Medicine is like assembling a puzzle. When we begin, we have no idea what the final picture looks like. The puzzle pieces represent years of study. Slowly, when the pieces start connecting, we understand the bigger purpose of it. The final puzzle piece is realizing the real goal of the degree: the value of human life.
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Flow based logic and empathy.
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Well said @yukta ,you did a beautiful analogy of medicine to puzzle, In the end, beyond knowledge and degrees, it reminds us that the true purpose of medicine is to value, protect, and care for human life.
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On the first day of the MBBS, I thought the hardest challenge would be the endless textbooks. But during my early ward postings, I realized the real lesson wasn’t memorizing facts - it was understanding people. Medicine quietly teaches you patience, humility and the weight of being trusted with someone’s life.
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Beautifully put! That shift in perspective during the clinical rotations is truly the foundation of a medical career. It teaches us resilience, weight of being responsible for another life and the importance of lifelong learning right from day one. Great share!
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This is so true when we are studying pre clinical subjects it seems basic knowledge but as we proceed to clinical subjects and starting connecting like a puzzle piece just like you mentioned.
The process is long and its difficult to look at the bigger picture before a certain point but we have to be patient and kind to ourselves while we are in this healthcare journey.
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Exactly, Yukta. When you connect the final piece, you achieve the goal and embrace the game’s complete wholeness, revealing the true essence of human values.
You’ve beautifully captured the heart of an MBBS degree in just a few lines, making it crystal clear for non-MBBS folks like me and so many others.
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Such a great analogy!
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Great ,The first lesson that MBBS teaches is humility, because medicine is a vast subject, and no doctor knows everything.
It also teaches compassion, because every patient is a human being and deserves compassion. 
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So true we might have look lost at the start but when we figure out things everything falls in place clearly!!
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