<p>Just wondering, what's your reason for pursuing a career in medicine?</p>
<p>i personally love seeing the result of your treatment. I mean when i treat people in the ambulance, and find out that they walked outta the hospital feelin 100%, its the best feeling in the world.</p>
<p>Sorry I should have been more clear, I mean what's bawasikhpride's reason for pursuing a career in medicine. But that's a cool reason:)</p>
<p>uhh cuz im interested in helpin people out</p>
<p>lilke findin cures for diseases that could svae lives</p>
<p>i feel it satisfyin helpin people out</p>
<p>Ok..so say if at an interview for a combined program you get asked: </p>
<p>Couldn't you also be a social worker and help people out?</p>
<p>for like orthopedics</p>
<p>no offense, but i think this is totally rediculous</p>
<p>i mean u got people who get into these 6-7 year programs because of their grades and not because of their true passion for medicine.</p>
<p>Then you get people who are totally passionate about medicine who cant get into these because their grades are slightly below what they want.</p>
<p>If i were your interviewer bwasikhpride, i would say your reason is common and not impressive. It isnt from the heart. </p>
<p>You will probably come back and degrade me and probably write a stronly worded post, however im telling you what I see.</p>
<p>Yea, thats not really a good reason for med school. To help people. Thats like telling Yale or Harvard you want to go there because its Yale and Harvard. You need deep reasons, very personal reasons. By the time you are in your senior year you will be more mature and able to say exactly why you want to go into medicine. But since you still haven't really gotten through hs you have plenty of time, don't worry about it.</p>
<p>Doogie, I dunno about all the programs, but UMKC looks more at your passion for medicine and see if you have an interest than stats. If you have stats that show you have a deep passion for medicine, etc. they would accept you even if you don't have perfect stats. There have been people who have gotten in with ACTs lower than 30.</p>
<p>Hey Doogie, I'm having a hard time finding out about how to get onto EMS. I've checked online and there doesn't seem to be anything about youth EMS. BTW I live in a subarb of Chicago. Who did you call when you first joined?</p>
<p>well doogie like u said ive got 4 years left to mature</p>
<p>u call the ambulance unit that comes to pick u up when u call 911</p>
<p>hey guys, nice to see such a helpful discussion...
doogie, u remember me?
anyways, my question is that when someone asks u why u want to become a doctor, is it necessary to have experienced a tragedy to give a good response? I mean, someone could say, "I want to be a doctor because my friends mom died of breast cancer and i dont want that to happen to the millions of other women."
Basically, what is a good reply to this question?</p>
<p>no, if u have a reason other then $ or u wanna give the cliche answer of "i wanna help people" then im sure its a good reason.</p>
<p>Also if you can back up your reason with your personal experiences (ie. Doogie and his(?) EMS volunteering)</p>
<p>i got like a good long list of reasons aha</p>
<p>But family tradgedies are also not exactly good reasons. They hear about those repeatedly and it gets old for them unless it is extremely well backed up.</p>
<p>Hmm my reason started my junior year when I took Anatomy and Physiology, got very interested in medicine, and I'd like to look into the medicine field. What got me motivated to become a physician is my mom getting hypothyroidism and having one of the glands taken out, but also had to take out her other one due to a cancer lump. Having that joy to know that she would not get cancer is all due to medicine and medical technology. So therefore I really wanted to see the different fields of medicine and see what they do, so I have been shadowing for quite a while now. Seeing a patient feel better when a doctor has treated them made me feel great too. Best advice I picked up was from a cardiologist was that you should treat the patient as if a family member was in that patients shoes. So one of the reasons why I want to be a radiologist at this time is is due to what happened to my mom and not getting cancer. Being able to detect anything that looks funny earlier on can help save so many lives from so many things.</p>