What is best advice a medical doctor give to a medical student? #medical

Hello DK

Don't count how many years you need to study. Learning in medicine is not 5. 5+3+3 years (MBBS+MD+DM) it is life long.

Don't waste your time in college and bunk classes or sleep in hostel during classes. Everything you learn has implications on patient care in the future.

Medical subjects are not isolated. Anatomy, pathology, pharmacology, medicine….. and all subjects are interlinked. We have one liver and not a anatomy liver, a pharmacology liver and so on. All process in liver that you read as different subjects happen in the same organ simultaneously. So integrate your learning and you will be amazed by the function of the human body.

Advances in medical sciences are occurring rapidly. Few decades ago it used to occur once in few years and we got to know when the textbook editions changed. Nowadays information in a new edition of a book is obsolete on the day of its release. So keep updated with new information by subscribing to site like medscape and up to date.

Dont take a seat in PG entrance just because you got a rank. Join a branch you are passionate about. It may take you few years but it will be worth it. A DNB from a good hospital is better than a MD from a mediocre hospital. So do DNB in the subject of your choice if you dont get MD seat.

Dont panic if your friends get good marks or get a good PG seat. You are not competing with others. You are competing with yourself. This is not your Akash or FiitJee classes. A patient doesnt ask you what was your MBBS marks or how many times you failed before getting treatment from you.

Learn to gain knowledge in addition to trying to pass.

Read standard textbook and don't take short cut guide books or else you will regret later. If you want to have good concepts, good books are your bet.

Stop comparing yourself with your friends who are engineers or chartered accountants and are earning well after graduation and you are struggling. Apples and oranges are not the same. A doctor's career trajectory spikes in the 30s. Remember medicos technically don't have a retirement age.

Treat everyone with empathy, sympathy and be humble. Dont wait to be a consultant to develop these qualities because you will never. Patients won't come to you if you are rude or arrogant.

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