Should I go to varsity or should I work for a year or two? In order to help you make this decision let me ask you how you feel right now. Can you cope with another three to five years of study? Do you feel like a rest? Do you want to carry on with your studying and get it behind you? Do you think a rest from the books might be a good idea? How do you really feel?

A new consideration for a career and one that is slowly gaining recognition in South Africa is that of the Medical Transcriptionist (MT). A medical transcriptionist as defined by the US Department of Labor as follows: "Use transcribing machines with headset and foot pedal to listen to recordings by physicians and other healthcare professionals dictating a variety of medical reports, such as emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries.