My Clinical Experience Essay

During the early phase of my undergraduate studies, I travelled back home for a summer and got an opportunity to shadow and volunteer for a cardiologist in a government hospital. One of the cases I got to observe dealt with an eight- year old boy suffering from Epstein’s Anomaly along with paralysis from waist down. By involving myself in these experiences, I had the opportunity to I got to see joy and sadness. Keeping that boy in my mind and seeing how enthusiastic he was despite of his situation sparked a fire in me. Walking through the same government hospital in Bangalore, India, I felt a range of emotions, but especially a desire to be able to change things for better. I noticed the plight of families living below the poverty line struggling to get their papers in order to get a small exempt from paying hospital bills. These families were coming from rural areas far from the hospital to get their loved ones treatment. I noticed the limited amenities the patients had and was struck by them. This in depth involvement helped me to attain first hand exposure in a public health setting. As I felt lost in an ocean of emotions, crying in my mother’s arms, I realized the pain and suffering I watched

Averitt, Ph.D. for the last two years. I have gained immense amount of knowledge on decrypting the new mechanisms and treatment of pain. My research project is “Examination of` Serotonin 1B/1D expression in human nocicpetors across the menstrual cycle: a potential role of hormones in trigeminal pain” and is done by the application of the Western Blot technique. Invariably learning new information in research has helped me explore beyond the set academic curriculum, it has also provided me with a concrete foundation of research skills, which will used to work on innovative and emerging ideas as an epidemiologist in order to combat health care