Doctors
Real life stories
Training to be a doctor really gives you the opportunity to explore different career possibilities. I went into medicine with the idea that I wanted to work with children. My training let me do this and helped me find my niche as a community paediatrician.
I am just about to start out as a registrar in trauma and orthopaedics. It has been a long journey, but a very rewarding one. My ambition is to be a consultant, but I'm also interested in research and medical education, and the NHS is working on ways to incorporate these into specialist training.
I made up my mind at an early age that I wanted to be a psychiatrist. As soon as I qualified as a doctor I began my postgraduate training.
I have been a GP since 1985 and I can honestly say that I have never been bored!
I wanted to be a doctor from a very early age. Some of my attraction to the health services was because my mother was a district nurse.
