Worth the Cost?: Becoming a Doctor Without Forfeiting Your Soul

by Jack Tsai

Overview

This doctor was happily on his way to obtaining the American Dream until he decided to take seriously Jesus' command to "Come, follow me."

Every year tens of thousands hopeful students apply to medical school. This is the story of one doctor's medical journey, how he was happily on his way to obtaining the American Dream until he decided to take seriously Jesus' command to "Come, follow me."
Join him as he explores the hidden cost of medical education and Christian discipleship. For those with a burden to serve God in any future vocation, take care you do not get side-tracked by the false promises of this world. What can you do now so that when you are done with your training and ready to do God's work, you still want to?

From the author: Before you jump on the medical school bandwagon, the four-year, one-hundred-thousand dollar question you should ask is, "Is it all worth it?"
Endorsement: "Strategic students know that today's decisions lead to tomorrow's reality. When truth is truth it applies in all contexts. While Dr. Tsai emphasizes his lessons learned as a student of medicine, these insights of wisdom apply to all believers who happen to be students." - Nick Yphantides, MD; Chief Medical Officer, San Diego County

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939267719
Publisher:	Healthy Life Press
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

By day, Dr. Jack Tsai, a graduate of UCSD School of Medicine, is a family physician at a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the medically underserved of Long Beach, California. He is also part-time staff at the Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine residency program where he trained. By night, he is pursuing a MA in Biblical and Theological Studies at Talbot School of Theology. He serves as an English Ministry leader at South Bay Evangelical Christian Church and lives with his wife in Torrance, California.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: My Story 1

Part I Are You Sure You Want to Go to Medical School?

1 Counting the Cost 19

2 I Want Money and Fame! 33

3 I Want to Help People! 47

4 The Right Perspective 63

Part II Do You Still Want to Go to Medical School?

5 Obey the Obvious 81

6 Water the Grass 97

7 Humble Pie, Delicious! 111

8 You Complete Me 125

Part III Let Me Apply Already!

9 A Word About Parents (and to Parents) 141

10 Don't Worry, Be Saved 159

11 More Than Ordinary 179

Afterword

Appendix

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Notes

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Strategic students know that today’s decisions lead to tomorrow’s reality. When truth is truth it applies in all contexts. While Dr. Tsai emphasizes his lessons learned as a student of medicine, these insights of wisdom apply to all believers who happen to be students.” - Nick Yphantides, MD; Chief Medical Officer, San Diego County