I have always found medical “stuff” interesting. In 2010 I completed the LVN program at the local junior college and began working at a pediatric clinic. After a few years there, I took a job working in public health and it was then I really began to fall in love with epidemiology, infection prevention and things that were disease related. I had always contemplated returning to school to further my education, but never really thought it was possible until I found Kaplan. I am very excited to gain the knowledge I need to succeed and strengthen the traits that I have to help me excel in this career path that I have chosen. What is epidemiology one may ask? Someone in this profession may “Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution …show more content…
It is also imperative that an Epidemiologist work well under pressure and work well in a fast paced environment. Per the personality profile that was created by answering a series of 60 questions on O*Net Online, my main interests are in things that are investigative, social and conventional. I found these results to be contradictory of each other; the results state that investigative interests are for those who like to work with ideas and thinking, social interests like to work with others more than information and conventional interests likes work that follows set rules and routines and pays attention to details rather than working with ideas. Most the epidemiologists’ work involves thinking, analyzing data and disease trends, investigating, and working within the limits of the law. I feel as if I already possess quite a few of the skills that will make me a successful Epidemiologist or Infection Preventionist but I do however really struggle with public speaking. By forcing myself to speak in front of people at work, through presentations and trainings, I have confidence that I can work to overcome this fear and grow to become a better public speaker. These …show more content…
There are many interactive features of KU Career Services that can benefit students. I have found that the career services site is somewhat difficult to navigate, but as I use it more I am sure that it will become easier to use. Professionally, in 5 years, I see myself as a graduate of Kaplan University’s Master in Public Health and working in the healthcare industry as either an Epidemiologist, or an Infection Preventionist. Based on my supervisory background, I imagine myself to be in a management role or in a position where I can mentor fellow employees. I wish to make a difference, help others and help to prevent disease. I know that will my employment background, and educational background, I will succeed at achieving these
...out sanitation, infrastructure, and hygiene can greatly reduce global health disparities worldwide. In addition, research is another fundamental necessary in ensuring human health quality for individuals. I admire the researchers who commit in finding answers to fight against chronic diseases occurring worldwide. I have significantly respect the researchers who work together in discovering new diseases and treatments affecting individuals globally and not only fulfilling one country’s needs. It is my desire to become one of those researchers in the next ten years contributing in global health and decreasing global health inequalities in order to provide health care equality for every human being living in the world. We need to work together, globally, and collaborate in order to end health inequalities and the pursuit of human equality in the sake of social justice.
Many people have never heard of an epidemiologist, epidemiologists are responsible for studying and helping control patters of injury and disease in the human population. I found epidemiology to be very interesting because I did not know such a career existed. It is the perfect mixture of the health and science field which intrigued me to learn more about what they do. I would love to study how specific epidemics can impact humans and hopefully be able to find a vaccine for an epidemic one day.
From there, “the minimum educational requirement to work as an epidemiologist is a master’s degree from a school of public health. Some jobs require a doctorate” (“Institute”, 2009 p. 23). Most jobs require a strong background in statistics and the master’s degree to have an emphasis in epidemiology. Any growth within the field usually requires a doctorate. However, simply having a master’s in public health does not guarantee a career in epidemiology. Many other factors are required or heavily encouraged. To determine these factors, current epidemiologists were asked how they achieved success in their jobs in a 2002 survey conducted by Ross Brownson, Jonathan Samet, and Stephen Thacker. The most common positive comments were “the choice of institution from which a scientist graduates, the choice of hot research topics, and hard work. For many persons, access to a strong mentor has been noted as one of the most important career advantages.” (Brownson et al., 2002). Many also stated that an intense curiosity was needed to be successful. In addition, due to the unpredictability of disease, epidemiologists must be willing to work unconventional hours. Therefore, epidemiology is not an easy career to begin. Nonetheless, it can be a very rewarding career. Most people choose epidemiology because they
I am currently a biology major at Pace and I hope to go to medical school after finishing my undergrad. Ever since I was very young, I have held a fascination in the field of medicine. Although it started
...forming bench research at Barry University and Weill Cornell Medical College in the Traveler’s Research Fellowship, I have been exposed to the side of medicine where scientists work every day to find cures for diseases and save lives. Experiencing different aspects of medicine has made me a more competent individual to thrive in this field and has deepened my interest and passion to pursue medicine as a career.I believe that those who fight with so little against so much truly need others to help them in their struggle. Being a physician is not only becoming a successful professional. I will work hard to bring about necessary changes to end social disparities, so that more groups in society receive the best healthcare. By making a difference in their lives, I will receive rewarding experiences that are worth all the hard work and sacrifice my chosen career requires.
Having a strong passion to improve health care in rural communities through research in infectious diseases, viral infections, and immunology is a vital career goal for me today.
My aspirations in life are to obtain a Bachelor’s of Science in Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In addition, I will take The National Board of Public Health Examination to become certified in Public Health. I will acquire the appropriate experiences and knowledge by attending internships and job shadowing fellow public health associates. Secondly, I will further my education to achieve a Master of Science in Public Health to become a Public Health Analyst at The Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, I will pursue to work for a government agency, such as the department of Health and Human Services and become a Public Health Advisor in Maryland. Lastly, I plan to obtain a business degree in Entrepreneurship to obtain the knowledge to open up a health and wellness clinic. This center will allow local residents to achieve physical exercise, mental counseling, receive nutritional facts, and obtain health screenings. Residents may also register in classes and sign up for volunteer work.
My personal interests, skill set, and professional talents lend to having the ability to connect with patients. I am a good listener, a communicator and comfortable with a variety of populations. Now that I have found the area of Medicine that I believe to be right for me, my hope is to spend some time in the healthcare field to grow as a professional. I look forward to working hard, and seeing the opportunities in every difficult level by expanding my knowledge in all aspects of primary
What is a Pediatrician? A Pediatrician is someone who examines young patients, perform test, interpret results, and determine the right diagnosis. In this paper I will explain what a Pediatrician is. I will explain things about a pediatrician such as their educational requirements or education, salary, the good, bad, and ugly of their jobs, and lastly how a Pediatrician can further his/her career. A lot of things play a huge role in their job and getting them to their career.(source 2)
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in well-defined populations. The goal of epidemiology is to understand the causes of disease variation and limit disease, injury and death in a community by intervening to prevent or limit outbreaks or epidemics of disease and injury. Epidemiology provides the most compelling evidence for measuring environmental risk to humans. Epidemiologists are public health professionals who investigate occurrence of disease-or other health related conditions or events in specific populations. Epidemiology allows public health workers to organize, analyze & interpret statistical facts about health problems. The basic design strategies applied in epidemiological research can be generally categorized according to whether such investigations focus on reporting the distributions of disease or elucidating its determinants. All study designs involve descriptive and analytical type of comparison of exposure and disease status. Descriptive epidemiology focuses on the general characteristics of the distribution of a disease. Analytical epidemiology focuses on the determinants of a disease by testing the hypothesis formulated from descriptive studies to check whether a particular exposure causes or prevents disease.
Since I started College in 2004, I focused on taking as many science classes as possible. I wanted to stay in medical field, I never thought of myself being in the business field. I used to think medical field would open the door to many secured jobs in pharmacy and dentistry. In 2007, my mom had a severe stroke. After taking two years off from school to take care of my mom, my goal changed. Going back to school, I wanted a degree which I could find a job right when I get out of school and while waiting to get into pharmacy school. My choices of pharmacy schools were narrow down to in state schools only. I was lucky to be introduced to Health Care Management by a friend. Health Care Management sounded attractive to me because I always wanted to work in the health care field. I was not sure I was born to be a manager. I had experience with project management working for a private law firm for two years but not people management. A few years ago, I took the class “how to deal with difficult people” at Community College of Aurora because I doubted my communication skill. I never thought I would be a good communicator. In middle school, writing in Vietnamese was one of my strengths, I even wanted to be a journalist when I grow up but when writing in English, it is one of my weaknesses. The first semester starting Health Care Management courses; I took four health care management classes at a time. That was my best semester because I got to take a break from taking science classes. There were challenges because I wasn’t confident in writing and presenting in front of the class. But I learned a lot out of those classes. My favorite topic in most of my papers was pharmaceutical industry but I also learned about long term care and hospic...
Medical anthropologists examine epidemic outbreaks through numerous approaches. According to Joralemon, “Epidemics offer particularly vivid demonstrations of the interconnections between biological, social, and cultural components in the human experience of disease” (2010:29). Many times these approaches cannot function on their own accord and rely on each other to solve the epidemic. It is the job of the medical anthropologist to put all the pieces of the disease puzzle together.
My passion for a career in Clinical laboratory science stems from a key experience with a li-censed Clinical laboratory scientist. On one day in the church , I was in dire need of help finding a job that can help me study medical in the future. For the first time I encountered professional-ism, knowledge, and humanity all at once. And this wasn’t a one-off experience. Each time I re-turned to the church, the exact same thing occurred: The Clinical laboratory scientist never seized to take the opportunity to encourage and help me knows better about the great work of Clinical laboratory scientists. From that moment, I decided to do my master in that field.
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it,” Albert Einstein spoke these incredibly true words years ago. Epidemiologists combat illnesses that the majority of the population readily ignore. The treatment of people afflicted with life-threatening diseases has gradually evolved because of the dutiful research of epidemiologists.
My passionate about preventive medicine continues throughout my medical school, I volunteered at the ministry of health polio eradication campaigns, where we went door to door across the rural areas of my city sought to vaccinate every child aged five or under. Later in 2005 after finishing medical school, I had to make a huge career decision, to finalize my list for the Assuit university residency match. I did my search and asked advice of my seniors. Furthermore, because of the community and preventive medicine had long