We are what we dream: In Católica's new podcast, every dream is possible
It is said that dreams drive life, motivate us and challenge us to be the best version of ourselves. This is what we're going to talk about in Católica's new podcast, We Are What We Dream, where young students and recent graduates from Católica will share their dreams and how they are making them come true, showing that anything is possible.
With a pioneering spirit, Ana Rita Raimundo, a 3rd year Medicine student at Católica, is the first guest on the podcast, which is now available on Spotify. Passionate about science, she dreams of combining medicine with research.
Demystifying the idea that those who study medicine have no time for anything else, the President of the Students' Association shares her story in this episode and debunks some of the myths most associated with the medicine course.
In order to reconcile everything, Ana believes it is essential to realise ‘that time is finite and start using it more thoughtfully’. She realised early on that she ‘really liked science’ and even considered pursuing astrophysics, then molecular and cellular biology, but it was in medicine that she found her path.
In the future, she imagines herself combining research and teaching, and has already taken her first steps in the laboratory, debunking the idea that medicine is only practical from the 4th year onwards. ‘In the first week they gave us a stethoscope for our hands and told us “this is going to be your working instrument, so you have to learn how to use it”,’ she shares.
Also unusual was the application process, ‘because there's this idea that a good medical student is not necessarily just one who gets very good grades and that there are other things to look for in a doctor. To study medicine, Ana believes, a student must be ‘hard-working, motivated and have a calling."
Ana chose Católica Medical School in the very first year that the Medicine course opened at UCP, because she was convinced by the curriculum, with its focus on research, the more personalised teaching and the great curriculum flexibility, which has even allowed her to go to Oxford. ‘It was a strategic choice, because it was clearly a faculty that has a strong focus on areas that I like, namely research.’
Looking towards the fourth year, ‘I think I am much closer to achieving my goals, because I have people who look at me as a person, they know what I like and how they can help me achieve it, and they really want me to develop in that direction.
Learn more about the Medicine programme at Católica Medical School