Упражнения: Jobs, work routine

When I was a teenager, I loved watching medical TV dramas. I spent all my free time watching episode after episode of shows like Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy or House MD. The world of medicine looked so exciting, and I always knew I wanted to work in a hospital! However, even as a teenager, I understood that being a doctor was a lot of stress and a lot of responsibility. I wasn't sure that I could handle that. Instead, I decided to study healthcare administration and business, and now I manage my own private hospital! I still have to know a lot about medicine, but my job does not involve treating patients. I plan and control all medical services, coordinate department activities, hire medical staff and handle their evaluations. I make sure the hospital works like a well-oiled machine. I have to admit, actual day-to-day hospital life is very different from what is shown on TV. I still love medical dramas, but now I know exactly how unrealistic they are, and I find it very funny.

I went to medical school because biology has always been my favourite subject, especially anatomy. I had a room full of anatomy posters and I could study them for hours. I wanted to know everything about how the human body works. It was just so fascinating to me! At first, I decided to study internal medicine, so I could see many unusual medical cases. In my second year, however, I realised that there was a problem. I wasn't a people person at all! I tried to be nice and polite, but I never seemed to have the patience and the compassions most doctors should have. I cared way more about the cases and illnesses, then the people who had them. I switched to medical research immediately. Now, I work in a clinical laboratory. I get to see interesting and unusual cases, and study them in detail. I know my work helps fight deadly diseases and create better medicine, so I'm pretty happy with my choice.

I never really thought about a career in medicine. In fact, I didn't really know what I wanted to do after I finished high school. I took a gap year after graduating, to work a few odd jobs and see if anything would fit me. My best friend's dad owned a pharmacy, and one day he asked me if I wanted to help him run it because his assistant had to move away. So I agreed. Working in a pharmacy was very difficult at first. As an assistant, I couldn't give any medical advice to customers, but I still had to memorise all the things we sold. I had to know what each medicine is called, where it is, what it looks like, which ingredients could cause allergies and all the stuff like that. And I was really good at it. After just a month, I knew this is what I wanted to do. So after my gap year, I went to medical school to study Pharmacy. It took me 4 years, but it taught me so much about health and medicine in general. I am qualified to consult people on their treatments, give them advice about their lifestyle, even give immunisations! And I love helping people figure out the complex instructions to their pills and make sure they have all they need.