• Question: are any of your family members doctors or work within health and social?

    Asked by bmtwigger to Ali on 4 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Ali Blatcher

      Ali Blatcher answered on 4 Nov 2017:

      Bmtwigger, a good question.

      None of my family are in healthcare. My parents were both French teachers and my sister did languages at uni, so I am an anomaly in the family!

      I do find this difficult sometimes when they do not understand the medical terms that I use at the dinner table and do not understand about the long and hard hours that I work.

      You find at medical school that a lot of medics come from families of doctors. I guess it means that Iv chosen to do it myself and knew that I wanted to do it.

      Are your family medics?

      Ali

Comments

  • Photo: Deborah

    Deborah commented on :

    My husband is in the ambulance service so we share common experiences, but no one from my immediate family has a healthcare background. My brother is in the fire service though so there is may be a slight link to emergency services!

  • Photo: Phil

    Phil commented on :

    None of my family are in healthcare. My mum was a teacher and my dad an electrical engineer. My mum asked me one day what I wanted to be, and I said I didn’t know. She said “well, you like science and people, why don’t you become a doctor?” and I realised she’d hit the nail on the head! She’s a very wise woman!