Many would-be medics start training at around age 17, and from then on the path to qualification and beyond is structured. But if medical school is giving you cold feet, what are the alternatives?

Journalist Reecca Ghani talks to three doctors who left medicine and forged successful careers elsewhere about what made them take the leap, and what advice they’d offer others considering doing so.

Vivian Wijaya is a full-time manga artist.

Gary Crotaz is founder and director of Articulate Consulting Ltd.

Shirani Rajapaksa is a prinicipal clinical consultant at Serco Health.