Like many of the almost 100,000 medical students in the U.S., I enrolled in medical school having grown up infatuated with the idea of becoming a physician. I idolized the many doctors that had cared ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Becoming a doctor in the UK is a challenging yet highly rewarding journey that requires dedication, resilience and a genuine passion for helping others. To begin your training, you’ll first need to ...

Sunnyside High School grad Mariela Lozano Bustos wants to make “the biggest impact in my community” by going into the medical field. Her goal is to become a family pediatrician. Lozano Bustos, a ...

My story is one of great sacrifice. Most people go about their lives without the faintest idea of what it truly takes to become a medical doctor. There are uniquely incredible sacrifices which must be ...

Almost every medical student has a version of the same story. At some point, someone older than them — a professor, a physician, a family friend — has looked them in the eye and said something like, ...