Finding Compatibility between My Personality Traits, Interests and My Love for the Medical and Health Sciences

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Before I entered the Medical and Health sciences Pre-professional program, I have never thought choosing a right career is difficult. Since I was in middle school, I already have had my future career in mind, a doctor. To be honest, I have never known that there are more than 10 specialized doctors that require different personal characteristics, but when I entered high school, I was inspired to be a surgeon like my father. At that time, I was thinking how amazing and ironic it is that cutting into people can save their lives. However, after I take a number of surveys that are available in the program to know my personality and interests, I have understood myself better than ever before. According to Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and true color, I have found that my personality trait is ISTJ: Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging. And, for the Strong Interest Inventory Profile, my highest theme is ICR: Investigation, Convention, and Realistic. Surprisingly, they do reflect most of my personality, interests, preferred environment, and top ten jobs. Upon entering this career field, I surely will encounter a number of challenges, but in order to optimize my compatibility with the career, I have to find some ways to enhance those areas. In order to be a surgeon, one must have effective and excellent communication skill, strong physical stamina, good leaderships, and rapid problem-solving skill. Especially, surgeons must be really good with their hands. As I research my career requirement, I found out that my type of personality traits and preference working environment are dissimilar to the surgeons. While I am introvert, I like working independently and require some times alone for isolation. Moreover, I fin... ... middle of paper ... ...close friends, and then gradually expend my social networking lists. As soon as I want to develop my career, I can take some times to talk with co-worker personally and listen to their answers. I should remember their personal important dates like birthdays, anniversaries, or accomplishments and make surprise celebrate for them or congratulate them. When it comes to working in teams, I should analyze the talents of my co-workers and assign tasks from my to-do lists. For the time being, I already committed to pursue a career in medical field as a surgeon, but I will also prepare for the unexpected situations that make me change my career. Therefore, if I were to change my career, I would choose the careers in medical field that require the same basic classes or same major as surgeons such as pharmacists, surgical assistance, biochemists, or physicians.

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