If You Couldn't Do Medicine, Which Profession/career Would You Choose?

[Organic Chemistry]

This is obviously a joke, please don't get offended

[Mithril]

I probably would've either gone into PT if I still wanted to do something involved with health, or gone into something related to astronomy if I wanted to upgrade my minor and pursue a different avocation.

[FeelingTheBern]

Would have probably gotten an MBA and worked in health admin/hospital management

[rmorelan]

It is good to have backups (software engineer)

[ellorie]

I would have gone the grad school route and either done clinical psychology or an MSW.

[forensicmed]

Vet for sure. Worked in allied healthcare before medicine... was not great. 

[rmorelan]

Vet for sure. Worked in allied healthcare before medicine... was not great. 

 

what didn't you like about it?

[forensicmed]

I didn't have a lot of autonomy and wasn't happy in my very narrow scope of practice haha  

[codebar]

Mechanical engineering or bioengineering. Two very fascinating fields, but I wanted to work mostly with people not a computer. I'm glad I matched to a speciality where I can use a bit of engineering concepts.

[rmorelan]

I didn't have a lot of autonomy and wasn't happy in my very narrow scope of practice haha

 

Fair enough One thing I don't think we do well enough is explaining all the other options. It is good to see how the other half lives 

[forensicmed]

Fair enough One thing I don't think we do well enough is explaining all the other options. It is good to see how the other half lives 

 

I 100% agree. At my medical school I host a career panel annually for undergrad students at the affiliated University to see what other career options are out there besides medicine. 

[rmorelan]

I 100% agree. At my medical school I host a career panel annually for undergrad students at the affiliated University to see what other career options are out there besides medicine. 

 

....and there are tons! Glad to see options are presented - complete access to information and all that  

[GH0ST]

Which option would biostatistics be best under? 

 

- G

[Organic Chemistry]

Which option would biostatistics be best under? 

 

- G

Good question, I would say biomedical sciences, but could be debatable. 

[NutritionRunner]

I chose not to pursue medicine in favour of allied health. No regrets. I love my job, have tons of autonomy, and have physician colleagues who actively seek out my advice and make referrals to me. I'd probably feel differently if I worked in a hospital, but working in the community, I couldn't be happier.

[Anti_Dentite]

.

[Birdy]

Absolutely would've done medical physics if not medicine. 

[distressedpremed]

optometry 

[NLengr]

Fighter pilot

[Scorbix]

I would be working as a PT, since I completed my MPT immediately before entering medical school.

[Bambi]

Vet. I love animals.

[End Poverty]

hmm.. that is a difficult question. There are so many careers that I can see myself doing:

 

- A psychologist - One of the main things that I look for in a career is relationship building, and making a difference in client's lives. I feel that psychologists are very privileged to be able to support clients in their life's journeys, and be there for them. Also, people say that I am great listener, so I can totally see myself as a psychologist. 

 

- Social Worker - I have worked with social workers for so many years, and I have seen how social workers make a difference in other people's lives.  I admire the counselling portion of their job, and social work is something that I can see myself doing.

 

- Teacher - I have been teaching for so many years, and most of my students really appreciate how I teach concepts and simplify things for them. I remember few days ago, one of the parents of the kids that I teach told me that the only teacher that his son (9 year old) likes is me, and he was trying to convince me to become a teacher.  He was saying that I am the only person that his son listens to lol. 

 

- Public health- I really like studying about the social determinants of health, and public health policy. I see myself doing a lot of advocacy work in the community.

[HiHopes]

I would go a completely​ different way. I'd like to be involved in cinema, music or a career that'd allow me to travel far and wide and get to know different cultures better.

[Wasteman]

Artist/concept artist/ Teacher/ Studio owner -I would be an artist, but I already have a 10 year goal. Firstly, I would quit all other work obligations and devote at least 10 hours per day to increasing my technical ability. From there I would work with a big name entertainment company like Blizzard or Riot Games. From there I would rise through years, and then leave after a year to two to study at an atelier. From there I would look for teaching positions at a university of some sort. Next I would try to build my own studio. Here I would hire young developing artists and train them so that they add to the substance of the studio

 

Sociological research - Here I would do years and years of work dedicated to certain things not really discussed yet, like the correlative factors between violence and poverty, and violence and developing countries the role identiry and religion plays in each of those

 

Critical Theorist - Honestly, I would probably be an activist of some sort, something along the lines of noam Choamsky or Yves Engler. A better Slavoj Žižek

[cookiemonster99]

I probably would have chosen mechanic!

 

I'm way too hands on to be a medical doctor anyways....I feel like I need to be doing something with my hands everyday

 

I have no clue about the world of engineering....that world is like a different language to me so maybe i'll look into engineering?