Choose resident place it is just the latest step in a long and difficult process that thousands of medical students face each year. Gadea Braceras knows it well and therefore, after taking the opposition, he decided to share his experience through a YouTube channel to help and guide futures MIR.
With his newly assigned place in Dermatology in this year’s call, this student can say that she has achieved her goal. What I visualized night after night after passing 14 hours studying to recharge your batteries and recharge your spirits. Gone are months of preparation study marathons, nerves and constant doubts according to account Medical Writing.
In his case, knowing the experience of other opponents was of great help, beyond what he learned in the academies, so, once the exam was finished, he was encouraged to share his with the rest of sanitary opponents. “I have realized that with a simple video I can connect with many people,” he explains.
What I did not expect was the great reception I would have as youtuber in this ambit. “To my surprise, it is also turning out to be useful to other non-health opponents, medical students or teenagers still deciding their future profession.” Through its channel, which already accumulates more than 8,600 subscribers, Gadea tries to solve the doubts raised by his followers, such as how improve study quality, and motivate them to keep fighting for their goals.
This has earned him the appreciation of thousands of Internet users from all over the world. “It makes me happy to respond to someone and that some time later he writes to me just to tell me that he has entered Medicine and that he appreciates my advice and is very happy; or the other way around, that he has not managed to enter but that he will find how to do it and my videos motivate him … “. A recognition that also carries a responsibility, greater if possible than the rest of content creators by the fact of “being doctor before youtuber“.
Uncertainty in the allocation process
its preparation as future MIR It has also been quite atypical due to the presence of Covid-19. Like the rest of the specialized training students, Gadea has seen the virus disrupt the seat allocation process completely. The date changes, doubts about incorporation, lack of information or the exclusively telematic choice that was initially raised they only increased the climate of uncertainty among the thousands of applicants who like her spent months without knowing what it would be like to choose a specialty.
The fear of possible contagions has forced to cancel additionally the previous visits to hospitals so that students could know the centers in which they will be trained in the coming years. Despite everything, Gadea has been lucky enough to be able to choose one of the first options that he was considering after his nerves and the fear that the available places would be exhausted. “The hours leading up to the election were endless. It seemed that the Dermatology places were going to be sold out earlier than previous years …”
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On the other side of the scale, the pandemic has also allowed put yourself in the shoes of a toilet even before starting her residency and living “an incredible, very rewarding and enriching experience,” says this student, who misses more active internships in medicine careers. “In other countries students are given more freedom and gain security sooner.”
This budding professional is aware of all the Effort and sacrifice that involves dedicating himself entirely to the field of Medicine and does not believe that an exam like the MIR should “make us doubt what we are capable of doing.” “Doctors are people who we have needed to touch the excellence to get where we are, “he claims.
The hardest part of the process is “not knowing if everything the effort of so many years, constant and maximum, will be enough to get a place. “Within this long-distance race, the support from family and friends It is essential, he says, when it comes to not “throwing in the towel”, especially during the final stage of the study. “I believe that to have a good result it is not enough to study a lotYou also have to be mentally healthy and try not to get frustrated when progress during preparation seems slow. “He offers two tips to those who follow in his footsteps:”Not lose the illusion and always remember why we decided to be doctors. ”
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