Medical students are told two things:

The first is that we are the future generation of health care. We are the ones who have the potential to make a difference, and we will lead the revolution.

The second is that our current spot in the medical hierarchy is definitively at the bottom of the totem pole, where we are too powerless and inexperienced to have any tangible impact.

How can both be true?

I want this video to address that, although relatively inexperienced, we are qualified to have enormous positive impacts in this world. This notion extends to practicing physicians who feel stuck and small compared to the herd of executives breathing down their necks. We can change this. We will change this!

I am grateful for all forms of feedback I get. Each dialogue gives me a chance to learn, think, and grow. I’m grateful for visionary doctors like Pamela Wible MD, who tells me to “keep pushing in all directions,” and Patty Fahy, who has set an exceptional example of what physician leaders can accomplish.

And huge thank you to everyone who has reached out to me to give me words of advice, motivation, and support.

Jamie Katuna is a medical student.