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  • Would you be happy as a doctor?

  • Here are 4 questions to ask yourself.

  • One, do you enjoy a good challenge?

  • The path to becoming a physician is arduous.

  • It’s a marathon, not a sprint, and one riddled with obstacles and challenges along the way.

  • If you don’t enjoy the challenge, at least to some degree, youll quickly burn out.

  • Two, are you in it for the money?

  • Being a doctor is not nearly as lucrative as most people think.

  • There are massive opportunity costs that come along with becoming a physician, and even

  • after all of the training, most physicians still only live upper-middle class lifestyles.

  • Three, do you enjoy helping others and can you tap into this in the healthcare setting?

  • The pleasure and joy one derives from helping others is almost universal, but some people

  • aren’t able to tap into this due to a strongly cynical outlook, being easily annoyed, or

  • not being a team player.

  • Four, are you resilient?

  • Although burnout is a systemic issue, personal responsibility and resilience are necessary

  • to not only survive, but thrive, as a future doctor.

  • The challenges you face may be unfair, but you still have to take action in order to

  • do something about them.

  • Would you be happy as a doctor?

  • Let me know with a comment below.

Would you be happy as a doctor?

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