Becoming a Doctor

Ever since childhood, I've had a dream of becoming a doctor (among other things but mostly a doctor). I've spent the past couple of days doing research on what it takes to become a doctor in Ontario and I think I can do it. I don't know if I've mentioned it or not in this blog, but I only have a grade 9 education. (I was a rebel in my early teenage years as my parents can attest to! That I know I've written about in this blog.) So I figure I can attend Athabasca University (based out of Athabasca, Alberta) as they have no admission requirements in terms of high school academics and take a BA in Psychology (which is another huge interest of mine) with some biology and chemistry courses to satisfy university medical school admission requirements (I've researched remember). This way, I should be able to maintain a high GPA given that I'd be highly interested in the content.

The thought of all of this really excites me! It would give me a purpose in life beyond being a father, husband, brother, uncle, son whatever. I would have an achievable goal, albeit a long term goal as it would take 3 years for the BA then another 4 years of med school then a 2 year residency (assuming I stay with a family physician role). At least I get paid for the residency though. I'm kind of interested in emergency medicine though as well. I could picture myself working in an emerg department however I definitely couldn't handle the pressure of being a surgeon - at least not something as critical as a cardiac surgeon.

Anyways, just thought I'd share my aspirations with you as it's 9:30AM and nobody is awake yet so it's just me and my computer and iPhone. Oh, how I love my iPhone!

...J