Blog Evaluation

After doing weeks of research and writing many topics about the medical field, our blog team has cohesively decided on the most important point to be remembered about our blog; When considering the professional medical field as a career make sure to be aware of the large commitment and many sacrifices that are required. To begin, when in medical school, long days and nights are guaranteed along with many years of schooling. Med school will also break your bank, costing vast amounts of money. Lastly, once you are in a medical career, the public eye will look at you through a microscope to make sure you follow a specific code of ethics that medical professionals are supposed to follow. Throughout our blog the main points we have noted are the effort, time, and money necessary to become a medical professional, along with the different types of careers in the medical field, the specific code of ethics that medical professionals must follow, and the many benefits of being in the medical field.

Any type of professional medical school is known for their rigorous curriculum and competitive student body. Students spend numerous hours studying in order to achieve a passing grade along with the many hours spent gaining in field experience. Aside from the countless hours a week spent studying, medical school can take as long as six years to complete. In our posts, “Registered Nurses” (9.10.16) and “Are you ready to be a Doctor” (10.2.16) we go in depth a lot about what requirements it takes from how much schooling is required to certain exams and certification, like the NCLEX-RN, which is a difficult medical school exam. Along with the extensive time and effort, medical school is known to cost its students well over 100,000 dollars. This just reinforces the idea that medical school is a huge commitment and must be treated as a personal investment.

Many students attempt to apply to medical school for the sheer purpose of making money. People believe that becoming a medical professional such as a doctor or nurse guarantees success. However, people have found this to be very difficult. Working for such a rewarding job, such as a medical professional, is not just all about the money. In order to become a successful medical professional, a student must have an internal passion to help others and a drive for the field. Medical schools often weed out the students who are not fully devoted to becoming a medical professional.

After schooling, it’s time to choose a career. Every career has its pros and cons and it is important to pick one that suits you. It is a tough decision because there are so many different professional careers in the medical field such as doctors, nurses, surgeons, dentists, and so on. The post “Things to consider before choosing your career” (9.18.16) highlights the factors that should be considered before you make the commitment to a medical career. These factors include...

• Types of patients
• Responsibility
• Income
• Schedule

As stated in the post “A week in the life” (10.30.16) each medical professional has a rigorous schedule including 40-80 hour work weeks. This does not include the time spent on-call either. Medical professionals spend countless hours working. Someone in this field must be truly committed to their job in order to fulfill the requirements of each career.

Another important topic that people should understand about the medical field is the code of ethics that is virtually universal throughout the whole field. According to the post titled “Defining Ethics”, you can see all of the rules that medical personnel must follow (9.25.16). These rules are set for the sole purpose that doctors are not allowed to do anything that could potentially harm a patient and/or themselves. It also helps the medical professional to make rational and effective decisions during emotional times when family members or the patient them self cannot. Along with the code of ethics that doctors must follow comes with some backlash. Often they have to face criticism about the decisions they make, which is usually coming from family members of the patients, who also usually do not know what they’re talking about. In some cases, not following the code of ethics can cause you to lose your job as stated in the post “Principles of Medical Ethics” (9.24.16).

In opposition to a negative side of being a part of the professional medical field, there are also many benefits. An obvious bonus to these careers is the generous pay that a lot involve, many may even pay well over $200,000. According to the post “Money in the Medicine”, the highest paid job in this field is an anesthesiologist (9.18.16). However, just because it is not the top, does not mean that that it does not pay well. This is also displayed in that same blog post because it shows the average salaries of a variety of different careers, and they are all quite high. Regardless of the ranking of a profession in the medial field, each job is rewarding in its own way, and are all of equal importance of saving lives in countries all over the world.