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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
Well,we need people who want to be doctors.People who enjoy practicing medicine.People who would want to do it regardless of what it paid.If that means identifying them young,and paying for their education in medical school,then that's what we need to do.Then we need to make their jobs less stressful.To be honest,we have a system like this in our education system.It's not teachers fault that people don't take advantage of of what they have to offer.Atleast the teachers are there for the right reason(they like to teach.)Just read some of PGRDN's stuff about his job.He likes his job.He likes to teach.It's not about the money.It's what he would naturally want to do.People who are doctors should find themselves drawn to it for reasons that have nothing to do with money.They should find themselves doing it naturally.Like a singer sings,and a teacher teaches.
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No one can go through the process of becoming a doctor naturally. It is unnatural for the human body and mind to have to go through this. People who get into these kinds of professions enjoy punishing themselves. My boyfriend works 60+ hours a week, and my dad works up to 80 hours a week sometimes. You trade your life to do this... No one is going to go through this unless they absolutely love it, and have good compensation for their dedication, pain, and suffering.
That's why I laugh when people say that they enjoyed college. College is not enjoyable for the pre-med student. We don't eat and don't sleep. We do it because we want it so bad. We do want to help people, that is our main goal...but there is no use in doing this for 12 years if you aren't compensated for it. Then, we would just go be nurses or PAs or physical therapists or something along those lines instead of having to go through this...
You can't eliminate the stress because there aren't enough doctors to go around, and it takes a very special individual to become a doctor. Most are brillant and are willing to work 10x harder than most people. There aren't enough people with the qualities necessary to be one, and people certainly shouldn't be allowed to go to medical school if they don't have these qualities. That would be the only way to get more doctors out on the market, would be to allow unqualified individuals to get the degree.
I walk around like a damn zombie most of the time, can't ride my horses at all (haven't seen mine in over a month) and med school will be even worse... I have traded my horses for this.... I have traded my life for this.