What career path would you have chosen if pursuing medicine wasn't an option?

"I do not regret the direction I have taken my career, and I'm looking forward to my psychiatry residency training. If I were forced to start over in a new direction, I would likely pursue a career in education. I have a passion for teaching and look forward to this aspect during my career, shaping the futures of medical students and residents. I could see myself teaching the arts or sciences at the middle school level, where teenagers can feel the influences of these subjects on their future."

There is no right or wrong answer, but be sure to think about questions like this before your psychiatry residency interviews. As you answer, talk openly and honestly with your interviewers about where your career path would have ideally taken you if becoming a physician wasn't an option.