"You realize, actually, na the whole thing is a partnership. It's not about you, it's about the patient. Parang you're partners para sa health nila.. And even as engineers, di ba, we realize that it's a partnership between the engineers and the end users. We get so obsessed with Iron Man and Marvel na yung engineers 'yung bida but at the end of the day it's the the ordinary people, and we're using engineering and medicine to make life better.

- Engr. Miguel Aljibe, MD

This episode is a conversation with Miguel Aljibe. Migs obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BS ME) at UP Diliman. He then studied Medicine at UP Manila. Migs is now working at the intersection of engineering and medicine as part of the UP SIBOL program.

In this episode, we discuss

• Engineering School
  Why he studied engineering
  Interests in undergraduate as a mechanical engineering student
  Finding clinical problems with engineering solutions
  Deciding he wanted to pursue medicine
  
• Medical School
  Application Process
  Challenges and advantages of going to medical school with engineering background
  Adjustments from engineering to medicine
  Key Takeaways
  
• Wrap Up
  What's next for Migs
  His three pieces of advice for students who want to pursue a similar career trajectory and study medicine after engineering
  

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Thanks to Seth Sanchez (@ primeblissrecords)  for the intro music.

This post was originally published on March 12, 2021.