What year of medicine are you in right now?
Gap year between 3rd year and 4th year.
What area of medicine do you work in or want to work in?
GP or ACCS
What area of medicine do you find most interesting?
Neurology, Systems Pathology, Cardiology, Anatomy
Which area of the country to work in?
If I stay in the UK, it's got to be London. Anywhere else = unacceptable. I want to spend time abroad too, particularly the UAE and/or Australia, Singapore, Malaysia.
How do you cope with the unique emotional pressures of being a medic?
Listen to lots of music, watch sitcoms and lots of films. Performing arts - have appeared in 2 Bollywood films so far and want to commit to it more seriously in the future. Enjoy the hot weather during revision time. Gym, travel and play sports.
Do you remember the moment you first decided to do medicine? If so, what was it?
Too far back to remember. But it must have been because I lost interest in English Literature and Architecture, which I was interested in before Medicine.
Is anyone else in your family a medic?
Grandmother's cousins are a big family of doctors. My 3rd cousin studies Medicine at Cambridge. No-one in my immediate family but some of my first cousins (younger) hoping to do Medicine in the future.
Do you always plan to be a medic, or do you have a secret second career planned?
Don't want to be a doctor for the rest of my life. I'm an actor and dancer so I hope to pursue those professionally once I have a degree and/or a few years of work under my belt.
What is your favourite medical profession TV show or film?
House MD, 24 Hours In A&E, Junior Doctors
Have you ever appeared on 24 hours in A&E?
No
On a scale of 1 (not real) - 10 (completely real), how realistic is Holby City?
3