Thinking of the patient’s ability to pay for care always needs to be taken into consideration. “This brings long hours and a difficult quality of life if you have a family, but the patient always needs to come first. A surgeon’s work week generally consists of a few days in the operating room, some days of patient evaluation and post op care. They also cover emergency calls and sometimes you are on call late at night; loss of sleep and not having the time to eat are normal. Surgeons have opportunities to attain higher positions within the hospital community; chief or head of certain departments. These positions are more managerial and can redefine your role to more leadership and less clinical care. This is a decision that every surgeon needs to make early on in his …show more content…
This really encouraged me to start preparing to be more knowledgeable in my subject and choice of university and education. I now understand the surgeon’s general work days and the path to get there. I had the opportunity to meet people in the career field in which I was interested. I also learned about possible secondary career choices such as business management in the health care industry and the career possibilities related to managing a hospital. I discovered that while studying medicine you can also get a secondary degree such as a PHD or an MBA. The survey, therefore did manage to cover a specific interest of mine and it also opened other possibilities. I also learned that to be a doctor “ you have to have good studying an organizational skills to manage all the rigorous training required as well as honesty and a good work ethic. Looking back at all the work I did put into this paper, I would only change one thing. I would have been more organized with my time. A time line would have helped me better approach all this work. This experience will help me in the future by having given me the necessary tools to complete bigger complex projects in an organized