How Medical Residency Changes Your Personality Forever. #450

Docs Outside The Box

Dr. Nii Darko

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4.9 • 516 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! We break down a shocking incident where a gunman held ICU staff hostage at UPMC Memorial hospital, killing a police officer and injuring five other people. Then, we dive into the GOP’s potential cuts to student loan forgiveness for 4.8 million healthcare professionals and what it could mean. Lastly, we get real about the mental toll of residency, the intense stress, and how it reshaped our personalities. W...

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0:00.0	I'm gonna tell you something right now.
0:01.0	Like, I did not realize that I let residency change my personality.
0:05.3	I didn't realize that, I didn't realize how much of a different person that I became
0:09.6	doing residency and even half a residency.
0:13.2	Right?
0:14.2	And, um...
0:15.2	Reach on.
0:16.5	I think residency does do things to people, takes people to dark places that they've never been before. Is that residency's fault or is that the person's fault? You know, I'll be honest with me, like, you start to realize, look, the only way I could survive is, like, you start taking on, like, your captors mentality. Yeah, you're like, I'm the captain now. Look at me, sure. I'm the captain now.
0:37.7	What?
0:55.6	Yo, what up, everyone? Welcome to another episode of Docs outside the box. I'm Dr. Ney, joined by my amazing co-host, Dr. Renee. What's good? Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. You forgot exhausted. You know, you look tired as hell, yo. I am tired as hell. Yeah, you people like look tired.
0:57.2	Yeah, that's me right.
0:55.6	If you're not watching, You look tired as hell, yo. I am tired as hell. You know, you people like look tired.
0:57.2	Yeah, that's me right.
1:01.0	If you're not watching on YouTube right now, y'all are missing.
1:05.4	But, yo, you know how when your eyes kind of, like your eyelids? The hoodie look.
1:06.7	The hoodie look, guys.
1:07.8	You're not watching.
1:09.1	Renee is she's potting with a hoodie on when you know which is the ultimate like,
1:14.0	I don't give.
1:14.4	Damn.
1:15.6	I-G-D-A-F.
1:16.9	You know people watch,
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