Future Profession

For me, I will not be entering the workforce after I receive my Bachelors Degree. I plan on entering Medical School in the next 4 years. I have the dreams of becoming an Anesthesiologist. Ever since I can remember all i have wanted to do is become a doctor. I know there will be people that will read this saying "doctor yeah right". But its cool I like when people doubt me, it fuels my internal fire and gets me going. The challenge is there but I know I will do it. "brick wall are there for a reason; they show you how bad you want something".

The pitfalls of being an anesthesiologist is that it is a time consuming job. You have to go to school for eight years plus residency. On top of that it is a highly demanding and stressful job. The patent's life is in your hands during the operation. The medical malpractice insurance is extremely expensive. There are pretty much nothing stopping this profession to be available unless robots are created to administer anesthesia. Still, you would need a medical professional to watch the robot to make sure it didn't glitch or brake down. As long as you have sick people needing surgery you will always have a job. With the baby boomers growing older and more unhealthy obese people, there will be a demand for Anesthesiologists. As for job advancements, You can be the head anesthesiologist in the hospital but once you are an anesthesiologist there not much advancement. What can help you get into med school is to volunteer, shadow doctors, and take on leadership roles in the community.

I'm fortunate in a way that I have already made connections in the medical field so early in my life. Last spring when i was in high school the career specialist landed me a chance to shadow Dr. Gubbini. Dr. Gubini is a brilliant Anesthesiologist that graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with internship and residency at Shands. He told me that he "Enjoys his job and cant see himself doing anything else." What I found interesting about him is that he is so laid back in a field that is fulled with stress. There's a lot of schooling involved but he told me "It was well worth it." What I found interesting is that you constantly have to keep up with medical technology but reading and learning about new tools in the field. In this field of work your constantly learning something new and innovation.