Chapter 10 : Assets of a good Medical Student ( 1 )

The three important aspects that determine the achievement of a person in life are :

i. Attitude

ii. Knowledge

iii. Skills

Among these three assets, the most important one that acts as the determinant is the attitude. The correct attitude will ensure adequate acquisition of knowledge and skills.

i. Attitude

1. Enthusiastic

Enthusiastic individuals will end up getting what they want in the end. Their enthusiasm will drive them to go for their goals. Their enthusiastic  spirit will also have an effect on the people around them. Such individuals will have positive effects on people around them such as their friends and colleagues in their career as a doctor.

 

MEDICINE IS A ZERO DEFECT BUSINESS

2. Passion in studies and work

This means that they are very proud of their work and will be fully involved in whatever they do to push their career pathway ahead. This passion for knowledge acquisition will result in constant motivation to work hard. Students are likely to practice ‘eat, drink and sleep’ medicine and not ‘eat, drink and sleep’ football.

3.  Proactive

Students are likely to be independent in their effort to acquire knowledge. They will know exactly what to do to achieve their academic goals

4. Motivated

This constant inner drive is important as the study period in medicine can be long and laborious. It will be filled with a lot of hard work and heartaches at times when the subjects is difficult. However, if one is motivated, whatever adverse feeling one has can be overcome easily.

This is one of the most important assets to have in order to last in the medical field, which requires one to continuously educate and develop oneself professionally.

5. Adaptive

This is the ability to adapt to one’s surrounding and working environment. Medical students come from various backgrounds and so do the patients that they deal with interacting with patients of different socio-economic status might be difficult as they have different levels of knowledge and expectations. Hence being adaptive will make life much easier for them.

(How to become a good & successful medical student; Muhaya Hj Mohamad)