Hi, I am a medical student in my final year, not from the US. I am really torn between what to choose, I can't even make the simple decision of surgical vs non-surgical. I read that a lot of GI are content with being an internist but doing a lot of procedures as well. Is this true ? Do colonoscopies give you the sense of 'I really did something today' ? That is the most important thing for me, I don't want to read EKGs for the rest of my life, I'd just feel useless.
For a long time I thought I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't want that lifestyle. My colleagues and friends say I am rather a thinker,talker rather than a doer. This is true, I think I was never aggressive enough for surgery.