How Do I Choose the Right Field?
Medical Students often struggle finding their path. Life in a clinic or life in an operating room? Pay off debt quickly fixing bones or slowly treating runny noses? Once you choose, you choose for life. It’s not uncommon to come across a personal statement where an applicant confesses, ” . . . I remember seeing the light behind the doctor as I exited the womb, and I knew from that moment, I wanted to be an obstetrician.” Well, maybe not exactly like that, but many young physicians know from early on that their path is one towards a particular field. We can draw a number of stereotypes of the ones that go into orthopedic surgery vs. the ones that are drawn to psychology, but in the end, you are the one who must choose your path. You’ll likely often see me refer