“ 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