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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by HighIQ(m): 11:05am On Jan 26, 2016
Gbsks:
na 6 fresh years oh
I thought dey don catapult am to 7 years ni
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Gbsks: 11:42am On Jan 26, 2016
HighIQ:
I thought dey don catapult am to 7 years ni
yes, but mdcn is strongly against it. So it's still 6yrs
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by labodinho: 1:12pm On Jan 26, 2016
tommyBaba:
the question to Unilag Medical students in the group.. I heard that 100level exams are objectives all through.. Pls, how true is that?

100L Exams are all Objectives.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by labodinho: 1:16pm On Jan 26, 2016
Hello Medics,here is another Article from a First year Medical student,UNIBEN.

HASSLES OF A 100LEVEL MEDICAL STUDENT.

As we’ve previously read Life as a Basic Medical Student ,here is another one of its kind but based on the Pre-Med. year in school.Let’s read…

*People Assume You Are Extremely Intelligent Because You Wear Glasses.
A Lecturer once called on me to answer a question this way ;

“Girl on glasses, it is a widely held belief that people wear specs due to
stress from reading too much,so prove me right”.

I was so dumbfounded that day ehn,but thank God I... https://unilaglabodinho./2016/01/26/hassles-of-a-100level-medical-student/#more-680

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by tommyBaba: 1:17pm On Jan 26, 2016
labodinho:

100L Exams are all Objectives.
.. Thanks Bro..
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by labodinho: 1:19pm On Jan 26, 2016
tommyBaba:
.. Thanks Bro..

You're welcome.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Major0303(m): 4:01pm On Jan 26, 2016
Please am an MBBS aspirant. How many years is MBBS nw?
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by GideonOmach(m): 5:58pm On Jan 26, 2016
Fabeh15:
I studied very hard for 2015 utme and scored 264, wrote post utme and had 76/100. Due to some political reasons, I wasn't offered medicine rather I was given Human Physiology to study. Though I intend starting HPYS, I have registered for 2016 JAMB. My problem now is that I feel lazy and reluctant preparing harder for this exam and my schedules are quite tight. Pls, my dear friends I need counselling?

Hmmmm!!! Bro. It's a pity we have such systems in Nigeria and in a country that at least tries to set the pace for Africa or encompasses what the African continent and its pride holDs!
But I'll tell you this, that dreams doesnt have to end because we are woken up or that some external elements disturb it!
This is our dream, it's not theirs and we for no abstract reasons should resolve to ourselves from the enthusiasm that has held us from when it began in us!
There are so many discouragements but I ceased to be encouraged by those discouragements instead and only to God do I trust my cause!
I dare you to try that!!
We are the pitied ones, we are the mourning ones being sympathized with for the lives we have chosen to live, for where we have chosen to stay ourselves!
Be there condolences from friends, we have chosen our stay!
Be there counsels from our dear families, we have chosen what living is worth dying for(a life that hasn't found what it's worth dying for is not worth living - Martin Luther King!),
a place our souls have found to rest and do service to our mourning humanity and our glorified Lord of hosts!
Be there Compensations from the dear government, we have chosen what life means for us!
We'll keep pursuing till it comes to sight!
We are the great dreamers envisaging the awakening of sacrifice to cherish!
We are the great medics yet to start living this life ascribed to medicine..
This is our dream, this is our chance to live, to love!
To feel the throbes of pain impaired with our touch, to gladden the heart of the hopeless, to incite hope in the sorrowful, to the fill trust in our patients!!
This is our compensation!!
We may have been called Jamb-imputed names: "Jamb boy", "Jamb girl" The likes!, it doesn't stop us,it didn't stop us!!
It doesn't define us 'cos
They don't understand, they only see!!
We are getting experience, they are counting time, life is progressing for us,
They stop, to count escapades yet!

Too much of literature above brethren!
It's time we step on it brothers and sisters,....
With God on our side we are not just launching in for a quest but a conquest 'cos we are more than conquerors...
Soon, we'll stand/sit having people at our feet to tell of our journey thus far and how it all began,..
Children will read our stories as comprehension in their textbooks and tell their friends about it and adults will read magazines and publications, and archives that'd reorient them of life!!
Wynston once said: "Successful people are people who move from failure to failure without loosing enthusiasm" - paraphrased!
In
the end we'll see that life is a seasonal movie listing episodes of adventures and flaws, and we are the major characters, not extras but until the viewers reach the end, we
have morals, lessons and educating to impart;
We have loins to strengthen!

Still on one of these episodes of adventures versus flaws and blames,
Youngman @ Fabeh, Similar Gentlemen and Young ladies in these shoes of different sizes,
We these great medics, we
have a lot of patients Providence has elected us to attend to, what'd become of them if we relax or divert?
What would be our answers to those questions of life? That along the line, the journey became boring? Or we lost enthusiasm for the flight?

Dare your fears, dare your complacency, dare your lethargy, confront your apathy, soot it with a salve of Looking beyond now, an ointment of dares!!

"It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want".

Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)


Enjoy your adventure medics!!

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Fabeh15(m): 7:20pm On Jan 26, 2016
GideonOmach:


Hmmmm!!! Bro. It's a pity we have such systems in Nigeria and in a country that at least tries to set the pace for Africa or encompasses what the African continent and its pride holDs!
But I'll tell you this, that dreams doesnt have to end because we are woken up or that some external elements disturb it!
This is our dream, it's not theirs and we for no abstract reasons should resolve to ourselves from the enthusiasm that has held us from when it began in us!
There are so many discouragements but I ceased to be encouraged by those discouragements instead and only to God do I trust my cause!
I dare you to try that!!
We are the pitied ones, we are the mourning ones being sympathized with for the lives we have chosen to live, for where we have chosen to stay ourselves!
Be there condolences from friends, we have chosen our stay!
Be there counsels from our dear families, we have chosen what living is worth dying for(a life that hasn't found what it's worth dying for is not worth living - Martin Luther King!),
a place our souls have found to rest and do service to our mourning humanity and our glorified Lord of hosts!
Be there Compensations from the dear government, we have chosen what life means for us!
We'll keep pursuing till it comes to sight!
We are the great dreamers envisaging the awakening of sacrifice to cherish!
We are the great medics yet to start living this life ascribed to medicine..
This is our dream, this is our chance to live, to love!
To feel the throbes of pain impaired with our touch, to gladden the heart of the hopeless, to incite hope in the sorrowful, to the fill trust in our patients!!
This is our compensation!!
We may have been called Jamb-imputed names: "Jamb boy", "Jamb girl" The likes!, it doesn't stop us,it didn't stop us!!
It doesn't define us 'cos
They don't understand, they only see!!
We are getting experience, they are counting time, life is progressing for us,
They stop, to count escapades yet!

Too much of literature above brethren!
It's time we step on it brothers and sisters,....
With God on our side we are not just launching in for a quest but a conquest 'cos we are more than conquerors...
Soon, we'll stand/sit having people at our feet to tell of our journey thus far and how it all began,..
Children will read our stories as comprehension in their textbooks and tell their friends about it and adults will read magazines and publications, and archives that'd reorient them of life!!
Wynston once said: "Successful people are people who move from failure to failure without loosing enthusiasm" - paraphrased!
In
the end we'll see that life is a seasonal movie listing episodes of adventures and flaws, and we are the major characters, not extras but until the viewers reach the end, we
have morals, lessons and educating to impart;
We have loins to strengthen!

Still on one of these episodes of adventures versus flaws and blames,
Youngman @ Fabeh, Similar Gentlemen and Young ladies in these shoes of different sizes,
We these great medics, we
have a lot of patients Providence has elected us to attend to, what'd become of them if we relax or divert?
What would be our answers to those questions of life? That along the line, the journey became boring? Or we lost enthusiasm for the flight?

Dare your fears, dare your complacency, dare your lethargy, confront your apathy, soot it with a salve of Looking beyond now, an ointment of dares!!

"It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want".

Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)


Enjoy your adventure medics!!
God bless, I feel renewed.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by labodinho: 7:39pm On Jan 26, 2016
GideonOmach:


Hmmmm!!! Bro. It's a pity we have such systems in Nigeria and in a country that at least tries to set the pace for Africa or encompasses what the African continent and its pride holDs!
But I'll tell you this, that dreams doesnt have to end because we are woken up or that some external elements disturb it!
This is our dream, it's not theirs and we for no abstract reasons should resolve to ourselves from the enthusiasm that has held us from when it began in us!
There are so many discouragements but I ceased to be encouraged by those discouragements instead and only to God do I trust my cause!
I dare you to try that!!
We are the pitied ones, we are the mourning ones being sympathized with for the lives we have chosen to live, for where we have chosen to stay ourselves!
Be there condolences from friends, we have chosen our stay!
Be there counsels from our dear families, we have chosen what living is worth dying for(a life that hasn't found what it's worth dying for is not worth living - Martin Luther King!),
a place our souls have found to rest and do service to our mourning humanity and our glorified Lord of hosts!
Be there Compensations from the dear government, we have chosen what life means for us!
We'll keep pursuing till it comes to sight!
We are the great dreamers envisaging the awakening of sacrifice to cherish!
We are the great medics yet to start living this life ascribed to medicine..
This is our dream, this is our chance to live, to love!
To feel the throbes of pain impaired with our touch, to gladden the heart of the hopeless, to incite hope in the sorrowful, to the fill trust in our patients!!
This is our compensation!!
We may have been called Jamb-imputed names: "Jamb boy", "Jamb girl" The likes!, it doesn't stop us,it didn't stop us!!
It doesn't define us 'cos
They don't understand, they only see!!
We are getting experience, they are counting time, life is progressing for us,
They stop, to count escapades yet!

Too much of literature above brethren!
It's time we step on it brothers and sisters,....
With God on our side we are not just launching in for a quest but a conquest 'cos we are more than conquerors...
Soon, we'll stand/sit having people at our feet to tell of our journey thus far and how it all began,..
Children will read our stories as comprehension in their textbooks and tell their friends about it and adults will read magazines and publications, and archives that'd reorient them of life!!
Wynston once said: "Successful people are people who move from failure to failure without loosing enthusiasm" - paraphrased!
In
the end we'll see that life is a seasonal movie listing episodes of adventures and flaws, and we are the major characters, not extras but until the viewers reach the end, we
have morals, lessons and educating to impart;
We have loins to strengthen!

Still on one of these episodes of adventures versus flaws and blames,
Youngman @ Fabeh, Similar Gentlemen and Young ladies in these shoes of different sizes,
We these great medics, we
have a lot of patients Providence has elected us to attend to, what'd become of them if we relax or divert?
What would be our answers to those questions of life? That along the line, the journey became boring? Or we lost enthusiasm for the flight?

Dare your fears, dare your complacency, dare your lethargy, confront your apathy, soot it with a salve of Looking beyond now, an ointment of dares!!

"It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want".

Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)


Enjoy your adventure medics!!

I'm nt done reading your first paragraph before I knew u were the one written.Nice one bro.Do you write?

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Nobody: 8:00pm On Jan 26, 2016
Please guys I need help........ Am an aspirant... MBBS to be precise... I have been preparing towards jamb, but I do not attend lessons, my friends that attend lessons tell me it is very necessary to score high in jamb.... Please is it really very important to attend lessons??.. And is it true you must attend lessons to score high in jamb??.... Please, please and please answer my questions and you can share your story..... Thanks and remain blessed..
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by SDAC: 8:46pm On Jan 26, 2016
Fabeh15:
I studied very hard for 2015 utme and scored 264, wrote post utme and had 76/100. Due to some political reasons, I wasn't offered medicine rather I was given Human Physiology to study. Though I intend starting HPYS, I have registered for 2016 JAMB. My problem now is that I feel lazy and reluctant preparing harder for this exam and my schedules are quite tight. Pls, my dear friends I need counselling?
hello friend I share your pain cause we are on d same train though u did better Dan me what institution pls? Sincerely if I am 2 advice u I would say u should go 4 physiology I know its not funny but sincerely I will advice u 2 go bcox u are not so sure of ur fate in dis upcoming jamb but u ve an opportunity already as shakesspare said there is a tide in d affairs of men which if taken at d flood leads on 2 fortune but of omitted, all there life is bound in shallows nd miseries. I tink u ve an opportunity nd I tink u should take it. Though physiology is not all dat good in Nigeria but after it u can go 4 D.E in medicine also since u are very gud u can work so hard 2 b d best in d uni. Nd mayb u can b retained in d uni. Above all b very prayerful nd pls make a pact with God nd know his purpose 4 ur lyf. Also ask experienced pple questions.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by GideonOmach(m): 9:08pm On Jan 26, 2016
Fabeh15:
God bless, I feel renewed.

It's a privilege Sir!! Thanks very much!!

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by markovnikov(m): 10:00pm On Jan 26, 2016
tommyBaba:
the question to Unilag Medical students in the group.. I heard that 100level exams are objectives all through.. Pls, how true is that?




Yep... Except phs103
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by GideonOmach(m): 11:18pm On Jan 26, 2016
labodinho:


I'm nt done reading your first paragraph before I knew u were the one written.Nice one bro.Do you write?

Yes Sir! Little at least not to be on the wordsmith side or the ignorance side of it! I'm a learner Sir!
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by GideonOmach(m): 11:42pm On Jan 26, 2016
durels101:
Please guys I need help........ Am an aspirant... MBBS to be precise... I have been preparing towards jamb, but I do not attend lessons, my friends that attend lessons tell me it is very necessary to score high in jamb.... Please is it really very important to attend lessons??.. And is it true you must attend lessons to score high in jamb??.... Please, please and please answer my questions and you can share your story..... Thanks and remain blessed..

Durels I know you na! Why the shakings and fear? You're not a newbie in this race na?
Alright, but the thing is it's not compulsory but it's necessary to attend extra-murals and do extra works by your own self too.. But if you're convinced personal studies can sustain you considering the quest before us, fine!! Carry on!
Most times, for serious science students, they leave studies for a long while before checking in again and in those whiles, the scientific information we have gathered over the years depreciate because it's not renewed and so we suffer unenthusiasm, and lack of interest in studies even when we have the time! So in most cases 4 out of 5, what extramurals help do is to regenerate interest and love for studies and works again... So, if your reading structure is tenacious and strong.. Carry on.. I bet you.. You'll mourn Jamb and pay tribute to it next year with your matric uniform!!
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Fabeh15(m): 12:11am On Jan 27, 2016
SDAC:
hello friend I share your pain cause we are on d same train though u did better Dan me what institution pls? Sincerely if I am 2 advice u I would say u should go 4 physiology I know its not funny but sincerely I will advice u 2 go bcox u are not so sure of ur fate in dis upcoming jamb but u ve an opportunity already as shakesspare said there is a tide in d affairs of men which if taken at d flood leads on 2 fortune but of omitted, all there life is bound in shallows nd miseries. I tink u ve an opportunity nd I tink u should take it. Though physiology is not all dat good in Nigeria but after it u can go 4 D.E in medicine also since u are very gud u can work so hard 2 b d best in d uni. Nd mayb u can b retained in d uni. Above all b very prayerful nd pls make a pact with God nd know his purpose 4 ur lyf. Also ask experienced pple questions.
True talk my dear, I appreciate.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by NeonDee(m): 12:14am On Jan 27, 2016
Jason555:

https://apostlefactz./2016/01/23/i-dont-think-im-perfect-before-god/#comments




A must read for all..
Believe me, you'll enjoy it...
Indeed, I enjoyed it! I need more of these words now cos each time I look at my self I see frustration trying to get grip of me.....

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by SDAC: 5:47am On Jan 27, 2016
NeonDee:

Indeed, I enjoyed it! I need more of these words now cos each time I look at my self I see frustration trying to get grip of me.....
true talk Oga Jason I dough my cap for you.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by labodinho: 6:56am On Jan 27, 2016
GideonOmach:


Yes Sir! Little at least not to be on the wordsmith side or the ignorance side of it! I'm a learner Sir!

hmm...It's quite obvious you write but you don't seem a learner to me anyways.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Aphex(m): 8:21am On Jan 27, 2016
Fabeh15:
God bless, I feel renewed.
. Hi... Could we talk in private? I wanna ask u some questions about the Jamb exam u wrote last year and how u were able to score so high.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Fabeh15(m): 8:36am On Jan 27, 2016
Aphex:
. Hi... Could we talk in private? I wanna ask u some questions about the Jamb exam u wrote last year and how u were able to score so high.
k, send a pm
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by GideonOmach(m): 10:42am On Jan 27, 2016
labodinho:


hmm...It's quite obvious you write but you don't seem a learner to me anyways.

Laughs! Thanks though Sir.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Vcojuro: 12:01pm On Jan 27, 2016
IS MEDICINE A CHOICE OR A CALLING.
Over the last couple months, I have often been asked
what I plan to do as a recent college graduate. My
response has been that I will be attending medical school
in Chicago.
“Oh! Medical school!” many exclaim as their eyes light up,
“So you’re going to be a rich doctor.”
This response as well as most others I have received
seemed to imply that medicine is an ideal profession if
one is gifted enough to pursue it. Medicine has had the
luxury of being one of the great professions within
societies throughout history, along with practitioners in
areas such as law and religion. Though some may argue
that modernism has significantly transformed these
historic societal roles, there is still a great deal of respect
and prestige commanded by these positions. Perhaps my
view is a bit romanticized, but I think there is value in
viewing our future physicians as being called to the
medical field to share their talents and abilities rather than
being gifted enough to pursue professional prestige and a
high salary.
This distinction seems particularly important for
professions which deal in the treatment of people. To heal
a person, whether it be his body or soul, requires both
additional humility and more carefully defined goals. The
former is well reflected in the old adage, “With great
power comes great responsibility.” Work which affects the
lives of other human beings carries with it additional
moral and ethical weight.
The second requirement is a result of the former. If a car
is broken, for example, it is usually easy to identify one’s
options and the implications of such decisions. This is not
the case for a human being with a diverse array of needs
from physiological to psycho-social. Thus these
professions require careful deliberations to determine
appropriate goals and limits, and without those goals and
limits, there is a greater risk for a lack of congruency,
leading to disagreements about the correct place of such
professions in a given society.
Approaching a field such as medicine as a simple choice
may undermine the humility it requires and further
complicate our attempts to define its goals and limits.
Studies continue to suggest that a substantial percent of
physicians are dissatisfied with their profession due to
pay and a growing gap between professional and personal
expectations. I think physicians and their patients may be
expecting infallible medical professionals who operate
independently and achieve financial benefits, whereas
modern medical practice continues to demand
collaboration and greater humility.
If I felt that I chose medicine to achieve some personal
gain, I would be more likely to expect personal benefits
which outweigh my sacrifices. Approaching the medical
field as a calling shifts one’s focus to the positive impact
one can make in his/her community, which may add both
to the satisfaction of medical practitioners as well as their
patients.
Before the remarkable technological growth of the last
century, the medical field was limited in its power. Today
nearly every known condition has a course of treatment,
many with high rates of success. This newly obtained
power has sparked a number of debates over the last few
decades about the proper limits and goals of medicine. It
is curious to me that conversations surrounding
healthcare reform seem primarily concerned with money.
It seems that for many economic concerns define the
proper place of medicine and we must simply balance
affordability and access with innovation.
This cannot be right. Surely we would like to believe that
our physicians sincerely care about our well-being and
are not simply trying to maximize their profits by
balancing our demand for ‘caring’ with their supply. For
this and many other reasons, medicine is unique and
economics alone will not provide us with the insight we
desire. Rather than struggling to answer each ethical
dilemma facing modern medicine individually when they
arise, I think significant insight can be gained by
attempting to trace these dilemmas back to their source
and then posing more global questions.
To do so, let us compare the field of medicine to religious
institutions. When a young man decides to become a
priest, for example, we expect that he felt called to such a
life. Yes, he likely could have pursued different
professions, but he felt a pull, perhaps even a duty, to
become a priest. When his parishioners seek his counsel,
we would expect him to be humble to the power of his
position and to provide guidance which would best serve
the souls of those individuals, according to their common
beliefs. The limits and goals of his profession are clearly
defined by the doctrines of his religious institution.
Although he serves his parishioners, he is not expected to
tell these individuals what they want to hear so much as
what they need to hear according to the teachings of their
church. Medicine shares similar requirements for humility
and clearly defined goals, yet we tend to approach this
field quite differently.
Perhaps there is something to be gained by asking
ourselves to what set of rules and principles should our
future physicians answer? I would suggest that
physicians should be servants of health and that health be
the goal and limit of medicine. Of course defining health in
a given society is no easy task; but if such a definition
was achieved and universally accepted, I believe patients’
and physicians’ expectations may converge through this
understanding, facilitating better patient-physician
relationships and overall healthcare.
Much like the priest and his parishioners, patients may
instead trust their physicians as servants of their health
rather than prestigious professionals hoping to make a lot
of money or powerful crusaders against death.

I end this with a quote which says thus "for many are called but few are chosen".
Edited and culled from Kelvinmed website.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by GideonOmach(m): 2:26pm On Jan 27, 2016
Vcojuro:
IS MEDICINE A CHOICE OR A CALLING.
Over the last couple months, I have often been asked
what I plan to do as a recent college graduate. My
response has been that I will be attending medical school
in Chicago.
“Oh! Medical school!” many exclaim as their eyes light up,
“So you’re going to be a rich doctor.”
This response as well as most others I have received
seemed to imply that medicine is an ideal profession if
one is gifted enough to pursue it. Medicine has had the
luxury of being one of the great professions within
societies throughout history, along with practitioners in
areas such as law and religion. Though some may argue
that modernism has significantly transformed these
historic societal roles, there is still a great deal of respect
and prestige commanded by these positions. Perhaps my
view is a bit romanticized, but I think there is value in
viewing our future physicians as being called to the
medical field to share their talents and abilities rather than
being gifted enough to pursue professional prestige and a
high salary.
This distinction seems particularly important for
professions which deal in the treatment of people. To heal
a person, whether it be his body or soul, requires both
additional humility and more carefully defined goals. The
former is well reflected in the old adage, “With great
power comes great responsibility.” Work which affects the
lives of other human beings carries with it additional
moral and ethical weight.
The second requirement is a result of the former. If a car
is broken, for example, it is usually easy to identify one’s
options and the implications of such decisions. This is not
the case for a human being with a diverse array of needs
from physiological to psycho-social. Thus these
professions require careful deliberations to determine
appropriate goals and limits, and without those goals and
limits, there is a greater risk for a lack of congruency,
leading to disagreements about the correct place of such
professions in a given society.
Approaching a field such as medicine as a simple choice
may undermine the humility it requires and further
complicate our attempts to define its goals and limits.
Studies continue to suggest that a substantial percent of
physicians are dissatisfied with their profession due to
pay and a growing gap between professional and personal
expectations. I think physicians and their patients may be
expecting infallible medical professionals who operate
independently and achieve financial benefits, whereas
modern medical practice continues to demand
collaboration and greater humility.
If I felt that I chose medicine to achieve some personal
gain, I would be more likely to expect personal benefits
which outweigh my sacrifices. Approaching the medical
field as a calling shifts one’s focus to the positive impact
one can make in his/her community, which may add both
to the satisfaction of medical practitioners as well as their
patients.
Before the remarkable technological growth of the last
century, the medical field was limited in its power. Today
nearly every known condition has a course of treatment,
many with high rates of success. This newly obtained
power has sparked a number of debates over the last few
decades about the proper limits and goals of medicine. It
is curious to me that conversations surrounding
healthcare reform seem primarily concerned with money.
It seems that for many economic concerns define the
proper place of medicine and we must simply balance
affordability and access with innovation.
This cannot be right. Surely we would like to believe that
our physicians sincerely care about our well-being and
are not simply trying to maximize their profits by
balancing our demand for ‘caring’ with their supply. For
this and many other reasons, medicine is unique and
economics alone will not provide us with the insight we
desire. Rather than struggling to answer each ethical
dilemma facing modern medicine individually when they
arise, I think significant insight can be gained by
attempting to trace these dilemmas back to their source
and then posing more global questions.
To do so, let us compare the field of medicine to religious
institutions. When a young man decides to become a
priest, for example, we expect that he felt called to such a
life. Yes, he likely could have pursued different
professions, but he felt a pull, perhaps even a duty, to
become a priest. When his parishioners seek his counsel,
we would expect him to be humble to the power of his
position and to provide guidance which would best serve
the souls of those individuals, according to their common
beliefs. The limits and goals of his profession are clearly
defined by the doctrines of his religious institution.
Although he serves his parishioners, he is not expected to
tell these individuals what they want to hear so much as
what they need to hear according to the teachings of their
church. Medicine shares similar requirements for humility
and clearly defined goals, yet we tend to approach this
field quite differently.
Perhaps there is something to be gained by asking
ourselves to what set of rules and principles should our
future physicians answer? I would suggest that
physicians should be servants of health and that health be
the goal and limit of medicine. Of course defining health in
a given society is no easy task; but if such a definition
was achieved and universally accepted, I believe patients’
and physicians’ expectations may converge through this
understanding, facilitating better patient-physician
relationships and overall healthcare.
Much like the priest and his parishioners, patients may
instead trust their physicians as servants of their health
rather than prestigious professionals hoping to make a lot
of money or powerful crusaders against death.

I end this with a quote which says thus "for many are called but few are chosen".
Edited and culled from Kelvinmed website.


Wow!! That's what it truly holds bro.!
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by dearpiriye: 2:31pm On Jan 27, 2016
As much as these writeups are full of sense they dont reply apply in the african setting particularly nigeria. I will love to see medicine and medical school through the eyes of nigerian medical students.

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Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Millex(m): 3:16pm On Jan 27, 2016
dearpiriye:
As much as these writeups are full of sense they dont reply apply in the african setting particularly nigeria. I will love to see medicine and medical school through the eyes of nigerian medical students.
True, our geography would have to determine our story
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by flexcalvin: 3:38pm On Jan 27, 2016
Hi guys,i need ur help on advice.I am a medical aspirant,preparing for jamb 2016.I presently manage a shop newly opened by my brother which operates 7;30am- 10:00pm due to lack of admission in the previous year 2015.I struggle to manage my study and stress @ the shop everyday,some time I don't study as a result of stress.I want to be strong to manage the both,but am getting weaker the more especially in studies. What should I do plsssss.
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Eyideejay(m): 4:10pm On Jan 27, 2016
AmbFitsaint:

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Boss Eyideejay
Once a boss is forever a boss sir!
Twale!
Whyning is prohibited here. Lol
Re: The medical students and aspirants thread by Nobody: 5:15pm On Jan 27, 2016
flexcalvin:
Hi guys,i need ur help on advice.I am a medical aspirant,preparing for jamb 2016.I presently manage a shop newly opened by my brother which operates 7;30am- 10:00pm due to lack of admission in the previous year 2015.I struggle to manage my study and stress @ the shop everyday,some time I don't study as a result of stress.I want to be strong to manage the both,but am getting weaker the more especially in studies. What should I do plsssss.
it's simple sire.... I was once in your shoes, I was dha general manager of an organization when ah was preparing for JAMB 2015 (funny right)... All you need now bro is MOTIVATION... Believe me, when there's constant motivation , believe me, you gonna be surprised at your new study habit... All you need do is get engaged with some couple of MEDICS, make sure you share same aim and vision , make your dreams be a motivation to each other and believe me, you gonna be amazed....

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