Dr. Sunita Sah
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So in our community, medicine is one of the best things you can do, right? So I had the grades. I was a good kid. I asked my dad when I was young, what does my name mean? And he said in Sanskrit, Sunita means good. Oh, wow. And so I mostly lived up to that. I was a good girl in their eyes. So I did exactly what I was told. I did all my homework as expected.
So in our community, medicine is one of the best things you can do, right? So I had the grades. I was a good kid. I asked my dad when I was young, what does my name mean? And he said in Sanskrit, Sunita means good. Oh, wow. And so I mostly lived up to that. I was a good girl in their eyes. So I did exactly what I was told. I did all my homework as expected.
I was what in Yorkshire they call SWAT-y, which means you're a SWAT. You work really hard. You do all your homework. Maybe it's equivalent to nerd here.
I was what in Yorkshire they call SWAT-y, which means you're a SWAT. You work really hard. You do all your homework. Maybe it's equivalent to nerd here.
I was what in Yorkshire they call SWAT-y, which means you're a SWAT. You work really hard. You do all your homework. Maybe it's equivalent to nerd here.
I don't know. But when you talk about SWOT now, especially at business schools, it means something totally different. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. That's not what it means when I was growing up.
I don't know. But when you talk about SWOT now, especially at business schools, it means something totally different. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. That's not what it means when I was growing up.
I don't know. But when you talk about SWOT now, especially at business schools, it means something totally different. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. That's not what it means when I was growing up.
So I got the grades and it's like, why wouldn't you want to do medicine? Yeah. And I was like, well, I'm not sure it's really for me. But in the UK, it's a combined undergraduate and graduate degree. So you basically start at the age of 18 medical school and you finished. I was on the wards in my early 20s.
So I got the grades and it's like, why wouldn't you want to do medicine? Yeah. And I was like, well, I'm not sure it's really for me. But in the UK, it's a combined undergraduate and graduate degree. So you basically start at the age of 18 medical school and you finished. I was on the wards in my early 20s.
So I got the grades and it's like, why wouldn't you want to do medicine? Yeah. And I was like, well, I'm not sure it's really for me. But in the UK, it's a combined undergraduate and graduate degree. So you basically start at the age of 18 medical school and you finished. I was on the wards in my early 20s.
Biology, we had to do as eight levels before you go in. At that point, it was five years. That's it. But when you say first seen a patient, the first two years are preclinical. So you're learning things. Then the third year, you're on the wards and you're a clinical. By the time you're 22, 23, you're qualified. You're on the wards. Wow.
Biology, we had to do as eight levels before you go in. At that point, it was five years. That's it. But when you say first seen a patient, the first two years are preclinical. So you're learning things. Then the third year, you're on the wards and you're a clinical. By the time you're 22, 23, you're qualified. You're on the wards. Wow.
Biology, we had to do as eight levels before you go in. At that point, it was five years. That's it. But when you say first seen a patient, the first two years are preclinical. So you're learning things. Then the third year, you're on the wards and you're a clinical. By the time you're 22, 23, you're qualified. You're on the wards. Wow.
Here, you have to work so hard. I got all my education for free, which is pretty impressive. There's a small cost now in the UK, but I went through the whole of medical school. I mean, earning peanuts once you start as a junior doctor. But that aspect of working earlier is great. So you can get through. Making the decision so early, questionable.
Here, you have to work so hard. I got all my education for free, which is pretty impressive. There's a small cost now in the UK, but I went through the whole of medical school. I mean, earning peanuts once you start as a junior doctor. But that aspect of working earlier is great. So you can get through. Making the decision so early, questionable.
Here, you have to work so hard. I got all my education for free, which is pretty impressive. There's a small cost now in the UK, but I went through the whole of medical school. I mean, earning peanuts once you start as a junior doctor. But that aspect of working earlier is great. So you can get through. Making the decision so early, questionable.
Although I say my career is perfectly planned. Yeah. It was perfectly planned how I ended up here. But suddenly there was a lot of pressure and I lived up to those expectations of going to medical school and then finishing medical school and ended up working as a doctor.
Although I say my career is perfectly planned. Yeah. It was perfectly planned how I ended up here. But suddenly there was a lot of pressure and I lived up to those expectations of going to medical school and then finishing medical school and ended up working as a doctor.
Although I say my career is perfectly planned. Yeah. It was perfectly planned how I ended up here. But suddenly there was a lot of pressure and I lived up to those expectations of going to medical school and then finishing medical school and ended up working as a doctor.