Since science has always fascinated me, I have been trying to do something interesting in order to expand upon my prior knowledge of science. My interest for a career in medicine started when I was in middle school. My mom, an emergency room nurse, would always tell stories about all of the intriguing events that took place in the ER, including in depth stories about injuries and how the doctors and nurses respond to them. These stories always fascinated me because I wanted to be part of the team administering the treatment to the patients. I constantly put myself in the feet of the medical providers, thinking of ways of how I could provide that treatment differently. Throughout my elementary and middle school, I have done many little projects …show more content…
For a project in advanced health, I had to pick a topic for which I had to help out my community and decided upon the topic of shadowing a doctor. For this project, I was able to relate my educational knowledge that I currently had and correlate it to the real life events. This topic resonated with me because of the experience I would be getting from shadowing a health care provider. After multiple attempts of finding a doctor to shadow, I finally found an ER doctor who was very excited to have me. I was also very excited to get my one time opportunity like this. When the day came, I couldn’t help control myself that I decided to get to the hospital an hour early. I followed the doctor inside multiple patient’s rooms and experienced how he diagnosed the problem and derived a treatment plan on the spot according to the patient’s condition. This shadowing experience taught me a lot about the work setting and the personality of a doctor, and also provided me with insight as to what medical professionals experience in the real world. Anatomy, on the other hand, went very specific about how the different parts of the body function together to perform daily tasks. This class had many hands on learning activities which strengthened my understanding
Having one hour to shadow a pediatric oncologist would be an experience of a lifetime. Preparing for an experience like that would be extremely difficult.All this preparation would be done weeks in advance to the day i am actually shadowing the physician.
As a student that is currently seeking a career in the medical professions, I have had to routinely contemplate my reasons for pursuing such an extensive education program in a field that is constantly demanding excessive time and effort. I know of students—many friends and acquaintances of mine included—that have the most sure-fire, inspirational stories that align with their desire to become doctors, surgeons, physician assistants, etc. They always seemed to have a story that emphasized their desire to “give back” what they have received from the medical community. Because of that, ever since the beginning of high school, I have been trying to find an extraordinary reason, a purpose for my medical pursuits. Perhaps I could justify my passion for
Since a young age, I always felt inclined towards pursuing a career in the health care field; daydreaming about myself working at a clinic or hospital and making a positive impact on someone’s life. When I started college, I decided to major in Biology and explored the different career options the health field had to offer me by shadowing dietitians, nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers to find my ideal job.
I grew up in a research and development campus where my father is a scientist. Research and curiosity were constantly encouraged and this prompted me to take up medicine as a career, a field that offers tremendous prospects for research and discoveries. Throughout medical school I tried to be involved in research and attempts at trying out new ideas, be it in the lab or working with human subjects. I carried this through my residency and now my fellowship. The idea of studying a topic or issue that has so far not been treaded upon seems to be extremely exciting and challenging.
Ever since I was younger, I wanted to get into the medical field. Both my grandmothers used to work in the hospital and I would always wanted to tag along. Following them to work influenced my decision to work in a hospital. Every time I tag along, I would see many interesting things that would catch my attention and make me curious. There was a lot of materials such as the stethoscope, weighing machine, and etcetera that I would pretend to be a doctor or nurse examining imaginary people. It was absolutely perfect because I always wanted to help people. So this fall of 2014, I will be starting my education on becoming a nurse anesthetist.
I want to learn more about the medical field. I am very fascinated in the science aspects. You need to be attentive; sensitive to people’s needs and have a drive to address their needs in an utmost concerned manner. It is one of those jobs that require long working hours and often one must overlook one’s needs and cater to patients. I am a sensitive and very hard-working individual.
Outside of shadowing, my most meaningful experience working in the health professional field occurred not long after I immigrated to the US. I was in the process of completing EMT training and I was able to witness the dire health outcomes that patients encounter when they lack access to health care. One particular experience stays with me 6 years later. The call was for a diabetic patient with an altered level of consciousness in a semi-rural area outside of Charleston, SC. This was the call in which I realized that the care a physician provides to their patients need to extend beyond the physician’s office.
In the future, I wish to obtain an occupation in the medical field. I would like to start out by working for a Biology major and working in a premedical field in college where I can use my interest in medicine and my curiosity for knowledge to gain insight that would be needed to become a helpful doctor in the medical field. As I move along in my career, I would like to work my way through the pathway so that I can expand my skills in healing others, such as diagnostic abilities, effectively giving treatment and so on. I want to learn as much as possible so I can fulfill my ultimate dream of helping others that need answers to their medical problems and so that more people can live happily and healthily in the world. I hope to bring happiness to others and allowing people to live comfortably.
In order to determine whether or not clinical medicine was the right career for me, I started shadowing Dr. Richard Turner in the ER. Through my experiences with him, I learned that medicine is a problem solving process. As I watched, he would take a patient's history and try to piece together the correct diagnosis by deciding which scenarios were more likely than others. I was attracted by the dynamic nature of each patient's diagnosis and the necessity for an open mind. My hobby of flying has taught me to look at everything in life with a new perspective and to assess the situation from as many angles as possible. Watching Dr. Turner has confirmed my perception of a medical career and the nature of the work involved. Since I love puzzles and problems, the problem solving aspect also increased my desire to become a physician.
From a young age, I was drawn to the healthcare field, not because of the amount of money doctors, nurses and other health professionals made, but because of the dedication and contentment I saw on their faces helping someone in need. Growing up everyone wanted to become a doctor or a nurse and as a little child being a doctor or a nurse was a profession many parents wanted their child to pursue as a career. Needless to say, I fell into that category because I wanted too. However, that dream came to a halt.
I started to explore the different fields of medicine by working as a Medical Scribe in the Emergency Department, ER tech in Trauma Centers, getting involved in research, volunteering at hospitals and taking high level science classes. This will enhance my knowledge and experience i...
The doctor patient relationship is an important connection. Doctor-patient confidentiality is based on the idea that a person should not care for medical treatment because they fear the state will share with others.
This field spikes my interest in many different ways. The first is getting the chance to be around people and being able to help them and watch as they get the chance to get better. From a young age, I have loved being around people, and enjoyed the chance to love on them. In the last couple years, my father became sick and with everything I had in me, I wanted to be able to help him. I knew that he wouldn’t make it many years
My interest sparked after numerous days studying next to my mother, who at the time was studying to become a nurse practitioner. Many times over I paid attention to her lectures about human diseases, treatment, and diagnosis. Oftentimes I would ask her questions and her responses would further draw my interests into the medical field. It wasn’t until my junior year, in which I took my first anatomy and physiology class and began to volunteer at hospitals, that I had an inherent talent in the medical field. Oftentimes while volunteering at Houston Methodist I was presented with new medical tools and terms which I quickly understood and began to speculate the extent of what they can be used for.
When I was at my rotation in medical school, after seeing patients in the medicine unit and learning about diabetes, hypertension, and various other diseases, I immersed myself in the field. I tried to figure out ways of contributing to the specialty even though I was just a medical student, and made up my mind to become an internist. After finishing my internal medicine rotations, I was sent to complete obstetrics and gynecology rotations. During the rotation, I was watching the senior doctors delivering babies and treat different diseases that women encountered. I looked at the new mothers and witnessed their happiness which drove my motivation in obstetrics and gynecology. After three months of obstetrics and gynecology rotations, I began a pediatrics rotation. Seeing the children there growing and overcoming whatever ailed them, with all their tears, pain, and joy, made me so overwhelmed I wanted to become a pediatrician.