i'm in my last year in high school and thinking to take up medical course.i want to know what's a medical students do in their everyday life because i heard some of my friends said it will be a such busy n tiring day for each day.can somebody help me?
2007-02-03 02:02:07 · 10 answers · asked by medical student-to-be 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
If you are thinking of going to medical school, then you haven't done it yet. Good. Don't! There is no reason to. Yes, you do have to be an obsessive, egotistical overachiever to get into medical school. Speed reading and photographic memory are essentials. If you do get into medical school and you have a life - you're not going to make it. If you are married when you get in the divorse rate is 98%.. Basically, you give up your 20's to enjoy your thirties, then lose it all in your fourties to legislation and malpractice. Do you get it? If you're smart enough to be a doctor, then you are smart enough to succeed at something where you don't work an average of 80 hrs. per week. No other occupation has a specialty of law devoted to suing them. However, if you are truly brilliant, medicine deserves some thought - then forget it and decide on something else.
2007-02-03 20:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Rudy R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty difficult. Both mentally and physically. But most people adjust.
Mentally- just having to memorize enormous volumes of material in short periods of time is difficult. I remember during my 1st 2 years, I felt guilty for taking a shower or going to the bathroom or eating instead of reading. Everything revolved around memorizing and understanding material. You lose a lot of your non-medical friends because everytime they call you to go out.. you can't because you have to study. We had a lot of divorces in our class by the time we graduated and also throughout residency because of the time pressures.
Physically- I remember standing 8 hours straight with my hand in a container full of ice (for the heart) for a bypass surgery. Get some good tennis shoes and gel soles.
Also you get so used to waking up when hearing your pager go off that years later you still jump when you hear the sound of a cellphone or pager.
You skip a lot of meals and eat out of the candy machine most days. You either lose a lot of weight or you gain a lot of weight.
Yeah it's hard, but you survive.
Oh yeah, DON'T go into it for the money. If you want money, go into banking or business. You'll make six figures as a doctor, but 1/3 will go to taxes and 1/3 will go to student loans. Then with the remaining 1/3 you can pay your mortgage, feed the kids. After 40, you can start saving for retirement because then you will have hopefully paid off your loans. It's not worth it unless you love what you do.
2007-02-04 10:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by violetkites 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your English would have to improve tremendously for you to be admitted to med school, hon... and I don't in any way wish to be rude, but if you have made it into your junior year of high school, and do not know that the pronoun I is capitalized as in "I'm thinking....", and that the word "and" is a conjunction, and as such, you cannot use the letter "n" to take its place, you would probably not be admitted to a pre-med major in college....
This of course isn't always the case.... lots of idiots become MD's and it is scary to have one of them work on you in the ER.... you figure the idiot was the last 14 year old they gave a medical degree to....
2007-02-03 11:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1st year med student here should be studying for neuro right now but am playing on internet.. its not horrible in undergrad just a lil hard, med schools not ridiculously difficult just there is so much information it does become a time screw up. We just view it as a job bout 20 hours a week of class and 40 hours of studying. u do have free time after tests. its got its good parts and bad.
2007-02-03 02:35:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a nurse at a teaching Hospital. First develop very thick skin........then forget sleep and a social life.....but even before you get there...graduate from a good university in life sciences like physics,biology,chemistry with a very high GPA 3.5 or better.......score high on the MCAT then be rich already because you won't be able to work for like 4 years.
2007-02-03 02:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by Monte T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd want to get an internship and residency in the US, for which you'd need to join the NIRMP - don't know whether that's offered through Caribbean schools or not. If you did your PGY in the US, you'd likely not have a problem finding a fellowship or a job in the US.
2016-03-29 02:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a med student in my 4th year. Yes, medicine needs much studying and concentration, BUT you must like it and know what are you going into. For me it was somewhat hard, but because I loved the idea of becoming a doctor (Since I was a child) it was easier on me. So just love what you will go into, and everything will be OK.
2007-02-03 03:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Medical school was tough, but being a doctor consists of busy, tiring days FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. If you want something easy, forget medicine. It's not for the lazy.
2007-02-03 02:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its never hard to do anything you like.
if you have real desire to become a doctor then go for it.
yes its hard sometimes n sometimes tiring. but the pride of achieving what you have dream of will keep you fresh and the pride of saving someones life. decide what you want in life. don't opt this career for money. there are many easier ways of making money. just be positive and you will be happy always.
best of luck
2007-02-03 06:03:34 · answer #9 · answered by ANKUR M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try manual labor, its not as challenging
2007-02-03 02:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by BTH L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋