Do you think if someone applies themselves and motivates themselves properly...they could have the potential to become a surgeon? What do you think it takes to become a good surgeon?
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Yes, I think it's possible. The main hurdle is med school and all up until that, sticking with what you like. If you have a really deep interest in anatomy but are unsure if you're smart enough, go for it. I've seen people pursuing careers of anesthesiologists that barely know 3x3. Motivation and INTEREST for such a career is key. Plus, practically all medical careers start with a Bachelor's in Science, so if you found out after 4 years that surgery isn't your thing, there are literally HUNDREDS of things you could either jump right into a job in, or take additional schooling for. The medical field is really the only career cluster in which that is possible (engineers, cosmetologists, etc. are limited to only a few jobs).
Traits to have: honesty, self-control (for health privacy laws, a.k.a. can't blab to friends "So-and-So has cancer"), can absorb and RETAIN information and apply it, has an apparent knack for anatomy/physiology, willing to sacrifice personal life for work life (a.k.a. prefer workaholic than family type), calm under pressure, indifference to blood & guts, night-owl type (work 72 hour shifts sometimes in hospitals), scientific mindset & ideals, care for others and their lifestyles, own pursuit of healthy lifestyle & knowledge of what is, and much more
If you're looking at the career of a surgeon for the money, I'd have to say that there are probably dozens more medical professions that earn more. If not, and you're asking simply because it interests you, even within the division of surgery are handfuls of different surgeons (e.g. neurosurgeons, cardiac surgeons, etc. etc. etc. ETC.), so if you have problems with a particular body system, you won't have to worry; there are so many other parts and systems of the body that specific surgeons operate on.
The medical field rules, and it's the BEST choice for a career. The demand never fades (not like the population or its unhealthy lifestyle trends are decreasing), and the money is there no matter what job you choose in it, and both of these factors are causes of one another.
Traits to have: honesty, self-control (for health privacy laws, a.k.a. can't blab to friends "So-and-So has cancer"), can absorb and RETAIN information and apply it, has an apparent knack for anatomy/physiology, willing to sacrifice personal life for work life (a.k.a. prefer workaholic than family type), calm under pressure, indifference to blood & guts, night-owl type (work 72 hour shifts sometimes in hospitals), scientific mindset & ideals, care for others and their lifestyles, own pursuit of healthy lifestyle & knowledge of what is, and much more
If you're looking at the career of a surgeon for the money, I'd have to say that there are probably dozens more medical professions that earn more. If not, and you're asking simply because it interests you, even within the division of surgery are handfuls of different surgeons (e.g. neurosurgeons, cardiac surgeons, etc. etc. etc. ETC.), so if you have problems with a particular body system, you won't have to worry; there are so many other parts and systems of the body that specific surgeons operate on.
The medical field rules, and it's the BEST choice for a career. The demand never fades (not like the population or its unhealthy lifestyle trends are decreasing), and the money is there no matter what job you choose in it, and both of these factors are causes of one another.