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Reply 20

islanddeserter

Because I wanna get my hands dirty!!!!

Reply 21

Renal

islanddeserter

Because I wanna get my hands dirty!!!!

Nursing...

Reply 22

Tabris

Toilet cleaning too. :biggrin:

Reply 23

bright star

i got my hands REALLY dirty in a&e on tues night.... enough to put me off medicine for life, forget a plus factor.....

Reply 24

islanddeserter

Renal

Nursing...

Done that already! :biggrin:

Reply 25

Wangers

Tabris

Toilet cleaning too. :biggrin:

reminds me of this:

Its been a long day - but this always perks me up... :biggrin:

[End shameless plug] Enjoy :biggrin:

Reply 26

Renal

If we're going to link to you tube, have some arrfockems;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KzB9l4-n5s

Reply 27

bright star

hahahahahahah

that has actually made my day!! (you can probly guess what kind of day i've had :rolleyes:

)

Reply 28

!Dermeister!

WaW

Well as the title states, Why? :confused:

I wanna do psychiatry, and i must do an MBBS first! Thats why i applied. :biggrin:

Also the fact that i can go anywhere in the world (bar a few) and i could work as a Dr.....i wish to work in Africa and the Middle East. :smile:

What about you guys!?

*Snap* same reason as yours :five:

. But I've got to keep an open mind to the other specialisms as well. :smile:

Which unis you've applied to and I take it you're doing an A Level in Psychology too :p:

Reply 29

sunspoon

Doctor Psyche

*Snap* same reason as yours :five:

. But I've got to keep an open mind to the other specialisms as well. :smile:

Which unis you've applied to and I take it you're doing an A Level in Psychology too :p:

Psychiatry? Are you mad?

Reply 30

Wangers

Renal

If we're going to link to you tube, have some arrfockems;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KzB9l4-n5s

I've split my sides and cracked a rib :frown:

Reply 31

m197

Originally Posted by WaW
i wish to work in Africa and the Middle East

at once??

well Egypt, Sudan, Algeria serve as good examples of doing it at once!Lol!

i find medicine an all rounder: varied, interesting, gives you many ladders to climb at the end, etc. but also the human body mechanisms, the way that our body can heal itself and the way doctors work to aid that. and it also carries the humaine side when dealing with patients, their families etc.

WaW- i personally think that saying i want to do medicine as a route to psychiatry seems like a bad idea to me. it could reflect that the rest of the course doesnt appeal to you at all as most of it is going to be body based. thats a personal opinion though, its your interview after all.

Reply 32

WaW™

Doctor Psyche

*Snap* same reason as yours :five:

. But I've got to keep an open mind to the other specialisms as well. :smile:

Which unis you've applied to and I take it you're doing an A Level in Psychology too :p:

No psychology!

i'll add you on MSN later.

Reply 33

Renal

Wangers

I've split my sides and cracked a rib :frown:

The last couple are the best. :wink:

I know most of them too, they're all good fun. :smile:

Reply 34

WaW™

In other news.....

Trevor McDonald is back on News at Ten.

And Martin Jol has been sacked! (disgraceful, i think the board have been real bad with him)

Reply 35

!Dermeister!

sunspoon

Psychiatry? Are you mad?

Lol typical stereotyping i know. Its always like that. The UK is crying out for Psychiatrists sub-specialising in the Child and Adolescent group. Consultant Psychiatry posts are never filled in the NHS and not much doctors specialise in this field co'z of the stigma attached to it. Fair enough. I always like the medical/biological side of psychology in combination to the core sciences. I am passionate about wanting to learn how drugs affect our system, how our mind works and its effect on our behaviour. Yeah bull**** i know :p:

I quite like the idea of prescribing antipsychotic drugs to treat mentally-diseased patients. But theres more to this career than that! I hope to do a BSc Intercalated degree in Neuroscience & Neuropsychology as well. Yeah Im aware ill be dealing with psychos and weirdos but its the passion and drive to do this career that would count the most.

A study by Kleinsmidt i think showed that roughly 30% of patients with somatic problems have an underlying psychological/psychiatric cause. And surprisingly, GP's doesn't have deep knowledge on how to spot ill patients with psychiatric problems coz they didn't specialise in it. And what more, consultant psychiatrists get paid reaaaaaally high salary by just sitting there chatting to their patients, observing and prescribing drugs. lol So no one should diss this career :p:

Hehe

Reply 36

Wangers

Renal

The last couple are the best. :wink:

I know most of them too, they're all good fun. :smile:

MD's Weekend away - I love how the guy gets to do a most amusing attempt at alphabet burp (I shouldn't laugh but...) Hope he was OK :smile:

Absolutly hilarious :biggrin:

On a wing... :smile:

Reply 37

Helenia

Doctor Psyche

You do realise that most of the answers to those questions will be "We don't really know, it might be x, y or z neurotransmitter, we can make a dodgy model in rats that might be representative, but basically we discovered most of our drugs by accident?"

A study by Kleinsmidt i think showed that roughly 30% of patients with somatic problems have an underlying psychological/psychiatric cause. And surprisingly, GP's doesn't have deep knowledge on how to spot ill patients with psychiatric problems coz they didn't specialise in it. And what more, consultant psychiatrists get paid reaaaaaally high salary by just sitting there chatting to their patients, observing and prescribing drugs. lol So no one should diss this career :p:

Hehe

GPs see a hell of a lot of mental illness. They're not specialists, but they manage something like 90% of depression cases in the community with no need for psych intervention. And if it's money you're after, I'd go for plastic surgery.

Not that this country doesn't need lots of psychiatrists (I haven't met a British-trained one in my current hospital) but pre-university is a bit early to be deciding it's the right thing for you.

Reply 38

Speedbird2008

Can't you become a clinical Psychiatrist with a degree in Psychology?

In response to OP, I am fascinated by science, and have always been interested in Medicine, from those programmes like Street Doctor ( :wink:

) to doing work experience, I know it will be the best career path for me, if I get in, that is.

Renal, what area do you want to go into in Medicine??

And Trever McDonald FTW! So much better than Mark Austin, who sounds like the world is going to end every time he opens his mouth. :rolleyes:

YAY 200th POST!! :biggrin:

Reply 39

Renal

Speedbird2006

Can't you become a clinical Psychiatrist with a degree in Psychology?No, you become a psychologist with a degree in psychology.

Renal, what area do you want to go into in Medicine??

I want to qualify first, then gas, A&E or GP (although there are plenty of other options). It depends on what I'm doing family wise, career wise and what I can get.