Why do people want to do Medicine?! Calling out 2012ers and 2013ers! (3 Viewers)

[Havox]

="= Just wondering if you've actually begun working in a hospital yet...

Yes I have, full time at the moment, and I'm sensing that you (understandably) have very little "real" perspective on this topic.

And if both do an equal amount, mind telling me why one needs a ridiculously high ATAR + UMAT score whilst one needs at most a high 80s ATAR?

Demand. Medicine is more sought after as a degree by prospective students than nursing, also the pure theoretical amount of work is much higher and more intense in medicine. That being said, just because a degree takes longer or is academically more challenging, that does NOT make it more "important".

 

[animeiswild]

Yes I have, full time at the moment, and I'm sensing that you (understandably) have very little "real" perspective on this topic.

Demand. Medicine is more sought after as a degree by prospective students than nursing, also the pure theoretical amount of work is much higher and more intense in medicine. That being said, just because a degree takes longer or is academically more challenging, that does NOT make it more "important".

The nurses... are scary!! >.< Nothing like in dramas...

I have a friend who does nursing for her HSC and lol, she's disillusioned now. Being perved on by patients, etc. And actually the nurse does more work than the doctor imo.

Anyway when did I say that a doctor is more 'important'? I didn't even hint it ="= If it does sound implied to you, it would be my awkward sentence structure and word selection or you're reading too much into it.

Also, taking your suggestion of researching what it means to be a doctor/nurse. It came up as doctor: carries responsibility, makes the decisions and nurse:carries out orders. Nothing I wouldn't expect I guess.

 

[Havox]

And actually the nurse does more work than the doctor imo.

Uh...

I feel that a doctor is able to do more for the patient than the nurse...

Anyway when did I say that a doctor is more 'important'? I didn't even hint it ="= If it does sound implied to you, it would be my awkward sentence structure and word selection or you're reading too much into it.

See above quote.

Also, taking your suggestion of researching what it means to be a doctor/nurse. It came up as doctor: carries responsibility, makes the decisions and nurse:carries out orders. Nothing I wouldn't expect I guess.

Ok. I'd go more into the day to day roles of different sorts of doctors, if you did that I'd find it shocking to think that a doctor "does more" than a nurse does in a day for a patient. Search for stuff where you go through a day in the life of a ward doctor. Honestly, TV doctors are bullshit, it isn't like that in real life not even close.

 

[animeiswild]

Uh...






See above quote.



Ok. I'd go more into the day to day roles of different sorts of doctors, if you did that I'd find it shocking to think that a doctor "does more" than a nurse does in a day for a patient. Search for stuff where you go through a day in the life of a ward doctor. Honestly, TV doctors are bullshit, it isn't like that in real life not even close.

Well I did flip through a few blogs of some real life doctors and they too expressed that doctors 'knew more' than nurses. I can't determine the reliability of the quote because, obviously, I've never been a doctor or a nurse but assuming the quote was true, wouldn't knowing more = to being able to help more?

Of course you would be the expert here but just referring to online information, that is the conclusion I have come up with.

Anyway the question "do you even know what being a ____ even involves" and the statement "it's not anything like that in real life" really applies to every career. Obviously I've never been a whatever it is so of course I don't know and every darn career on TV is different to real life - the most obvious example: lawyers.

 

[Dr_Fresh]

Uh...






See above quote.



Ok. I'd go more into the day to day roles of different sorts of doctors, if you did that I'd find it shocking to think that a doctor "does more" than a nurse does in a day for a patient. Search for stuff where you go through a day in the life of a ward doctor. Honestly, TV doctors are bullshit, it isn't like that in real life not even close.

Scrubs is pretty accurate though

 

[khorne]

Scrubs is pretty accurate though

I want to be a neurosurgeon...just so I can say "come on people, get it together...this isn't ~brain surgery~" everytime.

 

[Havox]

Scrubs is pretty accurate though

I can relate to a lot of it's elements, nonetheless it's very much a parody and taking it at face value isn't gonna work