Is Med for me?

[Curiousfuturedoc]

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I'm looking for constructive advice, i'm already worried about this and don't want to be attacked.
I'm starting to have doubts about going into medicine. I love science i don't want to do research because i want the person-to-person interaction, i want to continuously learn and feel like i'm doing meaningful work. Medicine is right for me!
but now during my gap year, I am getting a degree in business and starting to wonder if medicine is right for me. Am i ready for another 7 years of hard work? Should I just take an easier and more economically advantageous career path? Will I be fufilled in med or am I good enough?

I guess i'm looking for advice on how to know if becoming a doctor is for me. Are these doubts alarming? or is mid-cycle application crisis normal just because i'm in limbo about getting in so its just nerves?

 

[lumya]

No one can answer this question except you. I also received a business master degree and I thought I would be happy making money over doing what I wanted. But there were morning I had to give myself pep talks in the car about going to work - I was miserable.

If you are interested in clinical care and are worried about the long term commitment of medical school, consider going the PA route.

 

[Goro]

I'm looking for constructive advice, i'm already worried about this and don't want to be attacked.
I'm starting to have doubts about going into medicine. I love science i don't want to do research because i want the person-to-person interaction, i want to continuously learn and feel like i'm doing meaningful work. Medicine is right for me!
but now during my gap year, I am getting a degree in business and starting to wonder if medicine is right for me. Am i ready for another 7 years of hard work? Should I just take an easier and more economically advantageous career path? Will I be fufilled in med or am I good enough?

I guess i'm looking for advice on how to know if becoming a doctor is for me. Are these doubts alarming? or is mid-cycle application crisis normal just because i'm in limbo about getting in so its just nerves?

Have you:
shadowed a doctor?
volunteered with patients????

You could always work as an RN, CRNA, PA, NP or in any of hte allied health professions and do what you state you like above.

 

[LizzyM]

You are in the midst of an MD/DO application cycle so ride it out. If you get admitted to med school, will you turn it down, accepting that you'll not get a second opportunity to go, or will you go to med school and be thankful that you made the cut?

If you don't get in anywhere, then you will need to reconsider whether you want to make a another attempt or if there are other professions that allow you to work with patients and that aren't as long a slog as medicine. There are a number of professions that work directly with patients but that aren't medicine. I think that genetic counseling is underappreciated and a growing field but, in part, you should think about the kinds of relationships you want with patients: short and intense, long-term, focused narrowly in a specific discipline or covering a broad array of conditions (primary care).

Another option is to pursue business or some other career and to be involved in direct service to those in need through volunteerism. My daughter works in business but volunteers one night a week to teach cooking/nutrition to inner-city kids as part of a community center program. That sort of thing can be satisfying without making it your full-time job.

 

[AllBleedingStops]

Am i ready for another 7 years of hard work? Should I just take an easier and more economically advantageous career path? Will I be fufilled in med or am I good enough?

Questions only you can answer.