dayokanu: OP,

Have you tried to write the USMLE and get into residency?

I am thinking of the years and finances you have invested into this medicine and not just throw it away.

If you ar in the US, Medicine can be a very financial rewarding field.

You can google annual salary of doctors maybe that would motivate you

annoymous:

Yh. I av written and passed d first 2 steps.

jay2k: if i may ask.wats dis job satisfaction Is it dat u ve applied ur sef so well yet u dont get it ryt or u dont satisfy ur patients by @ least makin dem get well nd happy,or wat ?? Cos am sure dea is dis inner joy attached to makin som1 or a family hapy..jst by virtue of treatin d patients.xept if ur clinical IQ is so shallow else i c no reason y u would want to opt out cos am sure its fun wen u get it ryt bro...come to tink of it y pet-eng ?? R u certain of a job to do as soon as u r out of skul??lots of dem r out dea lookin for job as against d Drs cos u'll feel mor pain wen u come out nd stay @ home for a peroid looking for job wen u hav a medical knowledge...bro plz eehh!! Jst calm down nd weigh ur options in d medical field nd folow 1,say MPH if u dont lik clinical practice but for pet-engn broda dea is neva any sense in doing dat @ all !!!..wyl doing it try nd put in ur mind nd do it well so dat u will enjoy it cos its natural to enjoy somtin wen u do it well nd make pepl involved happy... U can still ryt ur primaries with either national or west african college nd do a residence studies in com-med u will ve more oportunities i tink u will acqure more knowledge,, nd also get a true understanding of life as u advance in d study nd age cos emotions seems to be d determinant of wat u do..but gaze wat ?? Its not very healthy for u kkk... my opinion though

annoymous:

U make me laugh. Clinical IQ?? Lyk srzly. So u feel once u r good at medicine, u won't wanna quit? No offence, but it sounds like something my dad would say - just keep learning, you'll eventually love it. My wanting to leave medicine has nothing to do with my clinical ineptness, if there's anything like that.

gtrust: I need to know a few things before I can make a suggestion:

1- who sponsored you through medical school
2- who is going sponsor you through 5 years engineering course
3- what about all the specialties in medicine: prosthetic medicine (no blood here), orthopaedic (bone and blood)
radiology (no blood), psychiatry, public health they're so many and if you're abroad...
4- what do you want from engineering salary

Bros,it seems you're a rich kid. Get your folks to send you abroad and go specialise and start making good money!
Engineering etc = zombie around.
Make progress and build on your foundation (medicine which you spent a minimum of 6 years to study)

Jongrac: What we see from the outside is usually not what it is when one gets to the inside. I am concerned that you've been way too long on the inside to know how medicine works, you should have fallen in love or developed love for medicine through the many years of perseverance and study - or could it be you bought your way through medical school and now afraid of defending your cert?
If NO, then go find out how you could love the course you spent a good number of your years on earth studying, don't use other people's story as a basis for switching. It may not work for you, and if it happens, I can only think of one word in the end - FRUSTRATION.

tpia@:


If the solution involves thinking you have to go back to secondary school level after getting a degree in medicine, then its either the med school he attended is questionable, or its just a case of nlers and their devious habit of using other people's stories online.

annoymous: I'm a 25 yr old medical doctor who recently concluded the compulsory one year NYSC. I am not particularly happy with medicine and I think I only became a doctor due to family/environmental pressure. I have a fairly nicely paying job so it ain't about the pay.

I'm going for a Masters in Public Health this fall in a highly reputed university and am now thinking of starting over. write the SAT, and go back for a first degree in petroleum engineering.

I want a job I'll be happy doing for the rest of my life. better late than never, I guess. what are your thoughts? thanks a mil

ay pumpin: Gud luck..but wat abt Τ̲̅ђe stuffs

guchieberry: @Jongrac, u're so right. I'm a doctor by profession and I completely understood the point u're trying to make here. This issue if well dissected, the cause of dissatisfaction wld nt tak long to surface

annoymous:
What exactly are you talking about? If I want to go for a 2nd bachelor's degree in Nigeria, what exam will I write? Jamb, ain't it? Does that mean I'm going back to secondary school 'level'?

annoymous:

Yh. I av written and passed d first 2 steps.

dayokanu:

When you get to the US schedule your CS and write step 3. Maybe you can match and get into residency

What makes you think you have a passion for Petroleum Engineering

Lagusta:

plss dont think about the money ooo, not all oil geeks are rich ooo, my elder bro had a neighbour once that worked in chevron, this guy is paid 750K a month, but this guy still lives from hand to mouth, after a week, money don finish, no savings, borow money to fuel his car, etc.......

tpia@:


Oh boy.

You will write jamb to get into a second degree in nigeria?

Are you joking or something?

tpia@:


Indeed you have.

annoymous: I'm a 25 yr old medical doctor who recently concluded the compulsory one year NYSC. I am not particularly happy with medicine and I think I only became a doctor due to family/environmental pressure. I have a fairly nicely paying job so it ain't about the pay.

I'm going for a Masters in Public Health this fall in a highly reputed university and am now thinking of starting over. write the SAT, and go back for a first degree in petroleum engineering.

I want a job I'll be happy doing for the rest of my life. better late than never, I guess. what are your thoughts? thanks a mil

annoymous: I'm a 25 yr old medical doctor who recently concluded the compulsory one year NYSC. I am not particularly happy with medicine and I think I only became a doctor due to family/environmental pressure. I have a fairly nicely paying job so it ain't about the pay.

I'm going for a Masters in Public Health this fall in a highly reputed university and am now thinking of starting over. write the SAT, and go back for a first degree in petroleum engineering.

I want a job I'll be happy doing for the rest of my life. better late than never, I guess. what are your thoughts? thanks a mil

tpia@:


Indeed you have.

bigboss80s:
I guess we r are in the same boat. I'm 25 as well studied abroad and I'm doing my housejob in Nigeria but I'm just disillusioned with medicine. Its frustrating when you see what your friends who either quit medicine or just read other courses are doing with their lives and you are just stuck in this rut called medicine. Trust me majority of the doctors who say they enjoy what they do are saying so because they have resigned themselves to their fate.
The funny thing is remaining a doctor should be a no-brainer for me since my dad is a surgeon and owns a reputable hospital in this country. And all I would need to do is 'take over' when I have specialized. But with every passing day I just realize more that this isn't what I really want to do. I'm tired of living up to other people's eXpectations. I'll be going for an MPH next year in the UK where it takes 1yr as opposed to 2 in the US and that's the end of practicing core medicine for me.
'When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.'
Good luck bro.

annoymous:

Woooow. U have no idea - meeehn. As in, DAT could easily av been me posting what u just did. My dad z a surgeon too and infact, I work for him ATM. And evry body just expects me to grow up and become him as if his life needs mine to be complete. When I say everybody I mean my dad, family friends, some of his patients - its distressing. most schools in the US offer an 18mth - 2yr MPH but i got admitted into one of the top tier schools that offer a 1 yr MPH. A few schools offer a one year mph in the US JHU, Harvard, I fink Colombia too. Thanks for sharing.