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The decision to become a doctor often stems from a lifelong dream or a pivotal experience, and anyone with the right attributes and motivation can pursue this career. Medicine is a dynamic field with numerous career paths and requires continuous learning and development throughout one's professional life. The journey begins with an undergraduate degree, followed by foundation training and specialty training, ultimately leading to a senior doctor role.

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The decision to become a doctor often stems from a lifelong dream or a pivotal experience, and anyone with the right attributes and motivation can pursue this career. Medicine is a dynamic field with numerous career paths and requires continuous learning and development throughout one's professional life. The journey begins with an undergraduate degree, followed by foundation training and specialty training, ultimately leading to a senior doctor role.

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For many, the decision to become a doctor is a lifelong dream, with

the simple desire to help people.

For others it's a life changing moment, encounter or experience that


can provide the inspiration to pursue medicine as a career.

But no matter who you are, where you live or what your background
is , anyone who has the ability, personal attributes and motivation
can apply to study medicine.

Contemporary medicine is challenging, exciting and dynamic.

Countless new discoveries are making their impact on medical


practice every year. With the advent of new technology, doctors
qualifying now will see even more dramatic changes in the future.

From being a community based GP who has daily contact with


patients, to a surgeon working in a hospital, a geneticist in a lab, a
lecturer teaching students, or working in the armed forces or police
force, there are over 50 career paths to choose from.

A medical career, whatever path you choose, should not be


embarked on lightly.

From the completion of your formal medical studies to training in


your chosen specialty to the continuing learning required for all
registered doctors working in SA, medicine is a career that constantly
challenges you to learn and develop throughout your working life.

What underpins medicine for many doctors is the desire to help and
serve people, by diagnosing and treating illness and disease.

This begins with an undergraduate degree at medical school,


followed by a postgraduate period called foundation training, at
which point a salary can be earned, followed by further higher
specialty training and then progression to being a senior doctor once
specialty training is complete.

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