Shelley Jain, MD

The most special moment in our favorite spot 💕

Repeat after me: most of Instagram is a highlight reel!!! This is a great app for education, connection, and inspiration, but medical training comes with really conflicting emotions that are not easy to navigate. I think these are thoughts and feelings we will be sorting through for a long time. Inspired by @shirlywhirlmd & @drkaydo’s vulnerability and openness to reflect on their medical training. 🩷 🏷️ if you ask me on a deeper level medicine trend, surgery residency, surgical training, medical student, medical school, medicine, women in surgery, surgery, surgeon #ifyouaskedmeonadeeperlevel #surgeryresident #surgery #surgeryresidency #residencythoughts

One year ago… I got the matched email Two years ago… I got the unmatched email Match day can be exciting but for some, it’s devastating. I remember scrolling through hundreds of matched photos feeling inadequate and lost. I saw one photo of a surgery resident who had matched the year after not matching. I heard about my resident friends that matched after going unmatched. That post and those stories gave me validation that my journey wasn’t unique or lonely and that hope was not lost. It’s not something talked about a lot, especially on social media. So if the outcome today was not what you had hoped for, this post is for you. Just know that you’re not alone, hope is most definitely not lost, and that I’m available to chat if you need ❤️ *inspired by @laurascottandco #matchday2022

What I learned when recording myself during my interview prep sessions with you guys: 1. My hands speak their own language idk 2. I get really excited when I see you guys improve and be thoughtful about the structure of your answer and try to avoid rambling 3. I wear this sweatshirt a lot 4. I genuinely enjoy watching the progression as you get more comfortable with your answers It’s the last week to book a session if you still need a last min 1:1 session. If you don’t see a time that works for you, just email/DM me and we can try to make it work. 🥼💉👩🏽‍💻 🏷️ interview prep, medical school, medical student, residency interviews, medical student prep, interview tips, virtual residency interviews

As a BS/MD program graduate, and interviewer, I think these programs have pros and cons. I really only recommend them for certain students, but these are my top 5 recs for HS students interested in applying to them: 1. Grades matter. Overall, these programs look for competitive GPA, SAT/ACT, AP test scores and SAT subject test scores. It’s competitive to get into medical school so some level of academic excellence is a screening tool. One bad grade won’t ruin your chances, but overall you should be a good student. 2. This is the most important to show programs that you have a good understanding of what it means to be a physician and that is why you have made this commitment so early on. Shadowing or volunteering clinically is key. 3. Somehow research has become such a universal applicant trait for these programs that an application will be incomplete without it. Ideally a science fair or conference presentation will make you most competitive, but if not, even research experience that you can talk about will be an asset. 4. Community service is great for all college applications, and especially for these programs. It doesn’t have to be medical related to count. 5. Emotional intelligence and maturity is something all programs look for in the personal statement, letters, and interview. To commit to direct medical program is a big deal. To claim you know you want to do medicine at age 16 is a big deal. It requires a certain level of maturity and you can usually tell when you’re interviewing who is here because their parents wanted and who is here because they want to be a doctor. I definitely don’t think a direct medical program is for everyone. I don’t think they make better or worse doctors. It really depends on your priorities and interest in exploring other careers or having a certain undergraduate experience. 🫀💉🥼 🏷️ BS-MD program, BA MD program, direct medical school programs, medical student, pre medicine, pre medical students #premed #highschoolpremed #collegeapps What other BS/MD program questions do you have?

2020 was truly one of the hardest years full of failure and losses. Reflecting back at the last 4 years of changes, growth, learning, and resilience reminds me that we never know where life will take us. We are stronger than we think and can handle all the changes life throws at us. Some of these leaps were full of doubt/wondering if I was doing the right thing and I may never know if there was a better alternative path, but things are looking okay from here.🫀 Inspo by @med.in.sun 🏷️ with that the 2021 season, season trend, 2021 - 2024 trend, medical student inspo, med student, medical school, medicine, general surgery, growth in medicine. #healthcareinfluencer #medicalstudent #residency #medschool #surgeryresident

Another season, another set of medical students starting their surgery rotation. My top 5 tips! I know a lot of MS3s can be nervous about their surgery rotation, but don’t stress too much! There is a learning curve for everyone, even the most experienced surgeons had a first day in an OR. By the end, you’ll learn so much and be much more comfortable in the OR. 🔪 Each hospital can be a little different, so ask the residents after a couple cases with them what more you can do and we will usually tell you! Anything else you think is good OR advice? 🔪🩸💊 🏷️ general surgery rotation tips, general surgery tips, OR tips, rotation advice, surgery rotation advice, surgery advice, general surgery rotation, medical school, medical student #medicine #medicalschool #medicalstudent #generalsurgeryrotation #surgeryrotation #surgeryadvice #rotationtips

Here’s to all the ladies in STEM 🥼🧬🔬🔭👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍💻 I’ve gotten a lot of questions on how to get a research position and this applies to if you’re in HS, college, undergrad, medical school, or post grad: 1. Be prepared. Make a professional email address. Have a CV ready. Try your best to narrow down an area (or few) of interest and read up about it. That will help you target your search a lot better. 2. Explore your network. Talk to your teachers, professors, mentors and see what they do, who they know, if they have connections that they’d be willing to connect you with. This is the BEST way to get research positions or experiences. People have projects all the time that they’d love to get help with from a motivated student. (Especially residents who are graduating!!!) 3. Don’t be afraid to cold email. When you’ve narrowed down your areas of interest you can find authors of articles, institutions with labs, and current researchers doing the work you’re interested in. Email them with a professional cover letter that includes details about your interest in the field or their work and a CV. 4. Use Med Twitter (maybe BlueSky now?), Reddit, Google, and social media to see if there are open positions or to identify key researchers. Use academic institution sites and the NIH to look up structured research programs. I wouldn’t always recommend messaging for positions on social media (it has/can been done to certain active attendings) but maybe use this as a way to see what the conversation is around the topics you’re interested in to better tailor your cover letter. 5. Do NOT let rejection deter you, you will have to be persistent, hear a lot of No until you hear a yes. Many times it’s not personal - there isn’t enough funding, you may not add anything to the lab, they have no more capacity or positions, etc. Keep emailing and hunting. I got my position after getting the name of my boss’s boss through a professional connection and cold emailed him and he connected me with my current boss. So you never know what a simple conversation can lead to! 👩🏽‍🔬 🏷️ research positions, research in medicine, physician scientist, med school

We love a supportive king 🫀 I’ve been in situations where I’ve felt like I had to be less than who I am in order to be loved, liked, or accepted. It took a long time to feel comfortable and not ashamed of being proud of the space I take up, of the voice I have, and the things I want to accomplish. Who you pick to surround yourself with, friends or partners, matters a lot. 🗝️🌞❤️ . . . . . . 🏷️ how do you feel trend, fiance trend, supportive relationship, medical relationship, medicine relationship, medical school, medicine, residency, medical influencer, healthcare influencer #relstionshipgoals #medicine #medicalstudent #medschool

Lots of work and also lots of fun (in and out of the hospital) 🪩🔪🥼🩸💉 🏷️ moments in surgery residency, day in the life of surgery resident, medical student, medical school, med student inspo, doctor life, surgery, premed inspo #medschool #surgery #medicalschool #residency

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looking back reminds us how far we’ve come and how far we still have left to go ⏳📈🌱 🏷️ premed motivation, premed inspo, medical student, med school, med school motivation, medical school, pre med throwback #premedmotivation #journeyinmedicine