“ I think whatever you do, do it right, do RIGHT right!”
project, I had to travel to get information and read many books, but now, you have your phones and Google, and you can get any information you want.
Considering your days as an Undergraduate Medical student and the environment medical student have to learn in now, do you think there are better opportunities for success now? Well, I think there were less distractions then, but better opportunities now. For example if you wanted to write to a consultant in England, in my time, you would write a letter and wait a long time before you got a response, the letter may get missing on the way. But now you can just get on your phones and chat with anybody you want to.
Were there ever times in your course of career when you wanted to give up? When and why? No! Like I said, I came to medical school with the intention to be a Neurosurgeon, no, there was never a time.
There is a cliché among medical students stating that certain fields belong to people with a particular personality type for instance the friendly medical students end up being pediatricians. Do you believe this is true? Has your personality in anyway put you at an advantage as a Neurosurgeon? True! Pediatricians are mostly calm, easy going people. I think if you are not aggressive and patient you cannot be a surgeon, if you cannot stand more than 10 hours, you cannot do surgery. Yes your personality determines your specialty.
We learnt of your recent international awards, Congratulations sir! However, we would like to know what the secret to your success is. Secrets? I don ' t think it is any secret. It is exactly one year since I received the awards. At the time here, we were carrying out VP shunts for children with hydrocephalus, I started doing the endoscopic third ventriculotomy for people who didn ' t really need a shunt, it was less invasive. I think whatever you do, do it right, do RIGHT right!
Some students are of the opinion that they do not need to struggle to get distinctions in their exams and are comfortable with just passing, after all, there is no ' 1st class ' doctor. Other students on the other hand have the ' D ' obsession. What ' s your take on this and does any of these equate to academic success. I spoke to one of my class mate
AMSUL Digest 2014