Question 1

According to Google, it typically takes between nine and sixteen years to become a medical practitioner in Australia. This assumes full-time study and work, from starting medical school to completing specialist training. The total time taken is dependent on the choice of specialty. The tuition fees involved range between $57,000 and $72,000. This, of course, gets more expensive every year.

Question 2

A doctor should have a good bedside manner. If they know everything there is to know about medicine but they can't treat their patients with kindness and understanding then they have no place being a doctor. Is that a bit controversial? Probably. I do think it is of the utmost importance, though.

Question 3

I don't have any doctors in my family and I don't have any friends who are doctors. I have taught quite a few doctors in my time teaching in Japan. All of my doctor students, both past and present, seem to enjoy their chosen profession. The reasons vary – they enjoy helping people and they find it to be challenging work are two of the most common reasons I have heard.

Question 4

I have seen a few doctors in my lifetime that didn't seem to see me as a person. They either talked to me like I was a child or treated me like an annoyance they wanted to get out of their office as quickly as possible. I understand that doctors are busy people and often under a lot of stress. Nobody, though, is too busy or too stressed to be nice.

Question 5

I do not wish I had chosen to become a doctor when I was young. I don't think it is work that I am well-suited for. Sometimes I wish I had studied engineering instead of computer science. I think I would have made a pretty good engineer. That said, I am happy with the choices I have made and with my life in Japan.

Question 6

Had I studied medicine, I might have made a half-decent Psychiatrist. I am patient and I'm a good listener. What little I know about mental illness is quite fascinating to me. I have to admit though, it is both interesting and frightening to me in equal measures.

Tough Vocabulary

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medical practitioner	開業医
tuition fees	授業料
bedside manner	ベッドサイドマナー
utmost	最大限
one's chosen profession	自分の選んだ職業
reasons vary	理由は異なります
annoyance	煩わしさ
be well-suited for	にふさわしい
half-decent	まともな
fascinating	魅惑的
in equal measures	平等に

Question 1

It takes eight years of higher education and four years as an apprentice. University is around 200,000 dollars a year for a doctorate. I'm sure that universities like Harvard Medical School are even more expensive.

Question 2

I think that a good doctor should be a professional, honest, good listener, and someone who really enjoys being a doctor because it can be emotionally difficult and also dangerous. Many doctors are dying now because of treating patients who have COVID19.

Question 3

There are many doctors and surgeons who are students at English-Please. They really love what they do and have an incredible passion for helping people. Many of their relatives and ancestors are or were also doctors. I think that it is something that runs in the family.

Question 4

When I was injured playing American Football a doctor named Dr. Cheney operated and fixed my knee injury. He knew how important my American Football career was to me. I went on to receive an athletic scholarship to attend university. He was crucial for me to get a higher education. Thank you, Dr. Cheney.

Question 5

No. I don't think that I would have been able to afford the tuition for medical school. I was an EMT as a minor in university, so I dabbled in the medical field and realized that it wasn't for me.

Question 6

Surgeon. I think that I have a steady small hand that might be good as a surgeon. I also don't mind the sight of blood.

Tough Vocabulary

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apprentice	見習い
passion	情熱
scholarship	奨学金
tuition	授業料

Question 1

I think to be a doctor in New Zealand you need to study for 5 or 6 years and be supervised for another 2 years. I know that 5 years at university can be very expensive.

Question 2

I think a great doctor should be straight forward but also be willing to listen. I like a doctor to be quick but thorough when I see them for a consultation.

Question 3

I do not know anyone who is a medical doctor but I have some friends who have Phds in psychology.

Question 4

When I was a child, our local doctor was very nice and was always very accurate in her diagnosis. However, her time management was very poor and you usually had to wait up to an hour to see her as she spent too long chatting to patients.

Question 5

No, I do not regret not becoming a doctor. The job is too stressful and I do not want to do night shift work.

Question 6

I think, as I have a degree in psychology, being a psychiatrist would be along the same lines as what I have studied. I think I would be a terrible surgeon as I think my personality is not suited to it.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
thorough	完膚無きまで
consultation	相談
along the same lines	同然