The Future Doctors

Drew (the other Working To Empower intern) is applying to medical school right now and he reminds me of myself 1 year ago. He is very nervous about the application process and frequently says things like, "I probably won't even get an interview the first year I apply." Or, "I probably won't get in to medical school." (These are all things I said last year). He is also studying for the MCAT right now. He divides his free time between writing in a journal he will give to his girlfriend when he gets back to Canada and madly going his Kaplan MCAT study book.

Anyway, Drew suggested that we should try to shadow some doctors at the government hospital for a day. So, we dropped by the surgery ward and asked if we could watch for a day. The only physician in the surgery department was so nice. We dressed up in scrubs and watched some pretty serious surgeries.


A picture of Drew and I in our scrubs. We were a little dizzy/feeling unwell during the first surgery, but by the end of the day we were totally into watching the doctor using a hammer and chisel to dig out infected bone on a patient that only had local anesthetic (the hospital was out of the drugs to put people totally out, crazy). It was good medical experience.