You ALMOST have to be obsessive. I’ve learned to run towards the things I feared the most and immersed myself in every aspect of the situation. I’ve never regretted it.

I was always made fun of as a kid for loving arts and crafts and making lanyards. Ha! Jokes on them, i'll be your surgeon now.

Shaky hands tip from someone who's not a surgeon: If you can't rest your hands to stabilize, try barely touching something with your pinky finger. When I'm cutting glass to a pattern, sewing, welding, soldering, drawing or any other precision, freehand task where I can't rest my hands, just touching something with or slightly dragging my pinky on something makes a massing difference.

@TT-jc2mb

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

that made me think of what i learned in my welding class and i will now call myself a metal surgeon.

Surgery resident PGY1 question: In terms of OR etiquette for residents, 1) when is a good time to ask questions about parts of the case you don't understand? 2) Should I ask for permission to perform certain aspects of the operation? Sometimes I'm not sure if I should ask to close/make incision/tie a knot or if I should be patient and wait for my attendings to give me the opportunity in due time. Also, how do I deal with the pressure of performing maneuvers quickly (when I rather go slowly but correctly) so that the attendings/fellows don't take the instruments back to finish?

@noneofyourdamnbuisness3484

3 жыл бұрын

My response might be useless since your post is a year old, but my mom (an ob-gyn) told me to ask to do small things to get the attending to trust you, and then ask for bigger roles as they gain confidence in your abilities

it works to listen to you with 1x, as well as 2x. I appreciate that you acknowledge the value of time.

Thank you for sharing this. My goal is to be a pediatric surgeon. I find that when I am in high stress situations, I tend to rush and panic. I am trying to remain calm in these situations.

@drkhan5057

4 жыл бұрын

Mortality ratio in the paediatric surgery is far more then other specialties.if you you r mentally prepare for this the u r welcome( trainee paediatric surgery)

@alissandreeugene3321

4 жыл бұрын

David Smith I think I am but I know there is always room for improvement. Thank you 😊

@totally_not_a_bot

4 жыл бұрын

Pause. Breathe. Slow down. Think. Then go. As Victor Frankl once said, "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." Easier said than done.

@aardverak5297

3 жыл бұрын

@@Grease7 a little harsh

@roxana5490

2 жыл бұрын

I think panic comes from not feeling in control. What helps with having control is experience, because the more you are put in that position, the more you learn for next time. You also gain control and calmness when you are familiar with the environment, the people, and the instruments used. Again, experience. You can't convince me that the calm attendings we see now weren't freaking out at one point as a student.

I’ve always wanted to be a surgeon. I’ve got the grades to do it, I was just confused on the logistics. You really helped to clear some of my confusion up on the best fields, managing a work life balance, etc. Keep up the great work!

I actually never thought of stabilising my hand to improve steadiness! Awesome video as always Dr Parker

Another great video. Thanks Dr. Buck! Looking forward to this video series, it's super relevant and helpful for surgical residents like myself.

When I listened to the commitment part, something just clicked into place inside me. Thank you for the video.

Basic surgical techniques is such a great book and I will not lie, without it I would not have gone into surgery. Understanding the mind set is so so sooo important.

I love you dr buck .. Keep up the great work ♡

Really appreciated Dr Buck's "How to Handle Yourself" video

Thank you Dr.Parker Awesome stuff

i just practiced suturing for the first time today. i sucked... but im excited to learn and get better at it.

This is my favourite quarantine content💕- Toronto

Hey Dr.Buck...Keep it up... You bring a smile to my face 😊I'm a student of 2nd year mbbs from India.Can you please make a video on to make the most out of the 2.5hrs postings we are posted to especially surgery during this year and in future too... Thank you..😊

Great video! These C’s are relevant to so many things in life

Best video.Hope for more such tips.

more of these videos loveee u from Sweden

Amazing! thank you

Thank you doctor....very helpful

good motivate speech doc...thanks

Great tips!

Sweet video👍🎬

I'm really interested in the medical field, so I decided to start early with practicing things I'd need in any specialty.

I'm currently in college as a Pre-Med student. I'm hoping to be a Cardiothoracic Surgeon someday!

Fuck yeah bruh! Loving this format.

I have an essential tremor. This gives me hope! :')

during listening to you i got a couple ideas: - watching Big Clife soldering is a very good example of experience of how to utilise your fingers and eye hand coordination. and as he says "it is only practise" - also other delicate hand work you do might help. from sewing over assembling plastic models or wood carving or drawing or artistic writing can help develop the wanted finesse.... even playing an instrument. - tremor and shaking is often caused by nervousness or insufficient nutrition. so be sure to eat and drink well. I think overcoming the nervousness or the ... how it is called in German "Lampenfieber"... is more of a problem. my advise would be for these people: you are not an actor watched by a million eyes. you are here to do your job, you need to focus on the task as everone else does in this room. calm yourself to help your patient. if you ask yourself, why is an professional IT worker watching this? because for preparation in case of an emergency.

Slow is steady, steady is smooth, smooth is fast.

@drbuckparker

3 жыл бұрын

yup!

You mentioned the book basic surgical techniques. Who was the author?

Yo Dr buck we need some car videos too!

Whats the difference in salary between a resident and a fellow?

Personally I peel an orange via craniotomy approach

dear doctor i’m a nurse can i get benefits from ur videos, why in ur all video’s said medical students!?

Does being left-handed or right-handed make any difference to the surgical team?

@Traumasurgeonjames

4 жыл бұрын

TheDerek47 Like most left-handers, I had to make a decision early in surgical training to remain purely left-handed or to become ambidextrous. I took the latter route and adjusted my handedness depending on exposure, position and attending preferences. This meant that I usually opened with my right hand (to avoid clashing instruments with my invariably right-handed attending), sewed in the right-to-left direction (since attendings were used to setting up anastomoses in certain right-handed ways) and tied right-handed. When I had opportunities to sew left-handed, I excelled at (i) confusing the scrub nurse, (ii) confusing the attending and (iii) spinning the customarily right-loaded needle by its tip to properly orient my needle. Relapses of left-handedness during an operation often gave my staff an uncomfortable pause and generated some of my favorite ACGME evaluations: “ambi-confused” and “ambi-awkward.” Memorable cases with old-school surgeons also occurred whereby I was “strongly encouraged” to operate right-handed with the immutable logic that surgery was a right-handed profession. Fortunately the vast majority of my attendings took up the challenge of teaching a southpaw proper surgical principles despite my attempts at sabotage!!!!!!!!!

@aichd11

4 жыл бұрын

The scrub tech will load the suture the opposite direction if we know, but more often we don't know.

I have zero talent but i have high motivation. I have ptsd i am trying yo overcome ... so my hands shake and i played a lot of video games so i get pain in my hands but i am acing my basic classes and i have specialty in mind i just need to figure out how To stop my hands from shaking , which i think is due to anxiety. .

@totally_not_a_bot

4 жыл бұрын

Pause. Breathe. Reflect on what you're so scared of, accept it with compassion, choose to move on, and remember your purpose. Breathe again. Maybe one more time. Focus. Act. It takes practice, but it's effective for stress management in general. Also consider counselling if you're having issues with PTSD. Look for LCPC, LPSW-C, or PhD.

I commented on your last video about tremor and I think you noticed it Anyways like your video Essential tremors fucked my life 😭😭and I am in med school also wanted to be a surgeon

I actually prefer the car videos

2nd

Damn, please allow us to use videos and such in the OR so residents and med students can learn first hand. No other form better then this besides “hands on”. HIPPA laws need to change. As a surgeon I am petitioning in court to allow these changes. Doing this could reduce actual residency years needed (5) . And will have less malpractice and students will learn 100% more through this way of love videos of actual surgeries !!! It’s a Proven fact and statistic and also common sense !!! Get your heads out of your ass medical boards !!! Starting petition as we speak for us !!!!! As an attending surgeon , I am sure I will get backlash. Oh well !!!!!!

@drbuckparker

4 жыл бұрын

i agree 1000%. They want healthcare to cost less, they want more safety and they want less burnout. all this could be achieved with real-life video learning.

@Grease7

4 жыл бұрын

james S how are you a surgeon with such poor grammar and sentence structure? I’m an engineer and have better grammar, and I’m fucking ass at English!

You should make a video about the corruption and bias decisions made by admission committees in medical school. I personally heard this from faculty, it should be talked about more. People shouldn’t be accepted or denied for unjustified reasons

you gotta love self righteous doctors that play god. never gets old.

@drbuckparker

4 жыл бұрын

I’m not playing god, I am god.

@Grease7

4 жыл бұрын

Buck Parker, M.D. you may be a god as a doctor, but I make gods as an engineer!

dr f me

Buck's good but he doesn't lift