Daily Lobo Spotlight

Daily Lobo: Do you know what you want to study in medicine yet?
Megan Brown: I’m pretty sure I want to do family practice.
DL: Is that because there is a shortage of those doctors, or because you really like it?
MB: No, that’s what I’ve wanted to do.
DL: When did you realize you wanted to be a doctor?
MB: It was a couple years ago. I’d been working at home and overseas and I realized that the skills that people wanted really needed to be better than what I could offer. As a physician, I think I can offer more of what people would like.
DL: What were you doing overseas?
MB: I was a Peace Corps volunteer.
DL: Where did you volunteer at?
MB: In El Oro, Ecuador. I was in Ecuador.
DL: Did you see anything crazy down there?
MB: Well I got to live in the Andes. I stayed in the Amazon. They have the Galapagos Islands. It’s an
amazing country.
DL: Do you think you’ll return after you become a doctor?
MB: I think I’m going to join the Peace Corps again. I don’t know where I’ll go, though. I don’t think it’ll be Ecuador.
DL: How long were you a part of the Peace Corps?
MB: The service term is two years, so I stayed three quarters of that. I left a few months early to come back and stay with my grandparents who passed away. I just wanted to spend time with them.
DL: What did you do over break?
MB: I hiked. I cooked. I played tennis.
DL: Did you get anything neat for Christmas?
MB: I got a car.
DL: What kind did you get?
MB: A Camry. If I graduate from medical school I get to keep it.
DL: How long do you think you’ll be in school?
MB: A long time. Seven years. School is four of it and then we have residency.
DL: So, would you do your residency in family practice?
MB: Yeah, I hope so. But, it’s so far away I don’t want to think about it right now.
DL: So why are you on campus on a Sunday at 5 p.m.?
MB: I was studying.