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i love helping paple and i wana be a doctor is it a good idea
i wanna be a doctor because i love helping people i always have is it a good idea and my mom is a nurse
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5 answers
Richard A.
Richard’s Answer
Leo Martinez II
Leo’s Answer
I'm not a doctor, but I do work with them, if you love helping people , go for it. But find an economic way (some med Schools are outside the US and may be more economic.)
If you are going for the income make an informed decision and speak to all doctors and surgeons.
A few a have expressed and advise not to become one.
There is a lot of red tape to deal with, some surgeries they make no income from it, surgeons always run the risk of being sued, (malpractice insurance on that is high).
Plus you deal with a lot of miss/uniformed or worse non compliant patients everyday!!
Or you can't really tell them the hard core truth, or they will get mad at you. People who go to the e.r for small things ( insurance is changing that and that's why you see more stand alone emergency clinics).
So one can say the bearing of responsibility outweighs the benefits.
If you want to stay in medicine, try physician assistant or nurse practitioner ( but you will still have malpractice insurance.)
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Benjamin Isgur, FACHE
Benjamin’s Answer
Helping people is why many people choose medicine as a career path. You should also consider other clinical careers that help people such as nursing, pharmacy, and physical therapy among others. Most of these careers allow people to work directly with patients and their families to help them stay or become healthy. I chose to work in health research so, although I don't work directly with patients, I have the opportunity to improve how our health system works which also helps people.
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Dhairya Dalal
Dhairya’s Answer
Great question! It's awesome to see that you want to help others and make the world a better place. Being a doctor is a very important job. As a doctor you can people live better lives, feel better, and make the world a better place!
You should you mom more questions about being a nurse and working in a hospital to learn more. And post any other questions here too!
Good luck and keep helping others!
Lillian Wang, LMSW
Lillian’s Answer
Wanting to help people is a great motivator! But just so you know, being a doctor isn't the ONLY way you can help people. If you like healthcare, you can also be a nurse, medical social worker, pharmacist, therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech-language pathologist, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, etc. If you want to look outside of healthcare, there are a thousand other ways to help people as well.
Becoming a doctor is a long, difficult path that can definitely be worth it if you have enough motivation, but, as anyone who actually is a doctor will tell you, you will need to find a few more reasons than "I like to help people" if you want to persevere through all the schooling and experiences you will go through as a doctor.