Briana

"In college, um, undergrad I was a pre-med major, so mainly focusing on my majors in physiology and public health."

"our responsibilities are pretty vast, but coming down to patient care ultimately is what, uh, we do on a day-to-day basis."

"So, a day in the life, um, I think of really any medicine resident, no matter what specialty you're in, usually starts pretty early."

"it's very important to be very vigilant, be very detail oriented as, um, these are going on."

"giving them that comfort and reassurance, knowing that you're gonna be the person that's really responsible for their life while they're asleep."

"I think our biggest challenge in medicine or really any field, is trying to find work-life balance."

"I think what I enjoy most specifically about anesthesiology is that we see a wide variety of patients and surgeries every single day."

"our training to get here is not for the faint hearted; applying to medical school is so competitive. Residency is a whole other beast; the amount of knowledge to absorb is like drinking from a fire hydrant."

"I wish I'd known how much studying would take, time-wise and mentally. It changes over time, from medical student to resident to attending."

"So I think undergrads who are looking into going to medicine or any part of the healthcare field could first really look at volunteering at hospitals."

"in medicine especially, um, for anesthesia, you are not gonna know it all. And that is actually okay."

"if you don't know what that is, go and find opportunities to really figure out and like justify your reasoning for going into medicine."

"Being, um, a parent in whatever field you're in, but especially medicine is very challenging"