You have been secretly harbouring the ambition of making it big in the medical field and that too for quite a long time. You got to find out whether medicine is your true interest, before committing yourself fully for an intellectually challenging and highly rewarding long term haul.
Start Early
It is advised that you start as early as high school, by which time you can start preparing academically, this is about the right time to explore various career options, over time you would find that all of these preparations eventually help you decide whether a career in medicine is ideal for you or else exploration of other career options is what is required in terms of planning, time and effort to ensure career success.
Invaluable Knowledge
At such a tender age, oftentimes students come to know about medicine, only through a visit to the doctor and try to find out more about the profession on the trip. In addition to this, career shows on television do impart invaluable knowledge on the profession as far as medical jobs in India are concerned.
Think Hard
Before you embark on a career path, you need to think really hard, as to why you want to really join this field in the first place. Some good reasons could be you genuinely want to improve the health and lives of others.
The Intellectual Challenge
You are enamoured by the variety of career options offered. You have a great sense of leadership. You love the intellectual challenge. You yearn and long to perform surgery at some point in time down the line.
Final Words
Be warned before hand that you need to be able to cope up with tenacious demands caused by enormous crushing pressure-filled situations from time to time and thrive in a high-stress environment as well and the glamour and aura is but a projection, life is not a bed of roses as it is made out to be in romantic medical sitcoms, prepare and brave yourself for the real work world and iron yourself for surmounting the quirkiness of this field.
