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...would you recommend the medical profession to your children?
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 23/1/2012 4:08 PM GMT
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I tried, I really tried to show them what else was available. But one has fallen into the well, while the other has flown. They are both happy in thier choice, and that's the only thing that matters. John |
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 23/1/2012 7:11 PM GMT
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Well yes. For me it has been the best job in the world. Both my parents Medics. None of my children Medics, I have hopes for one grandson. I certainly would not want to pressurise him and it may well not be the best career for him. Unlike many qualifications a Medical degree allows a vast spread of careers. But Medicine so competitive, need straight As at A level. And the UK Medical students are burdened with massive student debt and now having to work to ???68yo and reduced pension. But yes if they want to be Medics and have the atributes needed then I would recommend a Medical carreer. |
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 24/1/2012 5:30 PM GMT
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In response to "What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...": ...would you recommend the medical profession to your children? Posted by c_a_t No. I would not recommend a medical career to any young person. |
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 26/1/2012 2:37 PM GMT
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In Response to Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...: In response to "What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...": No. I would not recommend a medical career to any young person. Posted by A Smart Hi A Smart Thanks for posting a reply to my question. I'd be interested to hear the reasons why you wouldn't recommend the medical profession? Hopefully hear from you soon. Thanks Catherine |
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 27/1/2012 12:18 PM GMT
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If they enter the professor with their eyes open, which I think they will, having lived through my junior doctor years and consultoid years, then yes, I'd encourage them. I would never try to talk them into it, though. It's tough, hard on family relationships, and tiring work. It's not for everyone. It's incredibly warding, interesting, fascinating, even, and is constantly changing and challenging. It's not for everyone. I wouldn't do anything else, but then, I'm not everyone. |
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 27/1/2012 2:35 PM GMT
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"...I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook". But I realize — only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere." Anton Ego (Critic) Ratatouille 2007 Disney/Pixar |
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 28/1/2012 2:48 AM GMT
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I think there is a big difference if a child wants to do medicine (and has the capacity and temperament) rather than the parent wanting the child to do medicine to follow in their footsteps. Life is not a dress rehearsal. Follow your dreams. Find fulfilment in what you do as what you do ultimately becomes part of what you are. Woe is the disaffected professional who always wanted to be something else. The good thing about leaving school and persuing a dream is that you are now able to play from your strengths; what you are gifted at. You no longer have to mathematics when you hate maths and love languages or history. School is often so cruel. It can crush dreamers even before they started to dream. My eldest is a pilot. He was always a pilot. He is flies above the clouds of his dreams where there is always the sun.
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Re: What if your child wants to follow in your footsteps...
posted at 28/1/2012 2:34 PM GMT
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There is something about medicine that makes it a dominant trait. Look at the Drs Maurice, six generations of whom were GPs in the same Marlborough practice, and even then the current scion, the seventh, is a hospital physican. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209663/GP-hangs-stethoscope-bringing-end-dynasty-doctors-dating-1792.html I'm in the middle of a new dynasty. My father was a surgeon, with not a medic before him, amd my daughter is a physician. We are far from alone (http://www.amaalliance.org/site/files/625/41977/163960/377785/MedicalDynasties.pdf) but have a way to go to beat the Maurices! John |
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