My Project
This is my Personal Project, an assignment created by the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, as an assessment task. For me, it was something that threw me into the medical world. The first thing I wanted to do was get CPR certified, because I have a grandfather who has had a coronary bypass and a friend who has ventricular tachycardia. With people that have heart conditions so close to me, I wanted to be prepared in a life-threatening situation. Despite going in for checkups and watching shows like "Scrubs", I didn't know what it took to be a doctor and whether I was actually ready to embark on this journey, that I would practically be on for the rest of my life. There are millions of people in the world that are probably in the same place that I am. I started these blogs with the intention of helping young, like-minded people with aspirations of getting involved in the medical field understand what those jobs actually entail. Even though I have always wanted to be a doctor, I was never aware of how difficult it would actually be. Shadowing Dr. Vallurupalli was the first thing that really opened my eyes to what being a doctor would actually be like. But, I didn’t want to stop there. I wanted to further my understanding of the emotional aspect of being a doctor. It is well established and accepted in our society that being a doctor is one of the strenuous jobs. However, these people are still humans and are still affected by the same set of emotions. How is it that doctors are able to cope with these and still be successful at what they do? I explored this concept by looking at many studies on this subject, specifically looking at the emotions of pain, stress, and grief. At the end of these blogs, ask yourself these 2 questions: Do I know more about the medical field than when I started? Am I more prepared to face the challenges of being a doctor? Let’s go on this journey together and delve into medicine, the mind, and me.
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