“Remember, we are not experts, make as many mistakes as we can and while we can.”
MMI Insight 2020 #10
“Start small by joining student societies where you can be the catalyst of change. There is no better way to excel than putting your skills into practice in real-life events.”
In this decade when the career pathways for doctors are no longer secured, do we, as medical students, compete for resources and try to interfere with each other's progress due to fear of losing out? Or can we develop a mutualistic relationship where we, being in a team, supplement each other’s weakness, exchange resources, cultivate and co-evolve with our medical student community?
Can we go a step further, go beyond our comfort zone and shape the environment where we are or will be working in? Can we shape the decade by advocating for the change of the current system to accommodate us as future practitioners?
Firstly, we need to equip ourselves with the essential information of the environment that we are stepping into. Reading around, networking and exchanging information through meaningful discussions. Secondly, observe those who have succeeded in leading the change, emulate them and find our version of working for the cause close to our hearts.
We don’t have to do something notable in the first place. Start small by joining student societies where you can be the catalyst of change. There is no better way to excel than putting your skills into practice in real-life events. I find myself motivated to learn when there is a task in hand. Remember, we are not experts, make as many mistakes as we can and while we can.
Germain Tang is entering into her third year of medical studies at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She currently serves as the Secretary on the Malaysian Medical Summit 2020 Committee and is also the University Ambassador Director for MMI United Kingdom.
