Due to the impact of the epidemic, what will be the changes in the number of people applying for medical majors?

The hardest working group of people in this New Year should be the medical staff working on the front line of the fight against the epidemic. They use their own lives to protect the happiness and health of the people across the country. It can be said that this year’s medical staff are the most sought after by everyone. After all, the heroes of an era are inseparable from the social environment in which they live. Affected by the new coronavirus epidemic, medical staff have naturally become the ones respected and sought after by our entire society. of heroic figures. Let’s talk about the changes in the number of people applying for medical majors due to the impact of the epidemic.

The answer is definitely more. I believe that many people are proud of them and have also set the goal of studying medicine in their hearts. Especially for students who are about to graduate from high school this year, I believe that many students who were still hesitant about whether to pursue the path of medicine have become more determined. ?

But from a practical point of view, it is difficult to say that there is even a joke among many medical practitioners that "persuading people to study medicine will be struck by lightning". There are many reasons for this phenomenon, but generally speaking, it can be attributed to the fact that studying medicine is too hard and takes too long. Nowadays, most medical majors are five-year undergraduate programs, and many majors require a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. Read, this is eight years. For such a long period of time, students’ food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other aspects must be provided by their families. For some families with average financial status, this is undoubtedly a huge expense. Not to mention that many tertiary hospitals now recruit doctors starting with PhDs. In this way, five years of bachelor's degree plus three years of master's degree plus three years of doctoral degree, as well as three years of standardized training after entering the hospital, attending examinations, thesis funding, etc., will take nearly fourteen years at the fastest. ?

It is understandable that after the epidemic, the country will definitely increase its allocation of resources to the medical industry, and major hospitals may also increase the number of doctors in relevant departments. But at the same time, the state and society will inevitably increase their supervision of the medical industry.