Despite everybody’s expectations, including yours, it just dawns on you that you don’t want to be a doctor anymore. However, you don’t need to put those four years of medical school training to waste as there are other occupations where a medical degree sans the M.D. suffix can fare well in.
Be a science teacher.
Sure. Rocks and other igneous forms may be the least favorite subjects of kids in high school but biology, anatomy and some other icky subjects can be the areas of specialty of medical degree holders in the classroom. Having a medical degree makes you a person credible enough to explain body parts and processes to students ranging from the curious middle schooler to a bright-eyed freshie in med school. Zoology can also be another point of excellence for the medical degreeholder, having practiced on animals and animal parts in your undergraduate years.
Be a medical journalist.
Not all doctors write well (case in point: prescription notes) and sometimes, some of those impressive papers and dissertations you see in medical journals are actually the works of medical journalists. A passion and knack for writing can be put to good use when you embark on a career as a medical journalist. One can work closely with medical professionals and experts to produce scientific papers that are of importance to the scientific world. A medical background will help you understand and make sense of medical jargon and terminology.
Be a biomedical scientist.
Research can be the next venue for you if you want to hang up the scrub suit and stethoscope. Doctors and medical professionals go into biomedical research to develop cures for certain illnesses and other stuff that can help improve medical science. Experiments and studies are conducted in almost all areas of biological development of humans and animals alike. The results and breakthroughs that biomedical scientists come up with can be published in medical journals as well and help other doctors and researchers in their studies as well.
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