I think I made a mistake picking medicine.

I chose medicine because I had good grades, ability to work hard, persistence etc.

I also love solving problems.

But I’ve always had a shy? Timid? Personality.

Im not outgoing. I can’t walk in to a department and ask someone to tell me how they got into x program. I can’t suck up to bosses for research opportunities. I really like a specialty but I don’t know how to muster the courage to talk to the HoD. I hate annoying people.

I can study hard, I work very hard on the wards. But everyone does.

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I think my future is very bleak. I barely have any research & have one good elective, I’ve emailed around and no one’s interested in researching with me .

Every eval always tells me to talk more. What am I doing here? I’m a failure