7 reasons to pursue medicine

Undeniably, the medical pathway is challenging and requires a lot of sacrifices. As undergraduate medical students, we are expected to strive. Learning Gray's Anatomy or Wheater's Histology is no piece of cake🍰. Furthermore, the medical training itself usually takes over a decade to complete! And if doctors are working in busy, hectic wards, there are some nights when sleep becomes a luxury😪. Yet hundreds around the world aspire to be doctors🩺.

Why?

In this post , we'll explore some of their reasons.

1. Doctors have significantly positive impacts on their patients' lives. Whether you just saved a patient with a head trauma or you helped manage the health of a cancer patient, it really will be heart warming to know that you made them smile😌.

2. Practising medicine is a lifelong learning opportunity📖. Medical breakthroughs are occurring at an unprecedented rate. Medicine is a very intellectually stimulating job where the opportunities to learn new techniques and improve your interpersonal skills are endless. There will always be something to satisfy your curious minds 💡 !

3. Research prospects in the medical field are vast. Whether it means getting involved in systematic reviews, and audits during medical school, or carrying out high-end laboratory research on the gut-brain axis, throughout your career you will have numerous opportunities🧐 to indulge in a field which interests you.

4. A medical career offers substantial job security. The NHS being understaffed, requires more doctors to join the workforce and hence becoming a doctor is a profession which is quite in demand.

5. Medicine is a global profession🌍. the knowledge you acquire is applicable to practising medicine anywhere in the world. Who knows, maybe someday you will be a beacon of hope ️🙂for those living in underdeveloped countries and not receiving proper medical care.

6. Doctors earn a healthy salary. We cannot deny that being a medical practitioner is a high-paying job. The salary of doctors can vary between specialties, but generally it is a quite substantial revenue. One day you may be able to afford that luxurious apartment you always dreamt about!

7. Medicine involves a lot of teamwork and cohesion. If you are a people person, then you will enjoy the elaborate communication skills involved in medicine. Even if you are not the most sociable person, you might actually end up loving how you will get to share your knowledge with your colleagues and mutually learn from them!

RANDOM FUN FACT: National Doctor's Day is celebrated on March 30th to commemorate the very first use of general anaesthesia in surgery!