Have you been tossing up the prospect of becoming a doctor and studying medicine? Perhaps you’ve considered the prospect of studying Medicine at UNSW!
Well, we’re here to hopefully answer any questions of yours by giving you a personal insight into the pros and cons of studying a Bachelor of Medical Studies/Doctor of Medicine at UNSW. We had a chat with Eshwar, a 5th year Medicine student, to gauge his thoughts about the degree.
让我们直接进来！
您为什么要在UNSW学习医学学位？
医学学位前三名
医学学位的前三名
Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make
Things to Know Before Starting UNSW Medicine
是什么使这个学位不同
Motivations for Studying UNSW Medicine
潜在的职业道路
您为什么要在UNSW学习医学学位？
当被问及为什么有人应该在UNSW学习医学时，Eshwar的答案就介绍了该角色的核心。从他的回应中取走最有价值的事情是你不需要成为一名医生,一个天才all you need is the passion for wanting to help others.
“从某种意义上说，成为一个好人，拥有非常平易近人的个性确实可以在当医生时转化。You don’t need to be a genius, you don’t need to be an extremely gifted person, you just need to be able to communicate, enjoy what you’re doing and prioritise people.
“这是您作为医生学习和发展的一件事；how to prioritise people more than anything else.That’s what I’ve gotten out of my degree and would tell Year 12 people,” Eshwar said.
Eshwar also noted thatan interest in the sciences is important when pursuing this career as you need to have the passion to want to build up your knowledge base而且，在后来的几年中，就最适合您的道路做出了有根据的决定。
“Also, if you’ve always had an interest in high school in the sciences,您可以在医学领域跌落，并为您找到很多机会探索并找到自己的利基市场，，，，” Eshwar shared.
医学学位前三名
埃什瓦尔（Eshwar）最喜欢的学位部分是它的协作性质。
“到目前为止，我最喜欢的事情是它是如此的协作 - 您从来没有真正做任何事情。如果您想成为外科医生，那么您正在与团队合作。即使拥有全科医生，您也可以与其他全科医生，护士合作，并与社区中的人们交谈。
“We have a lot of group projects and team based assessments. You spend a lot of time studying and collaborating with your medical peers.我只是喜欢整个协作环境以及您组建友好的工作同事的事实。因此，社会方面绝对是我最喜欢的事情。” Eshwar喊道。
从埃什瓦尔（Eshwar）最喜欢的学位方面领先，我们要求他缩小在UNSW学习医学的前三名专业人士。
#1: Organisation
“研究医学的组织是一个专业。If you’re sort of a disorganised person, you learn how to put up study schedules and be organised，” Eshwar指出。
＃2：学科
“我认为，即使是最无纪律的人，如果他们承诺服用药物，也会变得更加纪律，”埃什瓦尔说。
#3: Mental Wellbeing
“You’re always in a loving and caring atmosphere where your mental health and wellbeing is prioritised.特别是在UNSW学习时，” Eshwar分享道。
医学学位的前三名
When it came to Eshwar’s least favourite part of the degree, he mentioned the thing that people would most likely not enjoy all the time.
“(Laughs)Well, I guess you can’t avoid it… everyone wants to be a doctor so you really have to study a lot. It’s not something you need to do initially from the beginning, it’s something that you develop over time. Regardless,学习是日常的事情……您真的没有选择，”埃什瓦尔说。
Alongside the constant studying, Eshwar shared with us his top three cons, which all fell under the umbrella of a heavy workload.
#1: Lack of time to pursue other activities
“您将没有太多时间在大学医学领域以外的事情。You can if you really want to but definitely the lack of time to explore other avenues is a con,” Eshwar said.
#2: Not a lot of flexibility
“There is a lack of flexibility when studying Medicine asyou really are committing yourself to something in the medical field in terms of career.That’s if you do pursue your six years of the degree,” Eshwar noted.
＃3：不断记忆
“您所学的很多东西都忘记了。因此，这是您必须继续修改所学到的知识的事实。您所学的内容绝不重要，尤其是您的基本知识。您将忘记，然后再次修改等等，，，，” Eshwar explained.
Any regrets?
“I guess my biggest regret was that I did spend a lot of time in my first couple of years studying because I was unsure of how much I did need to know.
“If I were to speak to myself from a couple of years ago, I would say to take it a bit more easy because a lot of what you’re studying you keep studying again and again for the rest of your life. It’s the fact that I didn’t pace myself in terms of how much I needed to know,” Eshwar told us.
What do you wish you had known before starting the degree?
就埃什瓦尔（Eshwar）希望在开始这个学位之前所知道的东西而言，他回顾了记忆的想法，there is no fast route to knowing everything. It takes time — you learn, revise, forget and then repeat the process.
“I think I wish I would have had a better understanding of the pathway of being a doctor. Just because I don’t understand something now, doesn’t mean I’m not going to understand it in the future.我会告诉自己，很多药物是学习和遗忘过程。
“Don’t stress out if you have forgotten what you wrote in the exam two days ago because fair enough. You can revise in the future.我会以一种接受您会忘记的心态，而忘记是学习的自然过程。You will avoid a lot of stress if you tap into that mindset,” Eshwar advised.
是什么使这个学位与其他大学提供的程度不同？
当被问及是什么使UNSW的医学研究学士学位/医学博士与其他大学提供的学位不同时，Eshwar的重点是让大学生有机会立即踏入医学门，以及使UNSW脱颖而出的各种机会。
“With the UNSW med degree, it is a six year undergrad program.It gives students a sense of maturity as they start entering the hospitals and seeing patients early，，，，which is a reason why some unis don’t offer undergrad.
“At UNSW, you also have your fourth year as a year just for research. You spend time either in the lab or hospitals, undertaking research.这并不是其他UNIS，特别是在澳大利亚和新南威尔士州提供的。通过这种方式，UNSW通过为学生提供不同的经验，为您提供了更多种类的职业选择。” Eshwar分享道。
是什么促使您选择这个学位？
我们将埃什瓦尔带回了他的高中时代，问他这件事启发了他在UNSW中选择药物的启发。
“我想从我的环境中,high achieving. That really motivated me to study and get good grades in high school. More than that,I was surrounded by really good relatives, school teachers and family members who really emphasised the importance of having a wholesome career in a field that encourages personal growth以及在科学方面足够的。
“因此，我可以仰望（医生）的环境和导师启发了我成为一名医生。我也有联系，认识一个去UNSW并向我推荐的人。I did attend a talk by a UNSW medical graduate who spoke about how UNSW shaped his medical career. This also inspired me to study Medicine at UNSW,” Eshwar concluded.
可能的职业道路是什么？
该学位的毕业生能够踏上各种各样的有意义的职业道路。Some exciting roles in the medical industry that the degree can prepare you for include:
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- 一般实践
- Specialty practice
- 公共卫生
- 一般手术
- Orthopaedics
- Pathology
- Radiology
- Psychiatry
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- 医学教育
- Medical science
- Hospital administration
If you’re more convinced than before that a medicine degree is the right direction for you, you can read more about this exciting degreehere!
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