Ash630
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Hi everyone, I’m a soon-to-be lawyer (graduating law school in a month) set to take the bar exam at the end of July and start working at a law firm in October. I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that I don’t want to be a lawyer for very long- my personality and strengths don’t match the job well.
Back in college I was a biochemistry major (I’m strong in math and science) and did all the pre-med prereqs (had a good gpa). I felt like my academic strengths and personality fit being a doctor. I considered med school but I had a fear of performing in emergency life/ death situations and surgery. I have some regret about not looking into it more. I didn’t fully appreciate that there are areas like internal medicine and internal medicine-related specialties (endocrinology for example) that involve less of the fears I had.
Going for it at this point in my life (I’m 27) has crossed my mind. The thought of being an EMT or surgeon for example still makes me nervous, but the thought of being an intellectual-type nonprocedural doctor excites me- I think I’d be good at diagnosis (loved House MD the show) and it would be fulfilling to help patients. I guess the question I’m asking myself is: is it be possible to get through med school and all the training with the fear I have? Is it a bad idea to go in knowing I have only a specific specialty area in mind? I’ve been applying to part-time medical scribe positions (no luck yet), but would even that be enough to feel it out? Will I just “get over” my fear once I start learning/ training?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Back in college I was a biochemistry major (I’m strong in math and science) and did all the pre-med prereqs (had a good gpa). I felt like my academic strengths and personality fit being a doctor. I considered med school but I had a fear of performing in emergency life/ death situations and surgery. I have some regret about not looking into it more. I didn’t fully appreciate that there are areas like internal medicine and internal medicine-related specialties (endocrinology for example) that involve less of the fears I had.
Going for it at this point in my life (I’m 27) has crossed my mind. The thought of being an EMT or surgeon for example still makes me nervous, but the thought of being an intellectual-type nonprocedural doctor excites me- I think I’d be good at diagnosis (loved House MD the show) and it would be fulfilling to help patients. I guess the question I’m asking myself is: is it be possible to get through med school and all the training with the fear I have? Is it a bad idea to go in knowing I have only a specific specialty area in mind? I’ve been applying to part-time medical scribe positions (no luck yet), but would even that be enough to feel it out? Will I just “get over” my fear once I start learning/ training?
Any advice would be appreciated!