<p>My reason is simple: I want the respect. I want to be called a Doctor.</p>
<p>Now, what's your reason?</p>
<p>thats rather sad. You just want to be a doctor because you want the prestige, no offense to you. I want to become a doctor so I could help others, relieve others' suffering, care for the sick, and comfort them.</p>
<p>hehe, I want what you want too, forgot to include that!</p>
<p>i want to be a doctor because doctors get hot trophy wives.</p>
<p>hahahahahaha....yea thats true</p>
<p>u guys r such losers. docs may get the hot wives, but since they r too busy to be w/ their wives, they end up divorced or cheated on. and how come the female docs don't get hot hubbies? boo (pout)</p>
<p>I want be a pediatrician because sick or hurt kids are the saddest thing in the world, and I want to make them all better. Or at least as many as I can.</p>
<p>I don't plan on being married or having kids because I would be the worst wife/mother ever...if my kids had a recital but I had to work a shift, I'd just be like "You think you get priority over a terminally ill child? Tell you what, once there are no more sick kids in the world, I will pay attention to you." Nope, it may work for some, but I will be a workaholic!</p>
<p>kay funnyman.... to tell you the truth..... i also want *&#$ load of money, girls, and vacations every other day and the whole summer....... :)</p>
<p>i love the science
(which is why i may just go for research instead)</p>
<p>I wanna become a doctor because my mama told me to</p>
<p>this is full of cliches...except for freek...thats my reason too big guy haha jk</p>
<p>yea i think ALOT of you need sum exposure to the medical field, lets all stray from the hospital volunteering and ER seasons, and dont lie to me i know maybe 1 of you has a semi decent sense of the field.</p>
<p>this threads responses are entertaining</p>
<p>I guess to put it in more technical terms and not deal with why I like the field. I'll just say that I'm brilliant and I see it as the profession that warrants my brilliance being used in its field the most which still allows me to make a living. I also am fascinated by the human body and would want to know how to take care of myself, friends and family in a variety of situation. There's nothing more real in this world than the human condition.</p>
<p>"I'll just say that I'm brilliant"</p>
<p>Are you seriously that self-absorbed. What a ridiculous thing to say. And if the nd in ndhawk stands for Notre Dame that is a prime example of why everyone hates ND... they think they are better than everyone else.</p>
<p>again, im gonna have to say that approx 90% of everyone who posted here has probably never had any kind of immediate experience with patient care or the medical field.</p>
<p>Hospital volunteering doesnt count.</p>
<p>god save us from doctors who will treat patients only because they want respect, money, hot trophy wives, or simply wish to demonstrate every day that they are intellectually superior to almost everyone</p>
<p>now this is why scientists look down on MDs</p>
<p>And yet MD's dont care the scientists look down on them, funny isnt it. Doogie, hospital volunteering is enough as long as you have enough patient contact. Once you have someone vomit/urinate/etc on you and you still could imagine doing the job then I say you have enough experience. Or better yet, just spend some time in a busy level I trauma center and make sure you get to see as many GSW's and car wreck victims as possible. That amount of blood will also weed out those who can't do it.</p>
<p>blood is awesome....lol yea that was random</p>
<p>nope im gonna disagree with you still bigndude</p>
<p>there is more to knowing whether you want to become a doctor then seeing GSW's, MVA victims, and blood and gore...you wanna see that stuff turn on the discovery channel.</p>
<p>No, what really messes with peoples head is the responsibility you are given. No average joe schmo student volunteer is capable of understanding this because theya re not involved in patient care. Yes they may speak to a patient, give them their food, and push their wheel chair, but they DO NOT know what it is like to be holding a child who has just taken its last breath, or seeing an elderly woman look at you before she dies and asking you if she is going to die when you know she will, or having a mother ask you whether he 11 yr old son is still alive.</p>
<p>This isnt the stuff you feel pushing wheelcheers in the ER. Yea you are gonna see things, but ask any doctor, medicine is a very emotionally demanding field that most aspiring doctors dont understand. It bothers me that people think if you can handle blood then you are able to be a doctor assuming you get through the academics and that you can do this through hospital volunteering. No thats complete BS, you cant and you can argue your point all you want, but ive experienced everything i just mentioned here, have you?</p>
<p>I also love the generic answers about why people want to become doctors (i like helping people etc). Thats nice, you like helping people...then go work at Mc'D's and help me get my big mac in a speedy fashion. Im not saying I that I know the RIGHT and WRONG reasons why people wanna be doctors, cause everyone is different. I can, however, give my opinion and my own reason for wanting to be a doctor...</p>
<p>To be quite honest, my reasoning for becoming a doctor is difficult to put into words. The things I have seen and experienced at my age have given me an insight to medicine that many people looking to become doctors will probably never experience until they hold that precious MD degree. The things ive experienced, which have ranged from joyful, to very tragic to the point where i needed a day off to regroup myself, have allowed me to really decide that medicine is something that is able to keep my wandering mind engaged because its never the same. Its an imperfect science that will constantly be improved. The feeling that you get after you have just given someone a second chance at life is probably one of the best feelings in the world and Ive experienced it. I couldnt imagine being in a career outside of medicine.</p>