Chronicle April 2016

11 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

James George To be brutally honest, I didn’t have high expectations coming into this talk. I wrongly assumed that it would have little relevance to myself and the other young men attending, but, on reflection, I’m glad I went. It made me realise how little I knew about the struggles women face in Medicine today. Now I feel I have a greater understanding, not only of how a career for women in Medicine differs, but also how the medical world works. I have been considering a career in psychiatry and, luckily for me, one of the women had practised as a psychiatrist. She described the job as quite disturbing, which gave me a better understanding of what I might be getting myself into. The women’s professions ranged from a consultant surgeon to a research scientist, which was encouraging because it demonstrated how much you can do with a medical degree. I particularly remember

Mapping the Future Thanks to the ongoing development of new initiatives by the Careers Department, Teddies is the first school to use the recently created Finance Map as one of its careers guidance tools. Finance Map is a tutorial-based introduction to the world of financial markets and the activities of its key participants, especially banks and fund managers. Presenting his comprehensive two-hour tutorial to a group of Lower Sixth pupils, Matthew Craston (creator of Finance Map) explained complex financial concepts, while demystifying much of what pupils read or hear about the financial services industry in general. Finance Map tutorials will continue to be available to interested Lower Sixth pupils as part of the Careers Department’s continual provision of careers advice direct from the world of work, firmly rooted in the academic programme.

some advice from one of the women, Ms PG Roy: ‘To survive as a parent whilst being a medic... one, get a nanny, and two, be nice to your parents.’ What was really reassuring was hearing some of the women say they weren’t totally certain they wanted to become doctors, even after they finished their medical degree. They explained that they needed to experience other jobs before they knew what they wanted to do. This helped me because I am not totally certain I want to become a doctor but the talk made me realise that I can experience all that medicine has to offer before I commit to a full-time profession. James, who is in the Lower Sixth, was previously at New College School. He is studying A Levels in Maths, Biology and Chemistry, and is interested in psychiatry and neuroscience.