<p>I have always been interested in medicine and I want to pursue surgery, possibly neurosurgery. In the case that I don't become a doctor, does anyone know what other careers suit me? I love math, biology, chemistry, medicine, science in general, art, and helping people. I am quite shy and pays a lot of attention to detail. Hope this is enough information to describe me.</p>
<p>Shy in general doesn't work in medicine, but you can get over that. If you like medicine, math and all things science, then biomedical engineering is a good back up. Has all of the above in it. But its lots of work.</p>
<p>What about nursing? This may or may not apply to the US, but in Canada, it's expected there will be a shortage of nurses in the coming years as many of the current nurses retire.</p>
<p>Just to throw something out there, since you mention art, what about a medical illustrator? <a href="http://www.caahep.org/programs.aspx?ID=careers%5B/url%5D">http://www.caahep.org/programs.aspx?ID=careers</a> From this webpage, it looks like they make a fairly good living. <a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6038.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6038.html</a>
<a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/40/0506medillus.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/40/0506medillus.pdf</a></p>