(air whooshes)
- I ask 20 doctors to share their least favorite part
about their job.
I'll go first.
Not knowing the cost of treatments and tests for my patients
make it really difficult for me to be an effective doctor.
I can have all the answers in the world,
but if my patient can't access this test
'cause it's ridiculously priced, which happens very often,
then I'm not actually helping them am I?
But, because of our complex hybrid healthcare system,
(air whips)
I have no idea what the costs are for anything these days,
and that's how most doctors feel.
(air whips)
- My name is Dr. Anthony Youn,
and I'm a board certified plastic surgeon.
My least favorite part
about being a cosmetic plastic surgeon
are the male companions of my female patients.
I can't tell you how many times I have sat there
and listened to a guy tell me what a woman should have done.
(air whips)
Sometimes I honestly just want to slap them,
- (slaps client's face) Get out.
- When a guy tells me, "She needs liposuction",
I really just wanna turn to him and say,
"Why don't I liposuction you."
(air whips)
- Hi, I'm Dr. Benjamin Schmidt, also known as Doc Schmidt,
and I'm a GI doctor,
which means that I specialize in gastroenterology.
In rare cases, the colonoscopy prep
doesn't do a good enough job cleaning out a patient's colon.
And, there's sometimes even identifiable food in there,
(record scratches) like corn.
It's always corn.
But, then I have to use a tool,
kind of like a micro power washer
to try to spray all that leftover gunk and poop
off the walls of the colon,
and suck all of it out so I can actually see
and try to look for polyps. It's super gross.
- Hi, my name is Dr. Winters, AKA, the Bentist online,
and I'm an orthodontist.
The least favorite part I have of my job
is the fact that when you go home with braces,
I can't control what you do with them.
I can't control what you eat, I can't control if you brush,
because a lot of people get these white, nasty spots
around their teeth, the decalcification or cavities,
and I wish, I wish, I wish I could just go help them.
And, as much as I tell them,
they just don't do what I want sometimes
and end up with those white spots.
- I'm Dr. Danielle Jones.
Some of you may know me as MDJ and I am an OBGYN.
That means I take care of anything
having to do with periods, pregnancy,
and the female reproductive tract.
Pregnancy and birth are expected to be, and honestly are,
a very happy time in most people's lives.
But, when things are bad in this field,
they are often heartwrenchingly bad.
I am always so honored to take care of patients
experiencing loss, but at the same time,
that is a really difficult part of my job.
- The least favorite part of my job
is unfortunately something that I have to do
relatively frequently.
It's break bad news to patients,
often giving them a cancer diagnosis for the first time,
or telling someone's relatives
that a patient has passed away.
But, the way you break that news is important.
You can provide the patient with some hope, optimism,
some safety, confidence, security,
and just give them some dignity, and respect,
and make them feel comfortable often at their lowest point.
(air whips)
- Hi, I'm Dr. Siobhan Deshauer, also known as Violin MD.
I'm an internal medicine and rheumatology specialist.
I'd have to say the 24 hour call shift.
I mean, I love the excitement,
and the camaraderie in the middle of the night,
but I know how tough the lack of sleep and stress
is on the body,
and I hate feeling like I'm having a negative impact
on my own health. (air whips)
- The least favorite part of my job
is dealing with insurance companies and paperwork.
- All the BS paperwork and administrative tasks
I have to do.
- Dealing with insurance companies,
- Gosh, insurance companies
really give doctors the runaround.
- I got into this profession
to actually hang out with people,
as opposed to focus on medical documentation,
which is absolutely important.
- So, that includes insurance pre-authorizations,
calling around to a bunch of pharmacies,
coordinating really complicated outpatient care.
- The insurance denies their surgery
because they haven't done six weeks of physical therapy.
- The list goes on. It is so frustrating.
- I hate having to deal with insurance.
Yeah, that's it. (TV static buzzes)
- Hello, my name is Ed Hope.
I'm a doctor working in the emergency department
over in the UK.
Most people looking into medicine
would probably say dealing with things like bodily fluids,
but you kind of get used to that.
The hardest thing for me at the moment
is working in the NHS.
Although the NHS is much loved by people in the UK,
it's a failing system through years of mismanagement
and underfunding by the government,
meaning we can just about provide safe care,
but certainly not close to the care you want to provide
or the care that patients deserve.
- My name is Ricky Brown,
and I'm a board certified plastic surgeon
in Scottsdale, Arizona.
My least favorite part of my profession
is that everyone expects that I drive a Ferrari,
and I just want to drive my a Toyota Tundra.
Can't a guy just drive his truck,
and not be expected to drive some Rolls Royce or Ferrari?
- Hi, I'm Dr. Rena Malik, urologist and pelvic surgeon,
and a urologist is essentially a surgical and medical doctor
of the genital urinary tract.
The least favorite part of my job
is how little time we get with patients,
particularly patients who come to me with issues
about sexual health or intimate problems.
They need time to be comfortable
talking about what's wrong with them,
and also to build a secure and trustworthy relationship.
(air whips)
- What's up everyone? My name is Jake Goodman
and I'm a psychiatry resident doctor
in my third year of residency training.
The least favorite part of my job
is that mental health stigma can prevent people
from ever seeing a psychiatrist in the first place.
Although it's gotten a lot better,
there's still a ton =of misinformation and fear
about medication and therapy for mental health.
That's why I'm on social media to fight stigma
and educate people about mental health disorders
and treatment options,
and to let people know that reaching out for help
is one of the strongest things that you can do.
(air whips)
- What up? My name is Dr. John Patton, Doc JP3,
and I'm a board certified anesthesiologist,
and a regional anesthesia
and acute pain medicine specialist.
What is my least favorite part of my job
as an anesthesiologist?
Hmm. (slide whistle plays)
Many people still have no idea what we do.
Hi, I'm Dr. Patton.
I'll be your anesthesiologist today.
"Hi, Dr. Patton.
Are you gonna gimme the Michael Jackson drug today?"
As anesthesiologist, our primary job is to keep you safe.
We can be found all over the hospital from the OR to ICU,
surgery centers, labor and delivery.
There's a saying that goes, keep calm and call anesthesia.
(air whips)
- There are bad parts of being a doctor,
but there's also bad doctors.
Click here to see my video about doctors behaving badly,
and as always, stay happy and healthy.
(upbeat electronic music)