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in b4 "chicks power money chicks"
No brainer: chicks, money, power, chicks
Having worked in the "real world" for several years, as a corporate cog, in the public sector, for a family member, having an expense account, working a retail job in an apron, and everything in between -- I can say that one of the major reasons I want to be a physician is for the autonomy and relative job security that comes with having a medical license. Assuming you meet a certain professional/moral/ethical standard, you are in little danger of losing your license. Having worked with physicians and learned from them, I like that no matter what, you can pick up, move around the country, and your medical license is your ticket to having a fulfilling career, if not necessarily lucrative one. I also don't think I will ever starve with an MD/DO, though I do not think I will be raking in more than 250k/ year. I will be happy just to have something that no one can take away from me (education), something that will allow me to utilize my skills worldwide (degree and license), and something that helps society while also engaging my interest in human science and its application.
I like find medicine interesting enough to devote my life to it. Applied science is so much more interesting to me than theory, and practicing evidence-based medicine would be a great fit for me IMO.
I don't just want to help people. I also want to cause positive change on a larger scale. Educating all of my patients on how to stay healthy (healthier) after they see me would be my direct way of doing this. I want to make my patients happy and satisfied. Their happiness and gratitude for me helping them is what will keep me going even when things get tough.
The good pay and established job security are also pluses.
Medicine would augment my desire to improve myself every day as well as keep me in the mindset of holding myself and my peers to the highest moral and ethical standards possible.
If you want to bash me for my honest answers, go ahead. Unlike a lot of people, I thrive on all sources of feedback and criticism because feedback and experience are the only ways to truly improve yourself.
I am not smart enough to be an investment banker...
Just enough to be a doctor...LOL, just a doctor though..right?
I'm really surprised so many people chose the "duality" response. Nerds....
What's even worse is that you took a guidance counselor's advice...I wandered into the wrong counselor's office at school one day.
Much troll. Such wow.I actually hate helping people, detest science, and have never been seriously ill in my life, nor have any of my close ones. I just wanna make cash money
Wow it's been so long since I've read this. I should definitely use this for my next interviews if I'm asked the "Why medicine?" question lol.I like find medicine interesting enough to devote my life to it. Applied science is so much more interesting to me than theory, and practicing evidence-based medicine would be a great fit for me IMO.
I don't just want to help people. I also want to cause positive change on a larger scale. Educating all of my patients on how to stay healthy (healthier) after they see me would be my direct way of doing this. I want to make my patients happy and satisfied. Their happiness and gratitude for me helping them is what will keep me going even when things get tough.
The good pay and established job security are also pluses.
Medicine would augment my desire to improve myself every day as well as keep me in the mindset of holding myself and my peers to the highest moral and ethical standards possible.
If you want to bash me for my honest answers, go ahead. Unlike a lot of people, I thrive on all sources of feedback and criticism because feedback and experience are the only ways to truly improve yourself.
Well, that's my primary reason for going into medicine, so......yeah. All those other reasons (challenge, leadership, lifelong learning, like science, prestige/money, etc.) are secondary.It looks fun, it looks like something I could do for the next 40 years. Actually being a doctor looks fun - I could be a clinician and see patients, I could do research, or I could teach. I have experience in research and teaching, and an MD would help me in both.
Going to med school in and of itself looks rewarding and fulfilling, if not fun. I know parts of it will suck. College was a challenge but I enjoyed it. Med school is not just a hoop that I need to jump through to reach the sweet sweet honey pot, med school is an enjoyable part of the package. (I hope.) Sadly, I won't get paid for it. The worst part about residency is the hours, otherwise it is pretty similar to being a clinician.
I'm looking forward to all the med students I will (hopefully) meet, and all the patients I will meet.
Of course I like helping people, but being an MD is not the only way to do that. I could be a nurse or a social worker. Or I could be a fundraiser for a big charity helping orphans. Helping people doesn't seem like a compelling reason to be an MD specifically. It seems like a cliche. I do like helping people, and I probably would have trouble sleeping at night if I designed bombs for a living, but the idea that a desire to help people leads directly toward an MD seems silly to me.
The sterility of a hospital
?? Please explain how this was important in piquing your interest.
No, you were and are being disingenuous. I like the environment, which is sterile. Sterile equals clean; I am type A. Could you not reason to that conclusion on your own? Did I really have to spell it out for you? WOW.I honestly saw it and was just genuinely confused and interested in why sterility was so important to you.
Really? Quit being a sycophant; think for yourself. That was not a sincere query.wtf? it's a legit question I was wondering too, not some attempt to call you stupid for popularity