Although this isn't directly linked to medicine, I recently started the 'Primary School Programme' at my school which has unexpectedly opened my eyes to paediatrics. This is where a group of three of us visit a particular primary school for an hour each Friday for about five weeks and we teach year four students a series of fun lessons to do with theme parks.
The first lesson was Friday the 2nd March, and despite the school forgetting we were coming and us having to teach twice the number of children in half the time that were expecting with only two of us, I found that I really enjoyed it. It was lovely to see them enjoying the games we taught them and it was really satisfying when I went around the groups and found one that didn't understand the rules, and I explained it to them in a different way that enabled them to understand and have fun with it. Also I found how children have very different priorities to adults, and things are important to children that aren't important to adults. For example I had to sort out a squabble over who put the elastic band over the top trumps cards! I had to deal with this sensitively - I didn't want to upset either of them by making out like it wasn't important when obviously, for them, it was.
So this then has really opened my eyes to working with children. I think it would be interesting to work in an environment where I would have to make an effort to see the situation from the point of view of the child, to understand how the situation should be dealt with when they are heavily involved.
