Amanda Xi
APRIL 17, 2025
Click on the image above to watch the video on YouTube! Back when I was an impressionable premedical student, my research mentor sat me down after I shared plans to leave his lab and said, “You won’t become a doctor.” He then explained that he would not be adding me to his lab alumni page on his website and that he would not write a letter of recommendation on my behalf to medical school.
Amanda Xi
APRIL 11, 2025
Today’s inane image of the day : Click on the image to watch on YouTube! The anesthesia market is HOT right now so many anesthesia residents are going straight into practice without fellowship. Even though I initially dual applied for cardiac and ICU fellowships [more on this in the video], I recognized that I was making a $1 million dollar decision to pursue an extra year of training that didn’t align with my long-term career goals… so I dropped the cardiac fellowship part.
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Amanda Xi
DECEMBER 8, 2024
Today’s inane image of the day: Internship/residency were HARD. There were some REALLY low moments and some really tough scenarios that you face for the first time as a doctor-in-training. The hours are long and the work is tough. So… when I got an email that asked me to record a video about how I survived residency, it took me a little bit to reflect upon the experience and come up with 4 concrete things: 1.
Amanda Xi
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
There’s a stereotype that anesthesiologists are hiding behind the drapes trading stocks or doing sudoku puzzles, but that’s certainly not the reality of my job! I think it’s so important to share what the reality of the job is like and one reality of being an anesthesiologist is that it can be physically and mentally exhausting. Here are some of the reasons that contribute to this: Covering multiple ORs w/sick patients Having to take call Unpredictability/feeling like there’s no control of you
Amanda Xi
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Today’s inane image of the day: If you’ve come to this page, it’s probably because you’re a 4th year medical student searching how to figure out how to excel at your residency interviews. I have had the experience of interviewing for anesthesia, preliminary medicine, and transitional year programs when I was a medical student [back then, it was in person] and also the experience of being an interviewer [in a virtual setting].
Amanda Xi
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Today’s inane image of the day: We receive feedback in numerous areas of our life. When training to become a physician, there are a lot of different timepoints where structured feedback is given. Sometimes that feedback is negative or critical. It never feels good to be the recipient of this type of feedback, but it is inevitable… none of us are perfect.
Amanda Xi
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Today’s inane image of the day : Click on the image above (or link below) to watch the video! [link] In a previous post/YouTube video , I discuss why I stayed in academic medicine. But with anything in life, where there are benefits, there are downsides. As a medical student, I remember reading and hearing about how academic medicine jobs included a lot of promotion pressures [to apply for professorship; which is why everyone is hustling/stressed to do research] and lower pay.
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