I used to work within a medical setting for quite a number of years, before I became a little dissillusioned and then retrained in alternative therapies.
I now work in alternative therapies in private practice and am a lot happier.
Ok, all this is going to take you quite a number of years, so if it is really what you want to do, then you need to be prepared for a lot of hard work and some long hours?
Have you finished college? If so, then you are looking at 4 years for your undergrad BS. After this, you will do 4 years of med school and possibly pre-med before that, so that is 8 to 9 years. Then you will have to do your Internship and Residency after graduation and then you need to think about specialising too, so you are now looking at at least 11 to 12 years by now.
You would need to get good experience in the ER, so that you have a good knowledge of how to deal with trauma and if you want to work abroad, it is always well worth while taking some kind of course in Tropical medicine too. As I said before, there is the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene course in London, that is a recognised qualification and they educate doctors from all over the world to MSc and PhD level. It is a well known centre of excellence.
After all this and if you have not in the meantime decided that it is not what you really want to do, you can then think about contacting Med Sans Frontiers to see about the possibilities.
You could also try applying to do VSO. If you have any skills at all, you could possibly try this before med school to try and get a taste for it to see if this is what you really want to do. It might be worth trying this after doing your BS and before applying to med school just to see. At least you would then know if it is what you want or not.
Anyway, good luck and if you need any more advice, just post back.
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