Hi there, I'm an incoming 9th grader for the pre-IB program; vastly undecided as it comes to careers, surely a dime a dozen occurrence on the forum, haha. I volunteered at a museum for science most of this summer, and am planning on a high school program at a veteran hospital for the next.
For anyone who has studied or is currently studying, any field of medicine, I would like to know how greatly your ideology affected your decision to do so. Of course, there has to be some degree of that for most - why else, barring money? The field is pretty tied with the idea of saving lives. But how much does that affect your psyche on a day to day basis?
You can guess why I'm asking. I'm certain I'm not a great candidate to save lives, but I want to devote myself to helping people... I want to ask whether today, the theory still matches the practice. Is it more humanitarian or a job as much as an office clerk?
Thank you very much for your time!!
For anyone who has studied or is currently studying, any field of medicine, I would like to know how greatly your ideology affected your decision to do so. Of course, there has to be some degree of that for most - why else, barring money? The field is pretty tied with the idea of saving lives. But how much does that affect your psyche on a day to day basis?
You can guess why I'm asking. I'm certain I'm not a great candidate to save lives, but I want to devote myself to helping people... I want to ask whether today, the theory still matches the practice. Is it more humanitarian or a job as much as an office clerk?
Thank you very much for your time!!