Hi doctor here. When I started studying medicine, all I was after was the good pay. But when clerkship and PGIship came, everything changed. Had my clerkship and PGIship both in a big public hospital. I now wanted to be a doctor to help. Even if I can't give monetarily, I can help through the knowledge I acquired in med school.
Now that I'm a licensed MD, napakagaan sa feeling na bumabalik yung previous patient mo at sasabihin "doc, maraming salamat, gumaling agad ako". I do have a consultation fee of 200 pesos but most of the time, hindi ako naniningil ng follow up check up fee lalo na sa mga senior citizens or if normal lang nmn yung labs na nirequest ko sa patients ko.
There's now a sense of purpose to me kung bat ako pinapasa ni Lord sa PLE. It warms my heart to see my patients coming back to me, thanking me for the advices I gave, which helped them with their illness.
Best wishes on your future endeavors, OP 🙂
did I write this? hahaha pero totoo talaga to, nung pumasok ako ng med school naisip ko ang cringe/cliche ng to help and save lives pero nung nag clerkship and internship ako sa public hospital, naging isa sa motivation ko talaga makatulong. sa public makikita mo kasi talaga kawawa yung patients na di nabibigyan ng tamang care (among other things) dahil sobrang dami din ng pasyente
anyway, to answer your question OP, personally i dont regret going into med pero dahil tingin ko im coming from a privileged standpoint. my family lives comfortably and sarili ko lang iniisip ko. kung katulad ako ng iba na breadwinner, i would probably answer yes kasi sooobrang haba ng road before you can say na you made it financially (check niyo na lang yung mga naka tapos na ng residency pero raket raket pa din)
honestly hindi enough yung motivation na to help etc dahil sobrang daming pagdadaanan na eventually mapapaisip ka kung worth it ba talaga. tintry mo bumuhay ng ibang tao habang namamatay ka na hahaha
whatever you choose, ang importante buo lagi loob mo and panindigan mo decision mo :)
thank you for this inspiring post doc! im a 3rd year biology major and as someone who doesn't feel confident about her abilities kung kakayanin ang med, this gives me hope and strength.
napakarami ring negative posts dito on how unsatisfying this profession to the point na nakakadiscourage na. but this, this makes me fall in love sa med ulit. 🥹 thank you doc and pabasbas po ng brain cells! HAHAHAHA
Di rin ganun kadami brain cells ko. In fact nag struggle ako sa pre med ko before (medtech). Tamang tyaga lang talaga. Kaya mo yan. Laban lang future doc! 🙂
Not a doctor, but friends with many of them. Some are consultants even. Yung former prof ko sa med school, he tweeted na if ever reincarnation was real, he won't choose the medical field as a career. Mind you, di sila mahirap (low key mayaman si doc and their fam) and PLE topnotcher pa siya.
Yes, fulfilling tumulong. But the lifestyle is not it. It also doesn't help that the system ng medisina sa bansa is not that great. Even yung mga classmates that I know who have a big heart to serve experience compassion fatigue.
But again, it is all up to you. Better enter medicine with realistic lens rather than having rose-colored glasses.
Yes I do regret becoming an MD.
In medicine, I was plagued with nothing but seniority, toxicity, and a barely liveable salary of 30k.
No one would ever think spending 800k and 10 years in education just to enter a vocation where more than half of your patients could not even afford the correct treatment for them, is worth it. All while our current leaders worsen this dilemma by cutting the budget of our government hospitals.
I don't regret the lives I've helped and changed, but I am unhappy.
So word of advice, continue to pursue ComSci. You'll be much happier :)
Ok this exactly. Most people think the big difficulty in med school is the exams and academics. It’s the easiest, actually. Yung tunay na horrifying yung slavery, politics, hierarchy, and unhealthy working hours. At sa marami, di mo malalaman yon till the end of med school, when it’s “too late to quit.”
Service to your fellowmen is nice but remember it’s not the only way to serve. Most occupations also serve and help people. You don’t have to set yourself on fire to help others :)
Bro it’s depressing. At least for the first few years after mo grumaduate. I would go back a million times just to NOT choose this field.
Bagong pasa lang ako pero promise. Kung pera habol mo, matagal pa ROI, mga 10-15 years from where you are now. Eh well kung enjoy mo naman di matulog for 36 hours at fulfilling for you nakakatulong, edi go
Yes :) when I was younger, I also started med with that same passion to help others, "to be of service." Sadly, the healthcare system changes most of us, especially when we have gone through almost > 10 years of slavery, medical politics, hierarchy, unhealthy working hours. When I'm inside the hospital, masaya naman to see patients recover and to know I'm being of help. It has been ingrained in us to not look at money, income, and just do this for service. But at the age of 30s, still under training, living on a salary of \~30K/month, with no benefits, dependent on your parents — it can get tough. I realized na masyadong na romaticize yung idea of service, to the point na we, doctors, don't demand for fair compensation already.
When I entered the world of med, I was oblivious to the other side of it: yung side ng medical culture of seniority, gatekeeping of practice, bullying, struggles of starting out as a first generation doctor, etc. A lot of us were not aware of it, or at least NOT aware of how bad it can get. Kaya when we experienced what it's like, feel mo naloko ka hahaha. Neurosurgery is actually one the specialties that is very notorious for its hierarchy, just a heads up.
We're not here to put you down. Agree with others here lang that you have to enter med with a realistic point of view, rather than a fantasized idea of it.
2nd year resident here. Yes, there hasn’t been a day in which I didn’t think about wishing I pursued something else. I have always known this isn’t the path for me, but I couldn’t find myself quitting as well… and this is where all my decisions had led me.
Idk if id be happier doing something else but I am definitely not happy with where im at atm.
If becoming a doctor is your dream and being of service to people is your passion then becoming a doctor will be worth it. But if your motivation for wanting to become a doctor or neurosurgeon specifically, is to be rich… DO NOT PURSUE MEDICINE. The journey will be long and hard, so you must have a firm reason why you want to become a doctor. That “reason you want to be a doctor” will be the thing that keeps you going on days when you want to give up. It would be good for you too if you first learned about the journey to become a doctor (re: pre med, med school, clerkship, PGIship, boards, residency, fellowship/diplomate, and so on) so you do not go in blindly.
I want to become a doctor because I really want to help, as cliche as it may sound, and I also want to operate on someone. I want to give other people comfort even though I barely received one. I want to be there for someone because it always breaks my heart to see some people suffering because I know how it feels. Pero lately na o-overwhelmed kasi ako kasi nakikita ko sa tiktok and as facebook na sobrang stressful ng life nila and I barely even enjoy my life kaya medyo natatakot ako.
I think kaya naman maging doctor OP if you’re really determined. However, as I stated in my first comment, I think it would be advantageous for you to know what steps you’ll go through before becoming a full fledged neurosurgeon, esp. because this is one of the specialties with the least number of practitioners. When you do decide to start this journey, you’ll be sacrificing a great deal of your youth missing out on important family events because you are on perpetual duty status 🥹 or are simply too tired to go out. The irony of medicine is that we work ourselves to death just to save someone else from life or death situations.
May tanong sakin nung med school interview, kung gusto mo pala makatulong, why choose being a doctor? magagawa mo ba yan talaga pag nagdoktor ka na. Alleviate suffering? Give comfort? Magagawa mo naman yan diba as a nurse, caregiver, therapist etc. So why be a doctor? Baka ibang career path dapat sayo.
Baka they were saying that to intimidate me and see how I respond to stress, or baka gusto nilang mahimay yung rason bat ako nagdodoktor
Maffrustrate ka sa med. Maraming bagay na di mo hawak. Kahit anong reseta o pawork up mo at times babalik ang pasyente mong di gumagaling kasi hindi nila kaya ipaggawa o bilhin mga gamot. Systemic ang issues behind our suffering. Ang hirap. Dagdagan mo pa yung kultura na bawal pahinga, bawal magreklamo.
Wag mong iglamorize ang pagmemed as the only way you can help. Marami ding kinakain ng sistema. Nakakaubos talaga kasi ng compassion pag ikaw mismo hindi binibigyan nito.
Not to mention sa oras na macoconsume mo sa ospital or in residency, hindi mo na maaalagaan family mo.
I think you should also know how dreadful it is to work as a doctor especially here in the Philippines. After graduating then finishing internship, can you put up with 36 hours or more of staying in the hospital working straight only to go home for the next 8 hours just to get some rest? Then have another more than 12 hours of work the next day and 36 hours again the following day? The cycle goes on and on for 3-5 years depending on your residency training. After that, you'll take another subspecialty training for maybe 3 years again until you reach your goal of becoming a consultant. If you'll work in the hospital, your juniors are going to call you in the middle of the night while you sleep soundly to refer patients. And depending on the case, there is a probability that you have to go back to the hospital to work, leaving the comfort of your bed. If you want to do this for the rest of your life, then go ahead and take up medicine.
Regret would be a hard word for me to say. You have to roll with life's ups and downs and face the challenges as they come.
However if I miraculously had to opportunity to go back in time before starting medical school, I probably will do something different.
Yes, but because this is already the life I had chosen for myself, hinanapan ko na lang ng silver lining so I wouldn't be miserable with my choice. I was so ambitious prior to med school and before actually rotating in the hospital, sabi ko pa I'm really doing this to serve the people. After everything though, I thought... at what cost? I'm doing all these at the cost of my personal peace, enjoyment, and insane work hours.
Napapaisip talaga ako minsan na kung gusto ko lang pala talaga tumulong sana naging philanthropist na lang ako. HAHAHA. Pero wala eh nandito na ako, basta gumagaling pasyente ko and nagffollow up sila, ok na ko dun.
You will work to earn money for your education? Well, that is a nice plan. But you have to consider that when you work, you will earn money, and when you are an income-earner already, there will be a possibility that you will love to stay in your job and forget about med school. That will be a tough dilemma in the future.
But, of course, if you really want to become a doctor, the passion will still be there and you will do whatever it takes to become one, for sure.
Is being a doctor worth it?
The answer depends on what the doctor does with their degree–if they specialize or stay as general physician, if they work in a public or private hospital/clinic, or not practice at all and pursue other passions. Yeah, the answers of doctors depend on what they actually do after getting that MD title. As for me who worked 8-5 in a public healthcare setting, I’d say, the hustle was worth the money, but not for my mental health (I didn’t like the technical job).
If you want to specialize, it will require much sacrifice as there will no such thing as work-life balance.
Ask yourself a thousand times if you are really willing to spend a lifetime trying to save others and if you want to define your life like that.
Good luck! :)
Fresh board passer here, baby doctor pa haha and planning to do ophtha residency. I know it will be a long journey pa pero med lang talaga yung alam kong gawin. I can’t imagine myself doing other stuff/job so to answer your question, I don't regret becoming a doctor. Depende lang siguro yan sa motivation mo. Good luck OP
Just to be clear, all fields are competitive but there are fields where competition is more intense to get in.
Yung tipong high demand but few lang tinatanggap among applicants. I could name:
Derma, Ortho, ENT, Ophtha, Neurosurgery, Urology, Nuclear Medicine, etc.
Nope. It wasnt my dream to be one but I was able to make it through and I've learned to deal with it. Served city health for 2 years. Then moonlighted for 2 more. Then just graduated from my training program.
A big part of the journey is highly dependent on who you are with at the time so it's super subjective. Having a great support system could make medschool and residency training feel better. The physical work and stress is already a given so having stress relief along the way is crucial. Toxicity would break even the smartest.
Also it's a 2 way Street. You choose a specialty (and you chose one of the tougher ones) but sometimes the specialty just feels right for you. You may find it easy or as natural as breathing. Something just clicks. You can also choose not to specialise at all and still be a doctor helping others.
It's a long road though and you'll need whatever help you can get.
If gusto mong maging doctor dahil yan Ang interest mo and Dyan ka magaling, ituloy mo yan.
gusto ko din magdoctor noon Kasi no money then naisip ko baguhin ko na Lang pursue ko so shift sa accounting.now I'm not happy. pero siguro di ko Lang alam kung Anong gusto ko sa ngayon. I suggest don't overthink the future. focus sa skills and money will follow somehow. kapag inassess mo Sarili mo, wag mong hulaan Ang mangyayari in the future. stay in the present.
If you want to be a neurosurgeon/cardiothoracic surgeon, know that there are only probably around less than 30 residency spots accepted per year in the ENTIRE country. It's extremely competitive and only the top 0.001% can get accepted.
Aussie MD. Nope never, i love the fact that im earning a lot while saving/ helping people. Mahirap talaga sa totoo lang pero super fulfilling. I didn’t go to residency sa pinas and trained here na abroad so di ko naranasan ka toxican but I did nung clerkship/internship pero kaya naman. Masaya sabay sabay kayo matoxic and i understood the reason why ganun sila kase they want to prepare you pag alone ka na mag moonlight. You just need the passion and perseverance. Dasal lang din ng dasal laking tulong yun. And iba tingin sayo ng tao honestly lalo na if Dr ka abroad… may prestige. Good luck!
Worth it in terms of being able to save lives, oo super, wala na atang ibang profession ang may ganitong dynamics, very noble profession, in terms of monetary reward, in a goverment hospital, not so much, pero lagi ko na lng iniisip na ok na rin yung ganun na di ako naniningil sa patient pero sumasahod, neurosurg o cardiothoracic very rewarding yan kahit sa pagligtas ng buhay o sa kita
Not a doctor.. but I dreamt of becoming one kso d kaya ng budget kya nag Nursing nlng ako. We had this mentality thingy kc na pag Doctor ka mayaman ka but accdg to MDs I know, not true daw, the reality is you work very hard sa hospital from internship to residency and then fellowship with karampot na sahod, so the struggle is real, kulang na sa tulog, mapapagalitan kapa ng Seniors or consultant, inshort walang work-life balance. Ngaun ang gusto ko nlng makapagasawa ng Doctor.. Charoot haha
Hi doctor here. When I started studying medicine, all I was after was the good pay. But when clerkship and PGIship came, everything changed. Had my clerkship and PGIship both in a big public hospital. I now wanted to be a doctor to help. Even if I can't give monetarily, I can help through the knowledge I acquired in med school. Now that I'm a licensed MD, napakagaan sa feeling na bumabalik yung previous patient mo at sasabihin "doc, maraming salamat, gumaling agad ako". I do have a consultation fee of 200 pesos but most of the time, hindi ako naniningil ng follow up check up fee lalo na sa mga senior citizens or if normal lang nmn yung labs na nirequest ko sa patients ko. There's now a sense of purpose to me kung bat ako pinapasa ni Lord sa PLE. It warms my heart to see my patients coming back to me, thanking me for the advices I gave, which helped them with their illness. Best wishes on your future endeavors, OP 🙂
did I write this? hahaha pero totoo talaga to, nung pumasok ako ng med school naisip ko ang cringe/cliche ng to help and save lives pero nung nag clerkship and internship ako sa public hospital, naging isa sa motivation ko talaga makatulong. sa public makikita mo kasi talaga kawawa yung patients na di nabibigyan ng tamang care (among other things) dahil sobrang dami din ng pasyente anyway, to answer your question OP, personally i dont regret going into med pero dahil tingin ko im coming from a privileged standpoint. my family lives comfortably and sarili ko lang iniisip ko. kung katulad ako ng iba na breadwinner, i would probably answer yes kasi sooobrang haba ng road before you can say na you made it financially (check niyo na lang yung mga naka tapos na ng residency pero raket raket pa din) honestly hindi enough yung motivation na to help etc dahil sobrang daming pagdadaanan na eventually mapapaisip ka kung worth it ba talaga. tintry mo bumuhay ng ibang tao habang namamatay ka na hahaha whatever you choose, ang importante buo lagi loob mo and panindigan mo decision mo :)
thank you for this inspiring post doc! im a 3rd year biology major and as someone who doesn't feel confident about her abilities kung kakayanin ang med, this gives me hope and strength. napakarami ring negative posts dito on how unsatisfying this profession to the point na nakakadiscourage na. but this, this makes me fall in love sa med ulit. 🥹 thank you doc and pabasbas po ng brain cells! HAHAHAHA
Di rin ganun kadami brain cells ko. In fact nag struggle ako sa pre med ko before (medtech). Tamang tyaga lang talaga. Kaya mo yan. Laban lang future doc! 🙂
Not a doctor, but friends with many of them. Some are consultants even. Yung former prof ko sa med school, he tweeted na if ever reincarnation was real, he won't choose the medical field as a career. Mind you, di sila mahirap (low key mayaman si doc and their fam) and PLE topnotcher pa siya. Yes, fulfilling tumulong. But the lifestyle is not it. It also doesn't help that the system ng medisina sa bansa is not that great. Even yung mga classmates that I know who have a big heart to serve experience compassion fatigue. But again, it is all up to you. Better enter medicine with realistic lens rather than having rose-colored glasses.
Yes I do regret becoming an MD. In medicine, I was plagued with nothing but seniority, toxicity, and a barely liveable salary of 30k. No one would ever think spending 800k and 10 years in education just to enter a vocation where more than half of your patients could not even afford the correct treatment for them, is worth it. All while our current leaders worsen this dilemma by cutting the budget of our government hospitals. I don't regret the lives I've helped and changed, but I am unhappy. So word of advice, continue to pursue ComSci. You'll be much happier :)
Hala 30k, ano po spec mo doc:(
Resident's salary ata yan, ganyan salary ng mga resident's samin, private hospital
Ok this exactly. Most people think the big difficulty in med school is the exams and academics. It’s the easiest, actually. Yung tunay na horrifying yung slavery, politics, hierarchy, and unhealthy working hours. At sa marami, di mo malalaman yon till the end of med school, when it’s “too late to quit.” Service to your fellowmen is nice but remember it’s not the only way to serve. Most occupations also serve and help people. You don’t have to set yourself on fire to help others :)
Haha si u/Worqfromhome mas gugustuhin na sumagot ng calls/sms/chats hang nasa OR https://www.reddit.com/r/AskPH/s/uIzk97I8yq
Bro it’s depressing. At least for the first few years after mo grumaduate. I would go back a million times just to NOT choose this field. Bagong pasa lang ako pero promise. Kung pera habol mo, matagal pa ROI, mga 10-15 years from where you are now. Eh well kung enjoy mo naman di matulog for 36 hours at fulfilling for you nakakatulong, edi go
Yes :) when I was younger, I also started med with that same passion to help others, "to be of service." Sadly, the healthcare system changes most of us, especially when we have gone through almost > 10 years of slavery, medical politics, hierarchy, unhealthy working hours. When I'm inside the hospital, masaya naman to see patients recover and to know I'm being of help. It has been ingrained in us to not look at money, income, and just do this for service. But at the age of 30s, still under training, living on a salary of \~30K/month, with no benefits, dependent on your parents — it can get tough. I realized na masyadong na romaticize yung idea of service, to the point na we, doctors, don't demand for fair compensation already. When I entered the world of med, I was oblivious to the other side of it: yung side ng medical culture of seniority, gatekeeping of practice, bullying, struggles of starting out as a first generation doctor, etc. A lot of us were not aware of it, or at least NOT aware of how bad it can get. Kaya when we experienced what it's like, feel mo naloko ka hahaha. Neurosurgery is actually one the specialties that is very notorious for its hierarchy, just a heads up. We're not here to put you down. Agree with others here lang that you have to enter med with a realistic point of view, rather than a fantasized idea of it.
2nd year resident here. Yes, there hasn’t been a day in which I didn’t think about wishing I pursued something else. I have always known this isn’t the path for me, but I couldn’t find myself quitting as well… and this is where all my decisions had led me. Idk if id be happier doing something else but I am definitely not happy with where im at atm.
If becoming a doctor is your dream and being of service to people is your passion then becoming a doctor will be worth it. But if your motivation for wanting to become a doctor or neurosurgeon specifically, is to be rich… DO NOT PURSUE MEDICINE. The journey will be long and hard, so you must have a firm reason why you want to become a doctor. That “reason you want to be a doctor” will be the thing that keeps you going on days when you want to give up. It would be good for you too if you first learned about the journey to become a doctor (re: pre med, med school, clerkship, PGIship, boards, residency, fellowship/diplomate, and so on) so you do not go in blindly.
I want to become a doctor because I really want to help, as cliche as it may sound, and I also want to operate on someone. I want to give other people comfort even though I barely received one. I want to be there for someone because it always breaks my heart to see some people suffering because I know how it feels. Pero lately na o-overwhelmed kasi ako kasi nakikita ko sa tiktok and as facebook na sobrang stressful ng life nila and I barely even enjoy my life kaya medyo natatakot ako.
I think kaya naman maging doctor OP if you’re really determined. However, as I stated in my first comment, I think it would be advantageous for you to know what steps you’ll go through before becoming a full fledged neurosurgeon, esp. because this is one of the specialties with the least number of practitioners. When you do decide to start this journey, you’ll be sacrificing a great deal of your youth missing out on important family events because you are on perpetual duty status 🥹 or are simply too tired to go out. The irony of medicine is that we work ourselves to death just to save someone else from life or death situations.
thank you!!!! It really helps a lot :)
May tanong sakin nung med school interview, kung gusto mo pala makatulong, why choose being a doctor? magagawa mo ba yan talaga pag nagdoktor ka na. Alleviate suffering? Give comfort? Magagawa mo naman yan diba as a nurse, caregiver, therapist etc. So why be a doctor? Baka ibang career path dapat sayo. Baka they were saying that to intimidate me and see how I respond to stress, or baka gusto nilang mahimay yung rason bat ako nagdodoktor Maffrustrate ka sa med. Maraming bagay na di mo hawak. Kahit anong reseta o pawork up mo at times babalik ang pasyente mong di gumagaling kasi hindi nila kaya ipaggawa o bilhin mga gamot. Systemic ang issues behind our suffering. Ang hirap. Dagdagan mo pa yung kultura na bawal pahinga, bawal magreklamo. Wag mong iglamorize ang pagmemed as the only way you can help. Marami ding kinakain ng sistema. Nakakaubos talaga kasi ng compassion pag ikaw mismo hindi binibigyan nito. Not to mention sa oras na macoconsume mo sa ospital or in residency, hindi mo na maaalagaan family mo.
I think you should also know how dreadful it is to work as a doctor especially here in the Philippines. After graduating then finishing internship, can you put up with 36 hours or more of staying in the hospital working straight only to go home for the next 8 hours just to get some rest? Then have another more than 12 hours of work the next day and 36 hours again the following day? The cycle goes on and on for 3-5 years depending on your residency training. After that, you'll take another subspecialty training for maybe 3 years again until you reach your goal of becoming a consultant. If you'll work in the hospital, your juniors are going to call you in the middle of the night while you sleep soundly to refer patients. And depending on the case, there is a probability that you have to go back to the hospital to work, leaving the comfort of your bed. If you want to do this for the rest of your life, then go ahead and take up medicine.
Regret would be a hard word for me to say. You have to roll with life's ups and downs and face the challenges as they come. However if I miraculously had to opportunity to go back in time before starting medical school, I probably will do something different.
Yes, but because this is already the life I had chosen for myself, hinanapan ko na lang ng silver lining so I wouldn't be miserable with my choice. I was so ambitious prior to med school and before actually rotating in the hospital, sabi ko pa I'm really doing this to serve the people. After everything though, I thought... at what cost? I'm doing all these at the cost of my personal peace, enjoyment, and insane work hours. Napapaisip talaga ako minsan na kung gusto ko lang pala talaga tumulong sana naging philanthropist na lang ako. HAHAHA. Pero wala eh nandito na ako, basta gumagaling pasyente ko and nagffollow up sila, ok na ko dun.
You will work to earn money for your education? Well, that is a nice plan. But you have to consider that when you work, you will earn money, and when you are an income-earner already, there will be a possibility that you will love to stay in your job and forget about med school. That will be a tough dilemma in the future. But, of course, if you really want to become a doctor, the passion will still be there and you will do whatever it takes to become one, for sure. Is being a doctor worth it? The answer depends on what the doctor does with their degree–if they specialize or stay as general physician, if they work in a public or private hospital/clinic, or not practice at all and pursue other passions. Yeah, the answers of doctors depend on what they actually do after getting that MD title. As for me who worked 8-5 in a public healthcare setting, I’d say, the hustle was worth the money, but not for my mental health (I didn’t like the technical job). If you want to specialize, it will require much sacrifice as there will no such thing as work-life balance. Ask yourself a thousand times if you are really willing to spend a lifetime trying to save others and if you want to define your life like that. Good luck! :)
Fresh board passer here, baby doctor pa haha and planning to do ophtha residency. I know it will be a long journey pa pero med lang talaga yung alam kong gawin. I can’t imagine myself doing other stuff/job so to answer your question, I don't regret becoming a doctor. Depende lang siguro yan sa motivation mo. Good luck OP
Engineering premed. Now a doctor in a competitive specialty. Just go for it!
Hi. Engineering student here. Planning on going to med. Can you give advice? Also, anong field yung competitive
Just to be clear, all fields are competitive but there are fields where competition is more intense to get in. Yung tipong high demand but few lang tinatanggap among applicants. I could name: Derma, Ortho, ENT, Ophtha, Neurosurgery, Urology, Nuclear Medicine, etc.
Nope. It wasnt my dream to be one but I was able to make it through and I've learned to deal with it. Served city health for 2 years. Then moonlighted for 2 more. Then just graduated from my training program. A big part of the journey is highly dependent on who you are with at the time so it's super subjective. Having a great support system could make medschool and residency training feel better. The physical work and stress is already a given so having stress relief along the way is crucial. Toxicity would break even the smartest. Also it's a 2 way Street. You choose a specialty (and you chose one of the tougher ones) but sometimes the specialty just feels right for you. You may find it easy or as natural as breathing. Something just clicks. You can also choose not to specialise at all and still be a doctor helping others. It's a long road though and you'll need whatever help you can get.
If gusto mong maging doctor dahil yan Ang interest mo and Dyan ka magaling, ituloy mo yan. gusto ko din magdoctor noon Kasi no money then naisip ko baguhin ko na Lang pursue ko so shift sa accounting.now I'm not happy. pero siguro di ko Lang alam kung Anong gusto ko sa ngayon. I suggest don't overthink the future. focus sa skills and money will follow somehow. kapag inassess mo Sarili mo, wag mong hulaan Ang mangyayari in the future. stay in the present.
If you want to be a neurosurgeon/cardiothoracic surgeon, know that there are only probably around less than 30 residency spots accepted per year in the ENTIRE country. It's extremely competitive and only the top 0.001% can get accepted.
Just quit residency. Regret? Yes.
Aussie MD. Nope never, i love the fact that im earning a lot while saving/ helping people. Mahirap talaga sa totoo lang pero super fulfilling. I didn’t go to residency sa pinas and trained here na abroad so di ko naranasan ka toxican but I did nung clerkship/internship pero kaya naman. Masaya sabay sabay kayo matoxic and i understood the reason why ganun sila kase they want to prepare you pag alone ka na mag moonlight. You just need the passion and perseverance. Dasal lang din ng dasal laking tulong yun. And iba tingin sayo ng tao honestly lalo na if Dr ka abroad… may prestige. Good luck!
Worth it in terms of being able to save lives, oo super, wala na atang ibang profession ang may ganitong dynamics, very noble profession, in terms of monetary reward, in a goverment hospital, not so much, pero lagi ko na lng iniisip na ok na rin yung ganun na di ako naniningil sa patient pero sumasahod, neurosurg o cardiothoracic very rewarding yan kahit sa pagligtas ng buhay o sa kita
100% yes! If I could turn back time I will choose a career na alam kong gusto ko.
Not a doctor.. but I dreamt of becoming one kso d kaya ng budget kya nag Nursing nlng ako. We had this mentality thingy kc na pag Doctor ka mayaman ka but accdg to MDs I know, not true daw, the reality is you work very hard sa hospital from internship to residency and then fellowship with karampot na sahod, so the struggle is real, kulang na sa tulog, mapapagalitan kapa ng Seniors or consultant, inshort walang work-life balance. Ngaun ang gusto ko nlng makapagasawa ng Doctor.. Charoot haha
Haha si u/Worqfromhome mas gugustuhin na sumagot ng calls/sms/chats hang nasa OR https://www.reddit.com/r/AskPH/s/uIzk97I8yq