If you're a doctor, physician, nurse, paramedic, or anyone who deals with medicine, could you talk to me?

Question

I am on the path to be a physician and am joining the Health Academy at my school next year (I'm a junior in high school). I had some summer homework and now I am totally absorbed into medicine. I have this huge urge to go help people or talk medicine, I want to start volunteering at hospitals and studying more and I just need someone to talk to about medicine; to quiz me, give me advice, tell me what it's like, and help me practice some things. So if you're in the medical field, have some form of instant messaging, and have a half hour to kill, could you please message me? I'll greatly appreciate it.

I have AIM and yahoo!, but I'll download another messenger if that's the only one you have.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

my yahoo email is [e-mail].  I am a semi-retired Neurologist.  Trained at Walter Reed, Assistant Chief of Neurology at the Air Force's biggest hospital, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio- Consultant to NASA Flight Surgeon for some of the Apollo missions (Terminated when I got out)  Chief of Neurology at a Major tertiary care hospital in Florida for 10 years ( I quit after 10).

Obviously my expertise is Neurology. However, Having been a Flight Surgeon, seen a little combat, and done a good bit of General Medicine on my Neurology patients, maybe I can answer some of your questions. If not, I will tell you.  Better to communicate by email, because I am not on the computer all that much, but check things at the end of the day.  ( This is written at 2:30 AM).  

You have plenty of time- don't decide too early.

They will teach you what you have to know.  Most , you get on your own. It is a hard job, keeping up with Medicine, and you can never stop studying.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think your best bet would be to shadow some doctors as well. This will give you valuable, firsthand experience with a doctor who can answer your questions, as well as provide experience to put on your application to med school. Volunteering is also a good option, but shadowing is usually very specific and provides you with opportunities to really see what it is like to be a doctor. Try shadowing doctors in different specialties. This is great experience and adds value to your future med-school application!

Also, you have your entire undergraduate years ahead of you. You will meet many pre-med students who want to talk medicine as well. Many universities have pre-med clubs just for this. My college had one that provided us with information on volunteer opportunities and had guest speakers come in often to talk medicine and science with us.