You can t do it for financial reward or for the respect that comes with the profession. You must sincerely want to make a difference in someone s life. Her advice to women who are interested in medicine is to volunteer in a hospital or a local community organization to get a perspective on what the profession is about. This type of volunteer work also helps in attaining experience needed to work with people. Dr. Momad feels that that the main challenge in medicine is dealing with other people.
Early planning can help the path to becoming a doctor be much more smoother.
Women must make sure that becoming a doctor is what will make them happy. Choices and sacrifices will have to be made. For some this might painfully mean not becoming a doctor at all. It is hard to achieve balance on the fine line between being a doctor and mother. Women must constantly evaluate their goals.