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Ge is a family physician in Saskatoon who spends part of her practice at West Winds Clinic and part doing obstetrics work with low-risk patients throughout their pregnancies.<\/p>\n
She graduated from the University of British Columbia\u2019s Faculty of Medicine \u2014 prided on its website for being \u201cranked among the world\u2019s top medical schools\u201d and the faculty being a \u201cleader in both the science and practice of medicine\u201d \u2014 in 2022, then moved to Saskatoon to complete her residency, which she did in 2024.<\/p>\n
Ge was excited to come to the province because of the \u201cgreat reputation\u201d of the family medicine program at the University of Saskatchewan\u2019s College of Medicine. She had never visited Saskatchewan previously.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really happy when I matched here,\u201d Ge said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great place to train.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Ge, family medicine was an easy choice. The work is hard but meaningful and flexible. She enjoys the long-term relationships she is starting to build with her patients.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou feel like you\u2019re able to know them really well,\u201d Ge explained. \u201cYou know their life, their motivations, so it makes it feel like you\u2019re working on the same team with them, because you understand each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ge said she knew she wanted to include obstetrics in her practice when she was still in medical school. She said she works in a call group with a \u201creally great team\u201d of doctors and from intrapartum through delivery, finds the work rewarding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I would meet patients for the first time, I don\u2019t think I expected the amount of like gratitude just for taking them on before I had even done anything. They didn\u2019t even know if I was good or not at that first meeting, but they were all so kind, so excited,\u201d Ge said.<\/p>\n
Now a year and a half into her independent practice, Ge has no plans to leave.<\/p>\n
From student to resident to \u2018full\u2019 doctor<\/p>\n
Ge said the increase in level of responsibility and independence from residency to independent practice is a significant transition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciated that because I was going to start working in Saskatoon, the same place where I trained, I felt like I was really well supported, especially working at the clinic where I did my training,\u201d Ge said.<\/p>\n
She called the Saskatoon medical community \u2014 and Saskatchewan, generally \u2014 very collegial and supportive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s scary and stressful, and there\u2019s always a big learning curve, but I felt like I had the skills needed to navigate those transitions to practice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The first six months have been the hardest, she said \u2014 an apparently common experience among young doctors finding their footing in the system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s definitely a bit of imposter syndrome, like, \u2018Oh, why isn\u2019t anybody watching or supervising me?\u2019\u201d she said. Adjusting to taking on more responsibility and having less oversight to the care she is providing has been part of the journey in her own practice, as well as navigating scheduling and how she wants to balance her practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s, luckily, lots of job opportunities in family medicine, so it can be overwhelming how much choice there is,\u201d Ge shared.<\/p>\n
Having the flexibility to work as a general practitioner and pick up other specialized skills is one of the benefits to her position, Ge said. It gives more exposure to those practising family medicine and helps provide other pathways for care that people can seek through their family doctor, where appropriate.<\/p>\n
It also means Ge is able to continue to grow her skills and pursue other areas of interest throughout her practice. Emergency medicine, rural medicine and addictions and mental health are other areas family doctors might branch into.<\/p>\n
She said her practice\u2019s \u201cbread and butter\u201d tends to be mental health concerns like depression, anxiety and ADHD.<\/p>\n
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