[djfiesta]

My conversational Japanese is at quite a minimum, I spent a month there two years ago on an elective.

I'd by no means be throwing away what I've done, it's more like a break from it all for a while. After this year if I jump into the rat race that is trying to specialise, I'll likely be working in clinical medicine for the next 7 years, and although it may seem like a natural progression to just specialise, I think there are other things in the world I can enjoy before diving into that.

It's more just the chance to get away for a year and try something new. Being equivalent on salary isn't that important this early in my career, as we don't earn big bucks yet anyway. As long as I could live somewhere overseas for a year, and say I enjoyed myself and grew, it'd be a nice thing.

So other than teaching English there won't be much for me to do. I'll look into research as a possibility then.

Thanks guys, and please keep the tips and advice coming.