Advice For Those Wanting To Pursue a Medical Career

Posted by Prudence on April 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment

In a recent family gathering, my niece asked me if it would be advisable for her to pursue a medical career after college (which meant she has to attend medical school right after she finished college). She’s starting freshman year at DLSU on a course of Early Education.

I think it was a good sign that, even at this early stage, she was considering career possibilities and not limiting herself to simply finishing college and getting a diploma. She seemed intent on making the best career choice, with conscious assessment of her strengths and weaknesses and other factors. This is how each potential college student should think.

So, I asked her, “do you really want to be a medical doctor? As in really, really want it? Do it as a career from the time you get your license until the day you die?”

“Yes!”

“Then that answers your question.”

That was simplifying it but the desire for that particular career and the willingness to work hard to the bone to pursue it is perhaps the biggest chunk of the answer to her question. If her parents would allow her, have the means to sustain her education and the stagnant years after medical school when she still needed financial support while establishing her medical practice, and if she wants it, then why not?

But perhaps the “want” should be scrutinized and evaluated if it really is the truest desire of her mind.

I know there are a lot of potential college students and graduates out there who have the same dilemma as my niece and who may be in a more clouded uncertainty than she is. So, for you, here are some points you need to ponder to make the right decision:

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