Is med school right for me?

chocolatecricket
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:44:52 +0000

Really, the truth is, i dont know. I probably wont know until I’m midway into college what i want to do for the rest of my life. I do know, however, just from the past few days i’ve been spending at a hospital getting actual experience, watching surgeries, etc. that i love it there. I love the major rush of choas (that exists mainly because its a free hospital), watching the doctors perform their surgeries, but the for sure best part is seeing the patient smile at the end of it all, when they finally get their sight back. Its heartwrenching, absolutely…So many patients just cant be helped no matter how many surgeries they go through. When im at that hospital, im 100% convinced the medical career is right for me.
But at the same time, i think i do need to take a step back and look at myself, sometime when i get back from my trip and am a little more disconnected with medicine.

I remember as a freshman my absolute DREAM job was to become a brain surgeon. And now i feel the same spark being rekindled as i watch surgeons do their jobs

Oh and by the scam game, im referring to all the doctors (the majority im guessing) who do what they do for the money. How they treat patients as not patients, but as little dollar bill signs that stack up at the end of the day if they get through more. Those doctors who treat their practices as not a practice, but as a business.

My eye doctor was like this. I hate her. She’s doing well, surprisingly, as do most doctors like this.