Sorry if the formatting is weird, I'm typing this on my phone. I'm 17 and a junior in high school. My school offers some medical trade classes, and I got into an EMT and pharmacy technician class. The classes offer education from the local college to prepare you for your certification test to be an EMT or pharm tech. In the classes, (at least pharm tech, I don't know much about EMT) half of the class is in the classroom, and the other half is in a local retail pharmacy. (I think the EMT students learn firsthand from trained EMTs too?)
Anyway, the classes are pretty hard to get into. The pharm tech teacher is my current med teacher, and she really likes me, so she guaranteed me a spot in the pharm class. When you apply for the class, you have to put your first choice of which class you want and then a backup one. My backup choice was the EMT class. However, I wasn't expecting to get into the EMT class, so I didn't think I would have to make the choice of choosing one class over another. The EMT class only accepts 25 students total from 12 high schools with 3000+ students, so usually no more than 3 students from my school are accepted into the class.
I'm really unsure which class I want to take now. I'm fairly certain I want to go into the medical field, but I'm not sure what I would like to do. I feel like if I became a pharm tech during college, it would definitely be easier and less stressful, but if I decide to go into a field where I'm dealing with patients' lives depending on me, EMT would be the better choice. I'm getting mixed opinions from family and friends with which class to take. I've tried to get opinions from different medical professionals, but they're more telling me of what each class would consist of rather than their opinion on which would be more beneficial for me. I haven't taken any other med classes besides the one I'm taking now, which is a sort of introductory class, briefly covering various things in the medical world, like basic anatomy, med terms, hospital occupations, etc. I'm taking anatomy and forensic science next year, maybe a few other med based classes if I can fit them into my schedule.
At least in my area, pharm techs and EMTs are paid almost exactly the same, so I can't choose based off of pay. I'm good with memorizing things. I don't feel like I handle stress as well as others, but if I'm being honest, I don't really know how others handle stress so maybe I'm not as bad about it as I think. Still though, my bf's aunt is a doctor in the emergency room, and she says it takes a really heavy toll on her when she loses a patient. If I do EMT, I'm kind of worried with how that sort of thing will affect me while I'm in college and trying to focus on my grades. In high school though, I keep high grades, so taking one of those classes my senior year wouldn't be an issue grade-wise. Half of my classes are AP courses so I'm used to taking harder classes. I'm just really undecided and I have to make my decision by Friday.
Please help me out and offer your opinions. Also, do y'all know other subs I could post this too for advice??
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