My partner in crime from secondary school (you know who you are) was influenced to become a man with a stethoscope after being fed a diet of TV series like Marcus Welby, MD, Dr Kildare, and Trapper John, MD. My daughter was probably smitten by George Clooney and his good-looking workmates in ER. Her interest would have been piqued by the carefree lifestyles of the doctors...