Admittedly, I have been a generalist by nature well before medical school.
My high school required sciences and math through all four years, but I also took music and foreign language electives in all four years (and also typing for a semester, which turned out to be well worth it).
My college years focused on biochemistry, but came to be the broader study of ecological relationships between insects and plants. However, I also took or sat in on a number of elective courses which have benefited me to this day. Memorable favorites included calligraphy, music theory, welding, Western philosophy, Buddhism and an ROTC course in asymmetric warfare (I was not in ROTC, which made this pretty interesting).
I think all this simply confirmed an overall impression that everything really is connected to everything else. Or, maybe everyone really is within seven social relationships of Kevin Bacon!
So, by the time I went to medical school I had no doubt that I wanted to be a family physician. Why would you want to know 99% of one specific thing when you could know 85% about every thing? To each their own, but I get variety in every day and always look forward to going to work.
(h/t The Browser)
