For many people, financial difficulties are not the greatest problem. In many specialties competition for jobs is fierce. Applicants must give the impression that the job they are seeking has been their ambition from the womb. A CV showing six months at Bible college may be seen as a sign of low commitment. It depends how you present the time you have spent.
Some specialties view stepping out positively.
Innovative and lateral thinking, risk taking, self motivated study and self improvement are all desirable qualities to bring to your specialty. Skills gained at Bible college, like counselling or a well-founded critique of contemporary social patterns, can only add strength and depth to a healthcare team. A term in Bible college may trigger a radical re-orientation of your career values. Unthinkable as it may seem to the upwardly mobile SHO, rising to the top of the cardiothoracic surgery ladder may not be the ultimate goal in life after all. Perhaps God has other plans.