I
do not know how it started, how I have decided to pursue a medical career. It
was something that my parents instilled in my mind that I have to be but then
developed into something I want to be. I am Secret currently a pre-med
student and a future doctor.
During
my grade school years, our teacher would always ask the class what we want to
be when we grow up and I would say, “I want to be a doctor and help the people”
which is a very cliché answer. It was always like that but growing up means
exploring different things. To stay in that one dream that until then I did not
know why I wanted it, was something impossible. I developed interests in other
things. One day after watching the movie Armageddon
I had dreamed of becoming an astronaut. I really paid attention when the topic
in science class would be about space and I think seeing the earth on the
windows of a spacecraft is really exciting and very enjoying. I also thought of
becoming a Math major. I love math, and taking a course with a lot of Math
subjects would be very fun. I also want to become a pilot, a businesswoman, an
archaeologist and many more. But by being interested in something would never
be enough to make me decide the future I want to have. I may have a lot of
professions I wanted to be in mind but only the medical career stands out among
them. Taking the path of being a physician was not something that popped out
overnight. It is rather a product of deep thinking and realization.
One
reason is money. I would be a hypocrite if I say I never thought about that.
The career of being a doctor can give you job security and offer high pays than
any jobs out there. But is this enough to stay? When I was in my senior year in
high school, even though I had decided to take a pre-medical course in college
I was still confused if I really wanted to pursue it. I chose it half-heartedly
and the main reason was I could earn a lot of money here. I liked biology but
it was not the same as I had loved math at that time. I tried the BS Biology
program in my current university but to no luck I became a no-course student. I
was waiting at that time for a degree program to open and when the BS Public
Health program still had an open slot, I grabbed that chance. To be honest, I
had no idea what public health is. I did not know what I am getting myself
into. I do researches and asked people around me and I was really happy that
this program is what I was looking for. It was as if it is a blessing in disguise
to be not accepted in the biology program. The courses I took during my 4 years
of education in public health program made me more interested in the aspects of
life sciences and public health. My liking to this topic matured to love. As I
learned more about life, the need to explore and know more about it increases. The
miracle of life is a subject I want to know deeply than any other things. It
amazes me how life works and how complicated it is, from the simple organisms
like bacteria to complex organisms like us. It was there that I developed the
passion for knowledge. Being aware in the health issues and problems faced by
the country today, the desire in me to pursue a career that may help to improve
the health status of our country, increases.
Taking
the path of being a doctor is a lot of challenge and never easy. First is the
education program to be accomplished. The first four years will be spent on
pre-medical education and another five years for the proper medical education. Further
study and training must also be accomplished for specialization. Being a
pre-med student, I can say that taking this medical career path is tough. There
are sleepless nights and stress brought about by exams and researches done. There
are times when depression hit me especially regarding academic stuffs. One
semester in my junior year, I happened to have a lot of almost failing grades
than I expected. It was the worst semester in my whole college years. I only
had this one chance to prove I deserve to receive a passing grade, that one
chance I cannot throw away. I studied hard and I never gave up. That is one
thing I am proud of myself, I never give up. Whatever the situation I am in,
even with little chance I have, I will continue to do what I believe and to
achieve what I want to attain. I take challenges head on. I believe that all
the trials I had and will be encountered will not only help me achieve the
future I want to be but will also shape me as an individual. Studying for consecutive
exams plus many requirements to be completed taught me how to manage my time
properly. I am still halfway in pursuing medical education and I know there are
more problems and issues to be faced in the future. It may not be the same as I
experienced, may be worse than previous, but I know everything has a purpose. Time
will also be risked. The hours of my life I will have to give up to study or to
do medical school requirements rather than being with family and friends.
I
may have lots of things I want to accomplish in life but there is one thing I
am sure of, I wanted to become a doctor. My first reasons I pursued this may be
for job security but as time goes by, I have realized the essence of being a
healthcare professional. It is all about the passion of one in promoting health
and preventing disease for the good of the public. In 10 years, I am starting
to build my name in the medical field. I know that I will not only learn about
knowledge but also virtues regarding medical and public health care in my
medical school and this will be my baseline in creating my own name in this
field. I am an anesthesiologist responsible for the caring of my patients
before and after the surgical operation, driven and self-motivated to work long
hours in the service of others. I envision myself to be a doctor with character
and have passion for public health care. I see myself creating a mark in the
health sector making positive changes and will make a difference in this world
through the knowledge the institution have provided me both in my pre medical
and medical years. Career is one part of my life and in 10 years I also want to
be focusing in another side of my dream, to have a happy family. I may also
start building my own family if fate allows and if ever that happened I am sure
that I will be a person to balance both my career and family.
