I'm not sure I want to be a doctor anymore?!?!

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I am freaking out. For years I have been focused on becoming a doctor. I'm a pre-med student right now and I'm working hard to fulfill that goal. Naturally, when I got a job at a hospital in the ER, I thought that I would be so happy. 2 months into the job.....Not so much. In fact I'm second guessing my entire academic plan as of now. This job has made me realize that not only do I feel inadequate in a hospital setting, but I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of becoming a doctor and I'm not sure I want to do medicine anymore.</p>

<p>So I wanted to ask the opinions of any other pre-med students. Have you ever felt like medicine may not be the right choice for you? What did you do? Should I switch my major, or focus on another career like working in the lab or research or something? I feel so lost, but I don't want to give up completely. At the same time, I am constantly wondering if I should switch to something else.</p>

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<li><p>I think everyone has had doubts about being pre-med. If you haven’t had doubts you probably haven’t realized all the aspects of being a doctor.</p></li>
<li><p>I would shadow a doctor to see if medicine is what you really want.</p></li>
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<p>There’s nothing wrong with deciding it’s not for you. I was in an internship program last fall, and the coordinator said that close to half of us would find that the professions we were in aren’t going to be for us. I didn’t believe her really, but sure enough, come the end of the semester during final presentations, about a third said it made them decide to look for another profession.</p>

<p>That’s the purpose of having those types of jobs, is that you can say yay or nay, is this really what I want to do?</p>