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why do doctors like biology and chemistry?
i love biology
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Lucy’s Answer
Hello,
I wouldn’t say that doctors like biology and chemistry, however I would say that biology and chemistry are the most fundamental and required for medical school or any medical science courses. It is important that you grasp this important courses to succeed in medicine.
I hope this answer your question. Thanks.
I wouldn’t say that doctors like biology and chemistry, however I would say that biology and chemistry are the most fundamental and required for medical school or any medical science courses. It is important that you grasp this important courses to succeed in medicine.
I hope this answer your question. Thanks.
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Gregory’s Answer
Hi David,
I don't think it is correct to believe that all doctors like biology and chemistry, although some do. As Lucy responded, passing these courses in college and then taking and passing biochemistry, anatomy, microbiology, and genetics courses is also required for first year medical students before moving on to their second year. The reason for the emphasis on these basic subjects is that almost all human diseases as well as the mechanisms by which many, if not most, of our medical treatments work, occurs at the biochemical and biological (cellular) level in the human body. So, to be a good doctor, you need to know how this happens and to know how this happens and how to treat disease, you have to be pretty good at understanding chemistry and biology. This is even true of mental illness, as we know that many treatments for depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders, even drug addiction, work at the chemical or biological level (even counseling does).
I can't say I enjoyed biology and chemistry in college, or biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, and anatomy in medical school. But I am sure glad now that I had to learn about these areas, and over the past 40 years I have applied that knowledge in all my work with patients even if I am not directly thinking about it. It is kind of like playing the piano. You have to learn all the basics and practice a lot before you can perform, and once you are performing a piece, you are not thinking about each individual key or measure of music, but instead on the overall production and it being successful. This is the way it is with the practice of medicine as well.
Good luck in your adventure through the sciences and if you are interested in medicine, go for it! We will need many good and caring doctors in the future.
Greg
I don't think it is correct to believe that all doctors like biology and chemistry, although some do. As Lucy responded, passing these courses in college and then taking and passing biochemistry, anatomy, microbiology, and genetics courses is also required for first year medical students before moving on to their second year. The reason for the emphasis on these basic subjects is that almost all human diseases as well as the mechanisms by which many, if not most, of our medical treatments work, occurs at the biochemical and biological (cellular) level in the human body. So, to be a good doctor, you need to know how this happens and to know how this happens and how to treat disease, you have to be pretty good at understanding chemistry and biology. This is even true of mental illness, as we know that many treatments for depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders, even drug addiction, work at the chemical or biological level (even counseling does).
I can't say I enjoyed biology and chemistry in college, or biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, and anatomy in medical school. But I am sure glad now that I had to learn about these areas, and over the past 40 years I have applied that knowledge in all my work with patients even if I am not directly thinking about it. It is kind of like playing the piano. You have to learn all the basics and practice a lot before you can perform, and once you are performing a piece, you are not thinking about each individual key or measure of music, but instead on the overall production and it being successful. This is the way it is with the practice of medicine as well.
Good luck in your adventure through the sciences and if you are interested in medicine, go for it! We will need many good and caring doctors in the future.
Greg