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What interests people in Medicine?

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costargh:
Nup, not having difficulty understanding. :)

jess3254:

--- Quote from: costargh on September 06, 2008, 11:53:39 pm ---Nup, not having difficulty understanding. :)

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Considering it...? :D


--- Quote from: ninwa on September 06, 2008, 11:51:17 pm ---Jessie I hope I'll have someone like you as my doctor if I ever get sick enough to visit one :)

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Aww :)
Nina you can be my lawyer :P

Collin Li:

--- Quote from: Brendan on September 06, 2008, 10:46:41 pm ---It's the money and social status. Not only that, but it's not risky. That is, not only will your pay be high, but it will not fluctuate wildly with economic trends, like say investment banking.

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What about job satisfaction?

chid:
For me medicine is something I've always been amazed by, ever since I spent some time in hospital when I was 5 years old.
I feel it's a career that combines a lot of the things in life that I'm passionate about.

I find the medical disciplines and specialties fascinating and am eager to learn more about them, but I also want to apply this knowledge and contribute positively towards those who are genuinely in need of comfort and treatment.

I went to work experience at the Monash Medical centre in Year 10 and spending some time in the wards showed me the importance of empowering patients through effective communication. Before my time there, I think I underestimated how important understanding the specific needs of patients was. Forming these kinds of bonds with patients is something I see as very meaningful and mutually rewarding. I feel its something that I would be good at, and would enjoy doing.

This year when I was fundraising with my school for the Good Friday Appeal a woman gave us a large jar filled with coins (it was dfficult to lift!)
She told us that she had been collecting the money over the past year, little by little until that day. When we thanked her and told her how generous a donation it was, she explained that it was the least she could do after the Royal Children's Hospital had done so much for her son some years previously.

By this stage I was already set on doing medicine. But this moving experience was one which renewed my interest and passion for it. Seeing how medicine can have such a positive and life changing impact on people and their families, makes me want to contribute in a simlar way.

Medicine is all I've ever wanted to do-and I'm determined to pursue this dream, no matter how long it takes.  :)

jess3254:
^ out of interest, what are your preferences?

I think (judging from your post), that if you didn't get into medicine, nursing would also be a meaningful pathway of getting towards your goal if you didn't get straight into Monash Uni medicine. You sound like you're fairly interpersonal, and nursing would give you a better practical and theoretical grounding for post grad med than biomed. That way you could work causally/ part time as a nurse and care for patients, whilst studying post grad medicine. I know men aren't keen on considering this, but I think you definitely should.

:)

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