I'm debating on whether to go to medical school after I finish my bachelors, any thoughts?

Answer 1

Computers, and real estate offer a better life style. The average doctor has a debt of $100,000 in loans etc when he/she finishes school. With all of the changes in medicine, I'm not sure I'd do it again. It certainly has its positive sides but the negatives are huge too. Best wishes.

Answer 2

I had the same dillemma 3 years ago.

Well, you must know that being a good doc doesn't need a genius, only a good heart. You must be very determined to go for it. However, going to a med sch doesn't mean that you'll study medicine, you can opt for other courses like biomedicine (in which is more scientific rather than Medicine). Being an MD or MBBS is just a glamour in camoflage, you'll work like hell but getting a little money that you deserved. These days, as the internet is so easily accessible, sometimes your patient would be more "intelligent" than you in terms of your field. They'll flood you with various tiny facts that we often overlooked. And that's where they'll catch you and then says your 5 years of studying is down the drain.

Verdict: if you want to make big bucks in medicine, forget it, because in the end your boss in the one that studied Economics or Management, that usually won't need high qualification like in Medicine. Think about it bro.

Answer 3

I am a doctor, and would say that if you're not sure that it is what you want to do, don't go for it.

The legal climate is very hostile toward doctors; the government and insurers look for any way not to pay us; patients expect perfection, but don't want to contribute toward their own well-being; the hours are long, and no one thinks you deserve a day off (except your spouse!)

I LOVE what I do, but if I had to do it again, I'd probably do something else. Medicine is falling on hard times, worse now than when I finished medical school in 1989.

Try getting a job in a hospital, and see if you still think medicine might be up your alley. It's an eye-opener.

Good luck.

Answer 4

I suggest volunteering or working at a local hospital. It'll probably help you decide, especially if you hear some of the doc's griping about their pay or how some HMO is trying to tell them what test they can or can't do. It's a long road and things appear to be getting worse in the medical world. I'm in my 4th year of med school, and I can see how things have changed and I now realize all the problems in medicine that I never knew existed before med school. If you still have to debate after volunteering/ working in a hospital, it's probably not for you.

Answer 5

I suggest you do. I'm exactly like you, a pre-med student. You'll have much more chances when you go for medicine. You'll be a good doctor and will make a change in this world, who knows, you might invent a cure for AIDS or cancer!

Answer 6

If its in your heart, GO FOR IT, if its for the $$$ don't. Malpractice insurance has sky rocketed, even though there is a cap on the amount one can sue for. HMO and PPO have really constrained what is covered and what is not. So many Drs. have left practice and pursued other careers.

Answer 7

If you're debating, then I'd say don't do it. Becoming a doctor is a long, painful, and expensive process. If you're not sure, then don't do it.

Answer 8

To become a doctor is lot of hard work if you cant't do it then your life will be over

Answer 9

It's a good line of work, you can never have enough really good Drs.

Answer 10

Just do what you think will make you happy!