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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.