Who do you think you are wanting to be a doctor?

…Said the voice in my head when I was applying.

It took me 3 years of busting my hump to finally get in.

And I can tell you that on the third go, that voice in my head was the loudest of all!

With every year of ‘failure’, my doubts didn’t go away, they only grew.

And they got to the point where I was wondering if this was even possible for me…

Maybe it was a sign that it wasn’t for me…

Or that I didn’t have what it took…

Or that I wasn’t good enough…

And I almost threw in the towel a few times.

Yet,

Here I am writing this as a doctor.

As someone who finally got through the GAMSAT, the application process, and interviews to get into a postgraduate medical school, despite everything.

And I have since taught thousands of others over the last 14 and a half years of being in the GAMSAT space how to do the same.

I tell you this because if you’re sitting there looking at your results from March having these same doubts, or worse, then I’m going to share with you something that helped me, and many others along the way.

Maybe it can help you, too.

It’s simple, yet powerful if you apply it.

Here’s the truth:

It’s your responsibility to help people as a doctor.

Write that down, repeat it every day, and do it for 30 days.

There is so much in that little statement.

“It’s YOUR responsibility…”

Not anyone else’s.

It’s on you to do this. To ‘make’ it happen. Not your mum, dad, partner, kids, boss, government, covid, whatever. It’s on you. This is your life. You’ve got to take ownership of your results and outcomes.

“It’s your RESPONSIBILITY…”

It’s not a nice-to-have, it’s not a ‘job’, it’s not your task, it’s a responsibility.

You have so much to give.

You have some much good that you can do in the world. There are so many people that need your help, your type of help, your personality, your love, your care, that it’s your responsibility to share it with the world, and your patients.

“…to HELP people…”

Because that’s what this is about – other people.

Not you.

You’re not being selfish here by studying for this exam again. You’re not being selfish by taking more time, resources and effort to prepare yourself. In fact, you are doing it for those around you and the world, even more, than you are doing it for yourself.

Here’s what I mean:

If a doctor helps 20 patients in a day (which they easily do – usually it’s over 30 a day), 5 days a week, then over the course of a year, that’s more than 4,800 patients helped.

And each patient has a family, usually of about 3 extra people.

So actually, in a year you’ll be changing more than 19,200 lives.

Every year.

Every extra year it takes you to get through GAMSAT and become a doctor, 19,200 people are missing out on that help.

Let’s help them.

“…As a DOCTOR…”

Not as a nurse, physio, personal trainer, the friend they complain to, the daughter who arranges flights, the pharmacist, whatever…

But as a doctor.

Yes, all those people and roles are important, but you’re here to learn how to provide that help as a medically trained doctor with the huge amount of knowledge, skillis, insights, wisdom and influence that comes with being a doctor.

You can do so much more as the doctor than where you are right now.

So,

Bring all that together and you can see how powerful that statement is:

It’s your responsibility to help people as a doctor.

Write it down, stick it where you’ll see it, and repeat it to yourself every day for 30 days.

And if you’d like some help increasing your GAMSAT score for the September exam, then click here and fill in the questionnaire (60 secs) and let’s make it happen.

Cheers,

Dr “You CAN be a doctor” Tom

P.S. If you’re thinking of applying in the next few days then this will show you how to do it, how to order your preferences, and what other people are doing wrong.