Becoming a Doctor

Hello Dominique, When I was a child, I remember everybody wanted to become a doctor in my class. As time passed, they changed their plans and some became accountants, engineers, teachers or policemen but none of them became a doctor. Strange, huh? Maybe they were taught well, I'd say. I have two aunts that are doctors. All I can say is that both of them worked (and still work) really hard to become a doctor and to prepare themselves to be good professional. Being a doctor means you are never going to stop learning. You have to refresh your knowledge and to gain new knowledge every day. This is a profession where you must be up to date everyday. One of my aunts is in her 60s now and she still learns. She's an allergist and even if she retired from her main job in a public hospital, she still works at her private surgery. She loves what she does and I think she will practice this job for all her life. The other aunt is my age and she doesn't like being a doctor. She wanted so much to become a doctor but now she's not too enthusiastic about this. She says there is too much bureaucracy in this profession and she doesn't have time to practice what she learnt in medical school. She has too many paper work to do and she would gladly change her profession.

Becoming a doctor was my dream when I was a child. But as I grow older, I realized that I am not really suited for that position, and Biology and other sciences are not my cup of tea. I think studying to become a Doctor will take a lot of time and money. But it will not matter if that is what you really want and if you really love to be a doctor. No one from the family is a doctor so I am quite not sure how long will it take to reach that goal.

When I was younger that was what I wanted to do with my life and for that reason I was a biology major for my undergraduate degree. After I'd completed my undergraduate degree it was going to take four more years of school to get my medical license and then it would have depended on the specialty that I chose as to how much longer it would take for me to be able to start my own practice. The main thing that kept me from getting my medical license was the expense that was involved in it.

I am myself a homeopath. My husband is a M.B.B.S, attached to a state run hospital. All my sister-in-laws are M.B.B.S doctors except one. My father was also M.B.B.S doctor and was attached to a state run hospital. The back ground of my husband's family is that one of his sisters and one of his brothers are M.B.B.S doctors, brother was a high ranking Central Government Officer and sister was posted in a teaching hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.

There are two doctors in my family,my aunt and her husband.I think this is really a good job and could save many people's life.So i determined to be a doctor since i was a child.Anyway,it is good to know many ways to live a healthier life.Have a nice day.

its a big task and i dont want to be a doctor.

Hi Dominique, it will take many years and at least a year of housemanship in the hospital. I think your husband can consider working in the hospital first, and then decide on what to do later. There are many jobs in the hospital that do not need medical qualification. Some jobs do not need a degree but require a diploma in medical discipline. Those people taking the X-ray and blood pressure need nursing diploma. I think it is better to know the different job opportunities before taking up a degree course.

I have family members who are doctors and they have different specializations. I don't really know how much it costs to complete medical school but I know it's a lot. I believe they vary per country, though. I'm not really sure now, but a decade ago, it would take another 4 years plus a year of internship after you've completed your 4-year college degree. Assuming it hasn't changed, if your husband really is decided to pursue this, then both of you should be prepared for the long haul. I mean, there would be times wherein he really has to devote his time to studying. It would really eat up quite a bit of the time he spends with your family. Well, that's what I heard.

My mom has finished nurse's school.

How much money it will cost depends on where you will have your education. How much time/years it will take depends on how smart you are and if you are able to do 2 study years in 1 year time. How much time you have to invest as a doctor in your patients depends on the kind of doctor you are/want to be. I think a good doctor should live for his patients. If you live that way there is no time to have a family as well since they will always be on the last place. If you are a doctor in my country you can work for 2-3 hours a day. You work from 8am till 4pm and that's it. Once in a while you are standby in a weekend and are only 1 hour in the building in case of need. Nobody can call you directly since you won't answer the phone and if you ever should visit someone at home they will drive you over (you are not allowed to drive yourself). Specialist takes longer. First you have to be a normal (we call it: house) doctor. After that you can specialize for what you like this will take some years at all. I don't know how old our husband is but perhaps he should ask himself if he is able to study for 8-12 years and after that won't be one of the oldest who has to listen to orders of doctors younger as he is with way more experiences.

my friend is still studying to became a doctor. he usually not going home because there are task to do in his college. but he gonna be a good doctor because of his own power and i proud to be his friend.