Becoming a physician, lawyer and pharmacist is a joke. Anyone can do it.
Please, becoming a physician is MUCH easier than a PhD in Math or Physics. All you have to do is put in the work to become a physician and study all the time.
Any achievement can be downplayed once it has already been accomplished. The vast majority of physicians would state that it is
NOT easy to get a high GPA and MCAT score in undergrad, excel in extracurricular activities while contributing what little spare time you have to volunteering or doing whatever health care humanitarian related activity in order to make your med school application stand out, get through the first round of med school interviews let alone getting accepted, four years of medical school: two of which your nose is buried in the books to pass exams, the other two spent engaging in rounding, pimping, more testing, and being evaluated in specialties most which you’re not interested in and only one of which you will make a career out of, then graduating med school, followed by doing residency for three - seven years which demand you to acquire expertise in your field to practice independently and become board certified. All this to go into massive debt, sacrifice your twenties and possibly early thirties for career. Many try and succeed, but there are also many who don’t…To call this easy or a joke is like any NFL player saying it’s easy to get to and win the Super Bowl.
A good memory is all it takes. Math and Physics require creativity which not everyone has.
A good memory helps, but it takes more than rote memorization to be a doctor. What about the neurosurgeon operating on a case of a massive bleed while the patient has rising intracranial pressure and progressively becomes unstable. Do they risk a life saving procedure with variable odds vs the chance of permanent brain damage? Or the psychiatrist under testimony of a grand jury whose expert evaluation of an individual could mean the difference between letting a psychopath out on the streets vs a chance of a rehabilitated person deserving a second chance in society? Or even a primary care physician during an office visit from a patient with a persistent upper respiratory tract infection and they must balance which one or two medications to select out of a myriad available which would be the most efficacious while causing the fewest side effects given the patient's symptoms, comorbidities and likelihood of interaction with other medications they are on. And finally, the pathologist who has a few worrisome cells on a thoracentesis in a patient with lymphadenopathy, pleural thickening, but no history of malignancy or primary mass detected on imaging. Their interpretation could mean the difference between radiation, chemo, cracking open the patient’s chest, routine follow up, or none of the above. Medicine may be considered a science but there is certainly an element of creativity and judgment that goes beyond memorizing a bunch of books which contributes to the “Art & Science” of its practice.
If you dont believe that anyone can become a physician, go down the doctors lounge and talk to the Gas Men.....
There always have been and always will be people who slip through the cracks and we’ve all met them. The kind who make you wonder how the hell did they become a doctor, let alone get into med school. The relative ignorance or luck of a few in our medicine doesn’t account for the overall aptitude and commitment of others.
Math related jobs are open all over the place where I live. The ethnicity of the town has changed dramatically as asians have replaced the white folks, which is fine with me. I tend to like asian women better myself.
Yes, because we all know how many hot asian women out there that are college professors, engineers, and physicists… But, if you’ve got yellow fever that much, I’d recommend you go to Thailand or the Philippines.
