All current and finished med students- Is it all worth it?

it is possible to get married whilst you are in med school and its happened before. also, if you get into medicine in your first try and you do not have to retake any years then you will graduate at 23, do your F1 and earn about 23-25k (but it varies from palcement to placement) but this wage will continue to increase over the years (some consultants earn over 150-200k, but it takes a really long time to become a consultant), so effectively you have a job at 23 which isn't that bad, but true, the working hours are HORRIBLE.

Yeah but im kind of thinking wouldnt it be hard to juggle a relationship and a massive work load?
Anyways thanks for the reply i actually didn't know that you have a job at 23 i thought there was years of training etc.

if you spend about 1 hour going over the work for the day then you will have time. i mean, my cousin went to birmingham and he went to night clubs 3-4 times every week so it's definitely do-able.

your foundation years are your 2 years of training but you still get paid and from my work experience in a gp surgery, the f1/f2 doctors think of it as proper work.

I just finished my GCSEs and got 7A*s and 4As.. i was delighted with this because i always wanted to do medicine and it means i (hopefully) have set off on the right path to getting there.. although i do know a-levels are a different story! Anyway, after i got my results i started seriously thinking about medicine... like really seriously. I mean 5years at uni (thats IF you get in!).. 2 years placement... then i think if you want to specialise its another few years!.. and the average debt med students leave uni with is between 20-50 thousand! so that means by the time i would be fully qualified i'd be about 30... swallowed in debt and only earning a starting wage and working AWFUL hours....
and in the midst of all that id like to get married etc!

Eek!.. i mean i know it would be such a rewarding job and i would love to work in the hospital environment and feel like i;m making an impact on peoples lives.. but id just like to know from current med students or recently qualified doctors...

is it all really worth it?
is the work load totally unbearable?
do you still have time for a social life/ boyfriends etc?

and lastly anyone who thinks i'm totally over thinking this just tell me to wise up... apply... if i get in-great... go for it and see if i like it.

Thanks. sorry its soo long.

Im not a med student, but..the hours doctors (well the f1's and f2's i know) aren't "awful" they're just not structured and are bitty, but aren't god awful and a lot more professions do a LOT worse hours! Plus the wage isn't half bad aswell..a lot more graduates earn far less, and all the f1's i know are living fairly comfortable lives lol

Sorry to keep annoying you but when you decided to do medicine were you ABSOLUTELY sure you'd make a good doctor, you could handle the pressure etc... or did you have your doubts and applied anyway? Thanks

lol, i can't say i'm a med student, i'm probs at the same stage as you XD

imo no one who goes into medicine is certain that they will handle the pressure and that they will be able to cope but they are certain that medicine is something that they enjoy and something that they are interested in. doing something you enjoy 12 hours per day is easier to do than going into a career which you hate and work 7 hours a day which is why i have my mind set on medicine. most careers are with you for life and if you can't enjoy it then it's basically a slow torture. during the same gp surgery work experience i did over the summer holidays, I spoke to one of the GPs and he said that he had been working in that gp for around 7 years and he still looks forward to each working day. This particular GP had a full schedule for most of the time I was there so the pressure must have been huge.

Hope i've helped you in some shape or form.

Yes to all.

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Yeah but im kind of thinking wouldnt it be hard to juggle a relationship and a massive work load?
Anyways thanks for the reply i actually didn't know that you have a job at 23 i thought there was years of training etc.

Im not a med student, but..the hours doctors (well the f1's and f2's i know) aren't "awful" they're just not structured and are bitty, but aren't god awful and a lot more professions do a LOT worse hours! Plus the wage isn't half bad aswell..a lot more graduates earn far less, and all the f1's i know are living fairly comfortable lives lol

You would see the wages side, and not the **** involved to get to it. Typical.

No I hear about the **** to get involved to it always, they're always moaning but its not as if they're living like other graduates..most of the ones I know live in the posh side of town, some even have mortgages..afford weddings and 2 f1's on my ward atm are going to maurittas for 2 weeks..

I just finished my GCSEs and got 7A*s and 4As.. i was delighted with this because i always wanted to do medicine and it means i (hopefully) have set off on the right path to getting there.. although i do know a-levels are a different story! Anyway, after i got my results i started seriously thinking about medicine... like really seriously. I mean 5years at uni (thats IF you get in!).. 2 years placement... then i think if you want to specialise its another few years!.. and the average debt med students leave uni with is between 20-50 thousand! so that means by the time i would be fully qualified i'd be about 30... swallowed in debt and only earning a starting wage and working AWFUL hours....
and in the midst of all that id like to get married etc!

Eek!.. i mean i know it would be such a rewarding job and i would love to work in the hospital environment and feel like i;m making an impact on peoples lives.. but id just like to know from current med students or recently qualified doctors...

is it all really worth it?
is the work load totally unbearable?
do you still have time for a social life/ boyfriends etc?

and lastly anyone who thinks i'm totally over thinking this just tell me to wise up... apply... if i get in-great... go for it and see if i like it.

Thanks. sorry its soo long.

Yes but I think you don't really understand the process. 5 years of medical school then you qualify,i.e. you ARE a doctor. Then you start work! So you can do all the grown up **** you like (get married, house, kids bla bla). You are still working as a doctor all the way through postgraduate training, "end of your training" means you get your CCT and get a consultant position, tis all.

I can't say if it is all worth it, ask the q. people

It has unique difficulties, I have to admit, that is why most medical students tend to stick together. For example, all the GMC/professionalism/fitness to practice makes you a bit more aware of your activities, you have usually lots of travelling to do, when you get to clinical years your year gets broken up and sent off to far flung hospitals, making it difficult but not impossible to keep up relationships and friendships and sporting commitments etc.