Second thoughts..

[natscat84]

Work experience is a must!

I didn't think I could cope with dead people until a patient in the nursing home I was working in died on me (literally, on me!) so got that one over with before I even start med school.

Amazing what you can cope with once you've experienced your fear

[Selenaa]

i'm working in a hospital in argentina for 2 weeks from this saturday so that should help give me an idea and i'm really excited

Gizmo, well sorry for canada not having medsim

and i actually don't want to become a doctor for the title, prestige, money or any of that - and you can 't assume that just because someone doesn't go posting why they like medicine

my reason is cliche, but here it is to please you, Gizmo -
i love science, particularly biology and the human body
i love helping people, and believe health is the first and basic thing you need to have to be able to do anything
i love helping people when i can actually interact with them -rather than in a lab or something
i love that with medicine you're always learning, and that it's really challenging/stimulating but also rewarding
all cliche, i know, but the truth

[hoonosewot88]

my reason is cliche, but here it is to please you, Gizmo -
i love science, particularly biology and the human body
i love helping people, and believe health is the first and basic thing you need to have to be able to do anything
i love helping people when i can actually interact with them -rather than in a lab or something
i love that with medicine you're always learning, and that it's really challenging/stimulating but also rewarding
all cliche, i know, but the truth

There's a reason those motivations for going into medicine are cliched, because they are GOOD reasons to want to do it. Just because something has been said a million times before doesn't make it less right.

Frankly i think they are far better reasons than some of the "my mum/dad (insert relative here) was ill when i was young and the doctors were amazing!" i have seen in personal statements i have read.
Those people are getting into it because the admire what doctors do, not because its what would suit them. Other less publicised reasons are family pressure, financial benefits, title etc.

The reasons you stated there are almost word for word what i put in my personal statement, and i did OK

[sara7000]

mines even clicheyer.......life long dream, but ive thought abt it more by further investigating the profession and it is def what i want to do because i can enlighten people about their potentials in life, it has now given me a purpose to my dream, but im nervous whether i shud add this is my ps, it has been said millions of times before probably and im confused if adding it wud lower my chances?

[hoonosewot88]

mines even clicheyer.......life long dream, but ive thought abt it more by further investigating the profession and it is def what i want to do because i can enlighten people about their potentials in life, it has now given me a purpose to my dream, but im nervous whether i shud add this is my ps, it has been said millions of times before probably and im confused if adding it wud lower my chances?

As i've said to you before, saying it is your dream is fine, but you have to justify WHY it's your dream.
Loads of kids dream of being an astronaut, why? Because of exploration, pushing mans knowledge, doing something incredibly rare, experiencing weightlessness etc.
You CAN'T just say it's a dream and leave it at that, your PS will be thrown in the bin before they reach the halfway point.

[Gizmo says -]

i'm working in a hospital in argentina for 2 weeks from this saturday so that should help give me an idea and i'm really excited

Gizmo, well sorry for canada not having medsim

or more relevantly, not aving google in canada, by your implication. well put.

your reasons i dont need to know, but its obvious that you are pretty unsure you dont want to do a job involving needles and blood.
i'm not sure what your reasons are for discounting one of a 'undred other jobs that meet the criteria -

science, particularly biology and the human body
i love helping people, and believe health is the first and basic thing you need to have to be able to do anything
i love helping people when i can actually interact with them -rather than in a lab or something
i love that with medicine you're always learning, and that it's really challenging/stimulating but also rewarding
all cliche, i know, but the truth

- other than the fact that you've not considered googling them yet, or they dont earn a backslap and a sweetie from poppa when you say you want to do them (ie prestige).

nevertheless they are good reasons for doing medicine, and not wanting needles and blood is a good reason to do lots of the other related jobs.
personally if i hated needles, i would be looking at a role removed from a 'ospital ward, not in it. thats what every person i've met wif the same phobia say.

mek sure you please yourself wif your reasons, not me. doing what you dont want to do everyday isnt a fulfilling job, its a chore that will age you before your time, and you wont get a 2nd run at life once you've run your legs ragged doing that.

[yazoo]

If you only hated one aspect of a job but thought you would like all the other bits, you'd be mad not to apply! Lots of people are a bit queasy about needles. Let's face it, it isn't normal to stab strangers (to begin with!) I don't know of anyone who hasn't overcome a needle phobia who has chosen to study medicine.

If it is an issue, you could probably leave with a medical sciences degree or transfer.

[Darren A..]

I'm kind of in a similar position, I had a fairly big fear of needles and blood etc, but being determined to be a medic I actively tried to expose myself to it as much as possible, even resorting to watching blood being taken on youtube (i know im a freak), and it now hardly bothers me at all. i found that work exp and being an HCA was reli helpful seeing that you see lots of that kind of thing when district nurses visit the residents.