Specialising in Paediatrics

[agent_angel]

fair enough if u see ur baby as a little messiah, just dont expect that everyone else is going to think the same

oh that was directed at mother-to-bes in general not u jono. obviously urs will be the real deal

 

[complicated]

Hey hey, what's with all the obs/gyn hate? Catching babies is fun!

 

[Matt]

Catching all the other stuff the babys come with? Like poop. Urghcuk. Also, lifestyle is heaps dodge etc

We've almost finished repro phys which is kinda interesting but I'm not feeling the Obs/Gyn love, I'm afraid

 

[maestro]

way to dig up an old thread, but i want to do ob/gyn maybe

 

[lordgarlic]

way to dig up an old thread, but i want to do ob/gyn maybe

oh dear lord. caesars are one of the most grotesque things i've seen this year. I can't believe I was born like that. The babies are literally PED out. And the obstetrician gets drowned in womanly and baby fluids

 

[theangelofdarkness]

Hahaha... the caesars I've seen haven't been THAT bad

 

[nottellingu]

oh dear lord. caesars are one of the most grotesque things i've seen this year. I can't believe I was born like that. The babies are literally PED out. And the obstetrician gets drowned in womanly and baby fluids

Lodargic lol @ ur sig
It cant be plagirised if you acknowledge it can it :S

 

[Kapinny]

i hope we have a round where we get to do surgery (Y)

 

[Hayden]

Well, you are doing a bachelor of surgery so I would imagine you would have at least one rotation in it

 

[gulls]

Sorry for the bumping but...

I'm for the most part set on paeds, have been for a long while, and I'm kind of having trouble figuring out why I was set on it in the first place. I mean I undertook a 3 month placement at a children's hospital, and I'm still having trouble. Though I remember my first day that heightened my determination. It was rather painful, actually. Emotionally painful because the first thing I ever saw was the routine IV for a baby during admittance. On the head. The baby was bawling and it hurt to watch the father's silent tears while he held the baby during the whole process.

I'm curious, why are you interested in going into paeds?

 

[pearly]

because children are so full of life and hope

 

[Hayden]

Some people want to go into paeds for reasons other than 'they want to work with children'. Diseases that affect children are often very different from diseases that affect adults, or they manifest in different ways. Once you have done a rotation in paeds you might find that the actual work is appealing, i.e., the day-to-day activities of a paediatrician fits how you want to be in your career, in the same way that a prospective geriatrician likes the type of work a geriatrician does, rather than really liking elderly people per se.

 

[elixir]

Some people want to go into paeds for reasons other than 'they want to work with children'. Diseases that affect children are often very different from diseases that affect adults, or they manifest in different ways. Once you have done a rotation in paeds you might find that the actual work is appealing, i.e., the day-to-day activities of a paediatrician fits how you want to be in your career, in the same way that a prospective geriatrician likes the type of work a geriatrician does, rather than really liking elderly people per se.

i decided i wanted to do paeds when i was about 5 and surprisingly have never changed my mind- lately i've thought a lot about what exactly it is that makes me so drawn to this....there is something about kids that makes you want to help, like said before in this thread- they dont really smoke/drink/ inflict things on themselves, they have this added innocense which can leave them sometimes blind to the realities of a disease and as a result often have this overwhelming will to live. I've done a few lots of work experience in kids hospitals and although i'm not very old and i havnt been to uni yet i found it to be extremely rewarding watching the way the different outlook kids have on life allows them to overcome obstacles that many adults would give up on. when i tell people i want to do paeds they automatically go on to say how emotionally draining it would be, i think it depends on your own outlook as you save so many more than you lose and to be able to give those who are terminal a better quality of life is a gift in itself.

I think paediatrics is also really diverse as dealing with the same problem changes so much from dealing with a newborn to say a 16yr old (almost adult). I think having children who cant tell you what is wrong is part of what appeals to people, its part of the challenge.

Do most girls who start med actually want to do paeds (or just stereotype)?? if so what are my chances of actually doing this eventually? is there some way of determining who gets to do what specialty at the end of a degree?

 

[Kapinny]

nah dont think the paeds sterotype exists for chicks, depends on uni's i guess. i would imagine paeds would be very competitive to get into, so im assuming you would need to do well in your intern/PGY's etc etc also uni as well? not sure. But yea i wasnted to do surg when i first came into medical school now im considering general practice no need to worry about this now becuase you've got at least 6 years to think about this. Not so sure you should say i WANT to be a paediatrician at your interview either coz interviewers might rekon u dont know enough about what its like to becoming one, but yea depends really.

 

[chinaski]

i decided i wanted to do paeds when i was about 5 and surprisingly have never changed my mind

Not so surprising - you don't start changing your mind until you've actually had a little experience in lots of different medical fields.

Do most girls who start med actually want to do paeds (or just stereotype)?? if so what are my chances of actually doing this eventually? is there some way of determining who gets to do what specialty at the end of a degree?

Complete stereotype. Thank god.

Your chances lie in your ability to get into and complete Paeds training - just the same as any other specialty field.