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As a medical student, how do you know if you are suitable to be a surgeon?

Qualities you should have or develop to take up surgery as your career in post graduation:

You should be a smart worker, getting a lot of work done effortlessly in between your emergency surgeries ,opds , emergency calls.
You should have speed in everything you do whether it's writing the treatment order , examining the patient, performing procedures minor to major.
Have problem solving capabilities, you can develop these by seeing a lot of cases and that is possible if you join a high volume center.
You should have a strong mind and a heart of a stone because youl be seeing many deaths in your career.
You cannot maintain your health if you are in a govt medical college with high volume load of cases.
Surgeons thrive on chaos and adrenaline
Surgeons undergo the longest and most rigorous training. Residency teaches more than knowledge; it’s about decision-making, leadership and technical skill. surgeons are often stereotyped as abrasive, arrogant, and difficult to work with .

A surgeon will always have a high level of empathy and sympathy towards his patients and i think it is highest compared to other specialities in medicine.
A surgeon may be like a lion inside the operation theatre but can be humble and innocent as a kitten outside the OT.
And lastly surgery is a passion and join only if you are interested..enjoy

~solman ahmend~

Why would a surgeon forget his scissors inside his patient’s body? What was he thinking?

You obviously have never attended a surgery. It’s not lack of attention, or stupidity of the surgeon. But abdominal operations (that’s where most of these cases happen), are messy. There are lots of organs in the abdominal cavity, that are able to shift their positions. It is very easy for a retractor or something to slide under something. A scissor and needle driver is usually placed on a magnetic mat on the patient, for easy acces. But if they slide of (easily missed if you’re wearing loupe-glasses), than you won’t find it, unless you’re looking for it.

It’s the scrub nurse’s task to keep track of all instruments. By counting everything. And a team effort to make sure the patient isn’t closed before everything is accounted for.

even so, it happens. Fortunately it’s exceedingly rare.

edit: as Gary correctly states below, almost always the count was correct (or believed to be correct) before closing. But sometimes, the sterilizations department put in an extra tweezers or scissors in (they’re also human), or a pack of gauze has one too many. They can slip by undetected, and then things can get left in. But it is, once again, very rare. With the rise of laparoscopic procedures, this gets even more unlikely. Fortunately.

~Joris Broeren~

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN A AVERAGE INTELLIGENT PERSON AND A GENIUS INTELLIGENT PERSON?

Here's the difference:

When a person of average intelligence is confronted with a problem, they often wrestle with it for a few minutes, hours, and sometimes even days, before throwing in the metaphorical towel.

When a genius is confronted with a problem, they sit down and ponder on it. When they can't find an immediate solution, they rest it on the shelf of their mind. Days pass as they focus their attention on a second task and/or problems that they wish to solve as well. After having waited several days or months, the genius is taking a shower, brushing their teeth, or taking a walk, and the solution pops into their head like toast out of a toaster.

The difference between a person of regular intelligence and a genius is that the genius says, "I will find a solution to this problem."

The person of average intelligence says, "There is no solution, I give up."

He who wants to find a solution to a problem will eventually receive it in the palm of his hand.

He who believes the solution to a problem is too hard or impossible to obtain, will rest his head against a brick wall of his own creation.

"A man of average intelligence is a genius who harbors poor thoughts and attitudes towards problems he sees as being bigger than himself."


~Aliya Khan~