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My Sheriff's assessment yesterday was a huge pile of grossness and I'd rather not have sat through it with a smile on my face, but that's what I ended up lamely doing. You don't want to read a blow by soul-crushing blow account. But it did make me re-realise that I absolutely want to be a doctor, and no other experience has been as immediately and strongly convincing to that end, so hurrah for looking at the bright side.
That, and I passed my rotation, which is always a good thing.
And I've decided on an answer for the 'what do you want to do after you qualify' question, the Big Question. Most doctors I meet ask medical students that question once, sometimes more than once, oftentimes to fill gaps in the conversation. The truth is that I don't know, and that's what I've been telling everyone. From now on, I'm going to answer "perhaps Paediatrics", which is still honest. It's the rotation I had the most fun doing last year, and I think I can see myself enjoying it 20, 30 years down the line. There are other things that are in the reckoning too, that manage to fulfill that criterion, but at the moment Paediatrics is in the lead.
Most days I feel barely older than a teenager myself.
That, and I passed my rotation, which is always a good thing.
And I've decided on an answer for the 'what do you want to do after you qualify' question, the Big Question. Most doctors I meet ask medical students that question once, sometimes more than once, oftentimes to fill gaps in the conversation. The truth is that I don't know, and that's what I've been telling everyone. From now on, I'm going to answer "perhaps Paediatrics", which is still honest. It's the rotation I had the most fun doing last year, and I think I can see myself enjoying it 20, 30 years down the line. There are other things that are in the reckoning too, that manage to fulfill that criterion, but at the moment Paediatrics is in the lead.
Most days I feel barely older than a teenager myself.