i'm just a freshman in college, and the other day, in intro biology, we were talking about genetic diseases. one was a neurodegenerative disease that strikes babies at age 1 and kills by age 3. after that, i didn't wanna listen anymore; all i wanted to do was just cry.
should i go into medicine?
2007-02-13 09:31:40 · 8 answers · asked by nickname 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Just because you care about people and care about babies does not make you suitable for medicine. It just means that you have a heart.
If you were interested in the disease and why the baby got it and what the mother could have done differently to keep her baby from getting it and what could be done to help the baby prolong his life, you should consider medicine. But you will see and hear far worse in medical school and in the hospitals...
2007-02-13 09:39:41 · answer #1 · answered by wildcat_72069 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a rule, I will not suggest or dissuade when it comes to people considering a career in medicine. It is a very difficult and personal decision that I would be hard pressed to be of help with, even for my own family members or close friends. For complete strangers, my input would be pointless.
However, once made, the decision to enter medicine becomes a transformational experience. Nobody who goes into training comes out at the other end unchanged. Additionally, many people find that the ideas that attracted them to medicine at the front turn out to be only a small factor in why they later choose what they do within the world of healthcare. New experiences along the way turn out to be even more influential in their thoughts. I can say that for myself, the reasons that I love what I do now are very different than what I would have expected, when I was starting. For me, the decision was absolutely correct.
When a doctor has a great day, it's unbelievably good. There really is no other experience like it. Astronauts launching on rockets don't get as much of a thrill as I do on my best days. The average day of a doctor is filled with small highs and lows, frustrating challenges and numerous minor interim victories on multiple intellectual and professional battlefields. On a bad day, nobody suffers like a doctor. I won't say more, because it feels inappropriate and disrespectful to myself and my colleagues to attempt to unfold this, but I'll say this: it's for real.
Should you go into medicine? Just rember this...
Anyone who offers you advice on this matter is either serving their own purposes or talking to themselves with you as an audience.
Good luck in your soulsearch!
2007-02-13 10:54:12 · answer #2 · answered by bellydoc 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
it interior of reason frustrating to come across a sturdy pastime with a regulation degree, or so i have heard. The career would not sound eye-catching to me, yet when debating and that type of stuff is what you're sturdy at, then it may well be sturdy for you. medicine ability you're all yet absolute to have an particularly sturdy pastime (inspite of if it really is a stressful one, and nevertheless lengthy hours coping with sufferers). although, that's extremely, very frustrating to get into med college. try to be very dedicated to get magnificent marks all with the help of school, score nicely on the MCAT (an particularly frustrating attempt that maximum med faculties require for admission), have fantastic extracurriculars... and then you may want to get an interview. although: note that you do not ought to do an english degree for regulation or a bio degree for medicine. You follow to both easily one of those after winding up a bachelor's degree in ANY challenge, as long as you're taking any required instructions that they could want applicants to have.
2016-11-03 09:11:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to ask, you probably should not go into medicine. Being a physician is the most demanding profession you can choose. If you just know that it is for you, and no one is going to talk you out of it, and you are going to make it happen, it will happen, but if you have to ask, you probably will not make it.
2007-02-13 10:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by jpturboprop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you feel strongly about pursuing that goal as if its one of the most important things in your life, and that you truly believe you can stand out in a sea of applicants trying to prove the same thing, then yes. but you have to educate yourself about the application process, life as a med student, and a career as a career before committing to anything. think things out and decide if this is the way you are best suited to contribute to your community.
2007-02-14 14:21:06 · answer #5 · answered by ksneo627 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck yeah! Not only do you get a lot more money than the average joe but you'll also help make peoples day better and maybe even SAVE A LIFE! All the schooling is worth it, make your dad pay I am haha.
2007-02-13 14:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes, Apparently you Give a Damn, BTW, it Will Not Be Easy.
2007-02-13 10:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you should deffenetly go fof it but be carful resedensi is hard pluse schooling$$$$$$$$$ if u know what i mean i'm a doc at hopkins atlest i was
2007-02-13 09:57:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋