Medicine right for me?

cy7878
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:47:56 +0000

sgopal2:

The best way to tell if medicine is for you is by shadowing a physician.

I also disagree with this statement. This is like saying the best way to see if you can play professional sports is by watching it on CBS.

Instead of saying is medicine right for them, the better question is are they right for medicine.

1. can you multi task well.

2. sit for long hours and memorize large volume of information

3. AND actually be able to pull that information in critical times

4. able to listen to people’s problems and not be affected / taken personally

5. function and little sleep and deal with unpredictable schedule

6. willing to give up personal/family time for complete strangers

7. continued learning, basically for the rest of your career

8. time and money investment needed

9. support system, can’t do this alone

10. are you competitive (you don’t need to be super smart, that’s a misnomer).

11. lastly, unless you have gone thru it. You don’t know.