I don't know why people make such an effort to find a respectable answer to the question of "Why did you choose a career in healthcare *cough*beingadoctor*cough*"
I'm sure there are people who probably have the best intentions and just really want to help people but it grates me when people have to make up such bullshitty answers.
To be honest, I don't know why medicine.
I do know that I have had five years to think about it.
I know that I don't want to count pills all day and become an automaton.
I know that I want to have a greater say in patient outcomes.
I know I want to be a doctor because of the status.
I want more knowledge; with that knowledge, the ability to have the potential to determine how someone's life may or may not turn out.
I know that I want to know about the why.
I want to know what to fix the whys.
I want a job that will engage me.
Also, I hate teeth. But I'm okay with blood. I think.
I may not wrap my answer up in cotton candy, but I assure you, somewhere in there, I probably care just as much as you do. Probably even more.
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Honesty is good. Better than telling people that you want to be rich and write large amounts on cheques.
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