Becoming a Doctor

Wohoo! SPM, STPM are over!!

Now what is the next step? Medicine? Dentistry? Pharmacy? These are the highly reputable courses that one would always think of, or forced by parents at least. Haha!

There are no real exposure to the true occupational life as undergraduates just apply for it based on their excellent good results. though most colleges will have interview before admission to the courses, but that does not mean that they have fully understood the career that they want.

Now lets talk about medicine, with the title doctor, everyone around you are so proud of you. But trust me, you are probably not proud of yourself. Why?

When the Public service department gave most of the JPA scholar for an exposure in the hospitals. Still most of them, are keen on medicine. Because they have only spoken to Specialist or head of department who are always encouraging of their profession, and hence most likely they will not inform the downside of becoming a doctor.

Until they have met one of the suffering Houseman, who has joined for a year plus and almost understands fully of the whole medical system and life as a doctor. Most of them realized the misconception, and they have turned away from this profession.

These are the reasons:
1) earning lots, especially by 35 years of age, can become billionaire!!
-The truth is, you can earn only when you are specialist or a successful private General practitioner (GP). JPA scholars turned away after hearing this:
-> to become a specialist, the fastest you can become probably around 32--36. By the time you earn it, you are probably around 40++!
-> To become GP, completion of compulsory service is necessary, 4 years ( including housemanship) of compulsory service which leads to the age of around 30-32, and before opening a clinic, all your savings will be drain out to set up a GP clinic!

2)Good life?
- quite good if you are bachelor forever, loves to stay and hang out in the hospital.
- most of our specialist, married late or still an available bachelor. Knowing the fact that elderly primi(1st pregnancy in old age), especially >35 years of age, there will be increase incidents of Down syndromes or mental retarded child.
- there no quality time with family at all.

3) medical education in private itself, will cause you bucks!! before you could earn, you have already loss all the money- current price is around RM 300,000++. ( unless you got a place in local university)

there are more, I am sure most of you out there already knew. But if any queries, please do not hesitate to have Q and A with me.

Therefore, think twice. Unless you are willing to go all the way for it, give a try and sacrifice with passion, i will encourage too. But decide wisely and there will be no turning back.


All staffs are awaiting the arrival of emergency patient, fun colleagues though.