever's happening , I'm not doing anything One of the most important things about clinical

experience and this is why medical schools put such a high value on clinical experience for pre-meds is that a big part of being in the clinical environment is not just learning procedures or learning the actual how to do the history and physical and all those kind of things .

It's about learning what it is to embody a physician , to hold the characteristics of a physician , and if you watch closely what the physicians are doing , if you listen to what they say and how they say it and how they go about things , you can learn a lot about what it means to carry yourself like a physician . That's what the opportunity is .

We have to look and we have to listen so we can embody what it is to be a physician . It's so important , guys . It's not about oh , we did this , no , what is that physician doing ? Look at how they interact with the patients . Look at how they interact with the rest of the healthcare team . Look how they interact with their colleagues .

Look at how the medical environment works . That way , you can seamlessly integrate yourself into that environment throughout your career as you progress . It's a , you understand the dynamics of it . So it isn't awkward , it isn't unknown , it isn't all those things , even so much as when you're a pre-med student , watch what the medical students are doing .

When you're a young medical student , watch what the senior medical students are doing . One of the big mistakes a student actually recently made and I was like no , don't do that is they introduced themselves as future Dr Joe , insert their name . And I was like do not do that . And they're like why ?

They're like , yeah , I got some feedback on that , but I thought they were just being mean to me . I'm like no , you don't introduce yourself as a future doctor , whether you're a pre-med or a medical student , because you're talking to someone in a moment of duress . No one goes to the doctor unless it's a well check .

Because they feel good , they're going there because they have some complaint , there's some distress they're under , and so in stressful times when you're concerned about your health , it's easy to lose words in what's being said .

So when someone says I'm future doctor , so-and-so , they zone in on doctor part , and so they can mistakenly think that you are the doctor and it creates confusion amongst the team what your role is for the patient . Instead , introduce yourself as hi , my name is Joe . I am a pre-medical student who is here to shadow , so you're very clear about your role .

Hi , my name is Joe . So-and-so , I am the medical-medical student who is here to shadow , so you're very clear about your role . Hi , my name is Joe , so-and-so , I am the medical student on the team . I am here for anything you may need and I will relay it on to your primary doctors . That's clarifying and communicating your role with the patient .

And so if you have watched this , if you've seen how people introduce themselves , you'll know how to appropriately introduce yourself to a patient . Let them know what your role is so they can know what to expect from you . And that's again that looking and that listening , embodying the physician .

Beyond the like I said , the doctoring skills , look at the characteristics that go into being a doctor , things such as we talk about communication . Additionally , empathy and this is a big one for people . I can't tell you how many times a student has been on rotation with me and they think expressing empathy involves crying , involves oh , oh , no sighs .

That's not empathy , guys . Empathy is being a pillar for the patient . They're going through something difficult , their family's gonna do something difficult . It's not for you to share their same emotion . If they cry , it doesn't mean you should cry . You should be the pillar supporting them , telling them hey , it's okay to cry , I understand , but I'm here for you .

You're gonna be their rock , their pillar . That's lifting them up . They don't want you to be crying . Rock their pillar . That's lifting them up . They don't want you to be crying too . So that empathy that you express , you literally express through words . Man , I can't imagine what you're going through , but I sympathize with you .

I understand it's a difficult time for you . Please let me know . If there's anything I can do to be supportive for you . I can tell you from my side as a medical student , as clinician , that this team did everything they could do to support your family member .

So rest assured that everything was done to save their lives and know that people here cared about your family . Things like that Express empathy . Look at how people and listen to how they express empathy in effective ways , beyond like , oh my God , forget that . Express it in a professional , supportive , pillory way . Look at teamwork and dynamics .

I can't I literally I'll kick a med student out . I'll kick a pre-med out in a heartbeat . You are there to learn . Part of that is the teamwork dynamic . You should never call someone by their role . You should always learn people's names and call someone by their role . You should always learn people's names and call them by their name .

I can't tell you when I mess with them . Hey nurse , hey nurse , what's the nurse's name ? How about ? Excuse me , nurse ? I'm sorry , I don't know your name . Could you please tell me your name ? Oh , thank you so much , joe . Joe , I'm looking to help my anesthesiologist do whatever . Learn the people's names and show them that . Respect guys .

That's part of the team dynamic . When you show up , if you enter a space and you're a pre-med or you're a medical student . Everybody in that gosh darn room better know who you are If you walk into a space . Hey guys , I don't want to interrupt , but I'm Joe . I'm a pre-med student . I'm here shadowing Dr Pineset . But I'm Joe , I'm a pre-med student .

I'm here shadowing Dr Pineset . I'm not doing anything today , but I just wanted to let you know that I'm here so you don't think there's some weird guy standing in the operating room . Hey , my name is Joe . I'm the medical student today on you guys' team .

I don't want to get in your way and your flow , but I just wanted to let you know I'm here and I'm here if you need anything . And then every time someone speaks , oh , great , great , okay also . That creates that rapport , that creates that connection , and we're watching that as attendings .

As attendings , we're looking at you and we're like , hey , how does this person do when I'm not ? They think I'm not looking . How does this person do with the janitorial staff , with the scrub tech , with whoever who might be quote , unquote people can look down on . No , they're all valued members of the team . How do you treat them ? Do you use their name ?

Do you help them ? Do you step up . Do you do all these things ? That makes the difference . We're watching you be a team player , even as a pre-medical student , even as a medical student . That goes into your evaluations . Treat people with respect , okay .

Additionally , look at how clinicians approach problems , and it goes back to what we were talking about earlier , with this not being a know-it-all but being a learn-it-all .

Look at how physicians are not scared to ask their colleague for clarification , how they're not scared to ask for additional information from a family member , how they're not scared to talk with a nurse about what might be going on . Look at how they talk to a pharmacist about contraindications and drugs .

Look at how that physician goes about solving problems , getting information . And there was a quote and I won't butcher the quote , but there was a quote I want to say .

It was either Rockefeller or something like that , and it was a great quote because it was talking about how someone was trying to put them on like a game show or something where they're trying to test how smart they were for things , and like every single question that they got asked they didn't know the answer to .

And the guy's like , man , how do you not know any of this stuff ? You're supposed to be so super smart and all this stuff and the guy's like , listen , I don't have all the information , but what makes me successful is that I know what I know and what I don't know .

I know how to get the information and get the information , and that's what being a clinician is . You may not know everything . Someone may come with some crazy disease you've never seen before , or something you've never seen for a long time .

It's not about necessarily knowing it right off the bat , but it's about saying , okay , wait , I don't know that , but I know this , so let me go ahead and fill in the gaps and get this information from my colleague or from this or from this .

It's about being able to access the information you need and being an information seeker and a learn-it-all not the know-it-all so you can get there for your patient . Yes , yes , so problem solving . Get those skills , understand how all these things come together . Now you've showed up . You're the three Ps You're professional , you're prepared , you're prompt .

You then follow that up right and you are being a listening , looking , learner . That then puts you in a position to do and make a difference . What is the last component that I want to stress to you guys today to make the most of your clinical experiences and your clinical opportunities . Let's talk about it right .

First , like this video , y'all Let me know you guys are here . I appreciate it , jay . What up ? Everything's good . That's what's good . Everything's good . Harvey , you are very welcome . I will keep these videos coming . I'm glad they're motivating you , you're educating you .

That's what we're here for Positivity , productivity , empowerment , helping you guys reach your goals . Your success is what I'm interested in . So let's succeed together . Right , let's get it done . The last thing I want you guys to do you guys need clinical experiences . We've done all the right things . Let's remember what the purpose of clinical experience is .

First and foremost , it's a learning opportunity . It's a growth opportunity . It's an opportunity to see if being a doctor really is what you want to be and what type of doctor , if you're a medical student , what type of doctor you want to be .

So , at the end of all these experiences , I want you to make sure you take the time and you reflect right , not at the end of a rotation , not at constantly . If you guys ever come , get find me .

If you guys see me out clinically , I want you to run up to me and say , dr Feinstein , show me your notebook and I'll be like got you , and I'll pull out my tiny notebook . It fits in this top pocket . I buy them , the moleskins , those 3x5s . They fit right in this top pocket . I'll always have my phone .

I'll have a ton of notes in my phone and my notenap . Either way , I'm constantly throughout the day . Little things happen . Oh , I had this patient encounter . Let me write this down . Well , because those little moments happen and you say , oh , I'll remember this , you're not going to remember it later . Take the time , take a second and write it down .

And I mentioned the notepad because for a lot of you guys in clinical environments , one of the mistakes students make is they driven , they want to pull their phone out to do stuff . The problem is , if you have your phone out , I don't know if you're texting , I don't know if you're writing something nice down , and so what am I going to assume ?

Probably you're texting . So if you can have a notebook that's separate from your phone , it really plays very , very well . So get a little notebook and then , as things happen , write them down . Let them see you , oh , they're writing stuff down . That's amazing . But then , more importantly , it's a reference for you .

So at the end of the day , you go oh yeah , I did write that down and then you can expand on it , you can elaborate on it , you can really reflect on your experiences and this helps tremendously give you the talking points you need for your application and for your interview , whether it's for medical school or residency .

So take that time , reflect not only on what's actually happening clinically , but reflect on the lessons from it and how you're going to implement it , not just that day , but going forward in your life .

And one of the things I like to do as an exercise for me is I ask myself even before I get on here live , I'm always asking myself how do I want others , how do I want to show up such that others see me ? So how do I want others to see me ? And then , based on how I want others to see me , I say , well , how do I have to show up ?

So when I start these YouTube live streams , I'm always like , hey , this is a YouTube live stream . These people have millions of people that can be listened to on the internet . It's important that I bring them highly actionable information . So I want to show up and I want to give you good stuff that you can take away after this video and make a difference .

I want to make sure that I'm sending out positive vibes . So I want you guys to feel my energy . You guys feeling my energy . I want you guys to feel that energy because I want you to leave , even if you don't like the information . I want you to leave and say , hey , listen , that guy was energized . I should be energized like that .

I want to bring you guys that energy . So every experience I enter , I'm always thinking about how do I want to be perceived ? No-transcript . Next time we can improve and we can shape so that our next experience is also great .

The other last component I'll say about that reflection is is that you guys want to be looking at as you go through clinical experiences of hey , how am I in terms of concretizing this experience ? This is something I use with my pre-med students . I talk about how , for our extracurriculars , we must concretize the experience .

You can do this in quite a few ways With clinical experience . One of the best ways and the most essential way to concretize the validity of that clinical experience is to get an outstanding , an outstanding letter of recommendation , one that speaks of how you embody .

How you embody all the characteristics that make up a great physician and how this person , who is currently a clinician , like an anesthesiologist , believes that you will be an amazing anesthesiologist . You will be an amazing doctor , and they have no doubts , no equivocations about your capability and your competence to be incredible .

So make sure that you are putting yourself on track to say , hey , who's going to be my letter of recommendation ? Writer ? Am I making the right impression ? Am I establishing the rapport ? Am I showing them that I'm here to learn , that I'm growing , that I'm taking what they give me and I'm able to apply it effectively ?

Where's my letter of recommendation coming from ? And if you focus on that again , not only will you have a great experience , but also it'll be very fruitful for you in moving to the next step in your future doctor life . All right , guys , can we end there ? We're at 31 minutes . I appreciate you all . I hope this was hugely informational for you guys .

We'll continue to talk about pre-medic circulars . We'll talk about shadowing . We'll continue to talk about pre-medicine circulars . We'll talk about shadowing . We'll talk about clinical experience More things to talk about .

But I wanted to make sure we got this down today , fresh off this medical student who was terrible clinically with me , but I gave them this feedback , not on day 10 . I gave them as soon as I noticed these things . I'm giving immediate feedback . Hey , this is not working . This is not working that way .

They make a difference and sway me by the end of their rotation by responding . And thankfully they did respond . They did improve and so I'm going to give them a really nice evaluation for the rotation . But that's what it's about , guys , is taking this feedback , so you don't even have to start the rotation bad .

You guys can go into your shadowing , go into your rotations , clear about what you're trying to do , and you can be competent about it and you can execute it , and then you can have a great outcome and get to your next level . That's what we're here for , guys . So if you enjoyed this , please take a second Like the video Comment .

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He's an older medical student and he made his career change . He made his thing and he made his dreams a reality by getting with me . But then , most importantly , he was listening . He was looking as I was speaking and then he was implementing . He was doing , taking that , actioning that and creating his career .

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