Midterm HSCI 101 Lecture 5

Clinical medicine

Should you become a doctor?

• Do I like challenges?

• Am I interested in science and how the body works?

• Do you enjoy learning?

• Am I a good learner?

• Do I care deeply about other people, their problems and their pain?

Pre-Med years (4-5)

• Great grades

• Research experience

• Clinical experience

  • Shadowing

  • Working in a clinical setting

• Extra curriculars

  • Leadership roles

  • Do the thing I love

  • Be well rounded

• Any major

Med Student (4 years)

• More stress and less sleep

• Help run clinics, create events, do research

• Dual degree programs

  • MD/JD, MD/PhD, MD/MPH, MD/MBA, MD/MA, MD/MS, MD/MS BMED

• At the bottom of the totem pole again

Duties of resident physicians

• Teach students

• Have your own patients in clinic

• Become an advocate for your patients

• Be a mentor

Costs of attending medical school, acceptance rate, average GPA and MCAT

• About $260,000

• Out of state: around $60,000

• GPA: 3.75

• MCAT: 512

• Acceptance rate: 5%

IU School of Medicine: curriculum, campuses

• 9 campuses

• 40 departments

• 4th school in the US

• One of the largest medical schools

• First MD degree in 1907

Majors and entry into medical school

• Have to take required classes

• Any major

• 90+ credit hours

Med student life

• White coat ceremony

• Memorizing loads of information

• Dissecting your first cadaver

• Touching your first patient

• Listening to stories

• 12-16 hour days

• Sifting through options

• Find a mentor

• Public health, informatics

• Rotations

Life as a resident or fellow

• Primary care, surgery psychiatry, etc.

• Match day - find out your new job

• Explore careers

• READ, learn, write, question

• Mentors again - you have one and you are one

• Treated as a physician

• Practice professionalism

• Build relationships

• Build technical skills

• Treated as a physician

• Make about $50,000 per year

Compensation for general medical doctors

$237,000

Compensation for specialist

$341,000