My step dad is a doctor in Mexico(currently studying for USMLE). He has a lot of friends in Mexico who are doctors and surgeons. He said that I can go there this year and watch and assist in some surgeries if I wanted to. I'm starting college this fall and plan on going to medical school in the future. Should I go? I think it would be awesome and fun. I have hung out in the ER there with my step dad when I was younger before we moved and I liked it. But this is like surgery. O.O I'm not the freaked out or immature so I am not going to like pass out or be weird. But what should I do? I want to go but since I don't have a lot of knowledge in medicine I'm not sure. Would watching and helping out in surgery be considered shadowing a doctor? If I go, what should I give to him as a gift for giving me this opportunity? Thanks in advance!