Bluedevilmike's Ten Step Guide to Picking a PreMed School

[bluedevilmike]

<p>This was written long after I chose my major, but:</p>

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…medicine demands maximum output despite limited resources. Physicians … are called to prioritize procedures, weigh complex situations, and determine a single best course of action – and to stay with it, combining steady commitment with flexibility and constant re-evaluation. As I learned during my clinical rotations, medicine is not practiced in the vacuum of a classroom but in a time-pressured, resource-scarce environment that demands rapid but accurate decision-making. In that environment, I found that my training in economics served me well. Economic limitations are most obvious in areas such as triage and organ transplants, but they also affect even basic questions such as which diagnostic test to order, or which patient to see first. Personnel and financial constraints have become an increasingly critical part of a profession where resources must be used efficiently…

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