Caring for patients in my clerkships during the medical school remains the most rewarding experience of my career. I felt honored and joyful as I got to know patients and their diverse medical issues. I eagerly looked forward to meeting new patients to help them understand disease processes, outline treatment options, and provide hope. I understood how additional attention and empathy with patients could change the outlook of patient care and quality of life. Nursing sick people back to health gave me my first sense of satisfaction as a physician. My passion for Family Medicine stems from my desire to treat patients of diverse ages and background. For me, Family Medicine is an appealing choice for the opportunity it grants me to follow patients
When we see patients, we must remember that we are not simply treating a disease. We are caring for people with lives, hobbies, jobs, families, and friends, who are likely in a very vulnerable position. We must ensure that we use the status of physicians to benefit patients first and foremost, and do what we promised to when we entered the profession: provide care and improve quality of life, and hopefully leave the world a little better than it was
My passion and admiration for the healthcare field began during my teenage years, when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis—a chronic, autoimmune disease affecting various joints throughout my body. As I went through years of treatment, my physician and other medical professionals were instrumental in helping me to maintain a positive attitude after my diagnosis. Their care was the impetus for my future goals, as I saw the genuine goodness that they felt from helping others. As a result of all the medical help and emotional support that I received from these medical providers throughout my youth, I have chosen to pursue a career in the service of others through the public health field.
As physicians, we are foundations for our patients. We become sources of strength and emotional security for them, in trying times. We do more than fix others back to health (spotting signs of illness, giving diagnoses, drugs or treatment). We must understand the concerns of those we help and be there for our patients—through pain and sorrow. ================
My mom always used to say,” Look at the person as a whole to understand the condition.” Even though it made little sense to me as a child, I learned the concept when I was doing my Internal medicine rotation. The passion of knowing that I could improve a person’s quality of life drew me into pursuing medicine. The multitude of different organ systems that one covers while practicing medicine fascinated me to delve into a field that encompasses them all - Internal Medicine. In addition, I enjoyed the challenges that Internal Medicine would provide me with its diversity. Altogether, Internal Medicine was the amalgam of everything I learned in my medical practice and decided to pursue my residency.
Doctors should possess the skills necessary to assess what the patient actually needs contrary to what he/she believes they require. An illness obviously impacts one’s life regardless of how minuscule. A doctor plays a vital role in both the physical condition and the, often over-looked, emotional well-being of his/her patients. I firmly believe that through my experiences in two separate, but fairly similar branches of medicine I have developed the ability to care for those in a compassionate yet professional manner along with the ability comprehend the information necessary that being a health care provider
Reminiscing over the conversation, I considered the implications of a career in family medicine. I began contemplating the vast array of illnesses around me that I was naïve of before becoming a medical student. The importance of the field could be seen all around my personal life. My father recently started losartan for hypertension, my mother and sister frequently encounter migraines, my brother’s has vitiligo of the foot, and my youngest brother has eczema on his arms in connection to his asthma. The list continues with my uncle’s rheumatoid arthritis, my aunt’s recent hepatitis infection, an aunt’s bilateral knee replacements due to osteoarthritis, two uncles with chronic back pain, and a younger cousin in Pakistan, having a limp due to improperly diagnosed hip dysplasia. Also, Pakistan, where I am from originally suffers with polio vaccination deficiency. I witnessed my uncle having polio of one leg and becoming dependent onto a wheelchair. Family medicine was the only field that would allow me to make a change in all of these
I shadowed a primary care physician (PCP), a cardiologist, and a General surgeon in Little Rock. I was introduced to triaging, monitoring patient diets, and transitioning from diagnosis to treatment. These experiences exposed me to some of the immense responsibilities of doctors. Through my experience shadowing Dr. Richard Jackson, I learned the necessity of compassion in a physician and that it is as important as medical procedures. I observed him putting a colostomy bag on a seven-year-old girl diagnosed with colon cancer. When she recovered from surgery, he noticed she was sad and scared about the colostomy bag. He comforted her by telling stories of many other children who also had colostomy bags at a young age and finished his conversation by making funny faces at her. This made her happy and her smile expressed joy and the beauty of being alive. It taught me that a patient’s emotional health is as important as their physical health, and both factors need to be considered when providing care. This shadowing experience enabled me to see what it is like to be as a practicing physician and further reinforced my desire to be a
Although I had always considered medicine a potential career from hearing my mother’s frequent inspirational recounts as a dentist, it was my volunteer work that awakened my sense of responsibility to the world and my desire to help patients heal. As a volunteer at the UCSF Medical Center, I dashed through corridors with a patient rushing to find his wife in the maternity ward, minutes before she delivered. Witnessing the newborn with the family was a heartening experience, and fostering trust with patients at UCSF Medical has enriched my life immeasurably. Such interactions enhanced my ability to build strong interpersonal bonds, and I was awarded the HEARTS Award from UCSF for exemplary patient care. The hospital became my second home and I realized that I might enjoy working in a health care setting.
At the age of 6, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and became interested in the nursing field. As a kid, I was always happy when my grandfather 's nurse would come over to care for his wounds, because I knew that her good spirits and good care always made him feel better. I believe this is the reason why I did not grow up fearing the doctor’s office, instead I grew up associating the doctor’s office as a place that made people feel better. As a certified medical assistant I’ve had an impact in patient’s care and as a future nurse I want to continue to provide the best patient care that my grandfather once received.
I quote a man who has been accepted by the general populace to be accurate in his observations of society: “Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work”, Aldous Huxley is known to have said. I know not the purpose of life, but I know of passion, and mine lies in medicine.
Moreover, pediatricians must also acquire listening skills, attuned not only to the needs of their young patients but also to the concerns of their caregivers (Kee et al., 2018). Creating a supportive environment where both children and their guardians feel valued and respected is essential to the job. By actively listening and addressing the concerns of both patients and their families, pediatricians provide a sense of partnership and collaboration needed to navigate complex medical decisions and treatment plans (UCLA Med School, 2016). Problem-solving is important for gathering comprehensive information and understanding the unique context of each patient's situation. Pediatricians must have empathy to acknowledge and validate the worries and stresses experienced by patient caregivers.
At three in the morning, the phone rang. A trembling voice relayed the news that my friend had fallen into a coma due to an inoperable brain aneurysm. A few days later, her family decided to stop life support after confirmation that she was completely brain-dead. The fact that nothing could be done for her in this day and age, despite all our technological advancements, was a great shock to me. In addition, the fact that she was younger than me made me realize how short and precious each life truly is. Her death inspired me to pursue medicine so that one day, others in similarly hopeless situations, would have a chance to survive. My dream is that one day, I will contribute to bringing medicine one step closer to curing someone with a currently untreatable disease.
They are aware of their strengths and limitations and recognize when their own personal problem interfere with effective care (DeVoe et al.,2011). Family physicians respect the privacy of the person. The patient-physician relationship has the qualities of a covenant - a promise, by physicians, to be faithful to their commitment to patients' well-being ,whether or not patient are able to follow through on their commitments (Fox et al.,2005). Family physician provide continuing care to their patients. They use repeated contacts with patients to establish the patient -physician relationship and to promote the recovery power of interactions.
Many times, patients ask me questions regarding what a doctor has just told them because they feel like they may not fully understand. I typically will use my extra time to explain things to them and provide them with resources to ensure they can go home feeling confident about new prescriptions, discharge instructions and their follow-up care. My desire to further my own education stems from my desire to be able to continually further the education of my patients as well. As a family nurse practitioner, I look forward to having the opportunity to be someone that people in the community feel they can confide in and trust while also feeling like they are truly being heard when they explain their symptoms and concerns. By listening and digging deeper into a patient’s symptoms I will be able to work towards a diagnosis and determine the best treatment plan for
By making a positive impact on our patients by showing compassion and listening to their needs, medical care will begin to rise again and the patient’s will feel as though they matter. When lives lie in the hands of our surgeons or physicians, it is important to show not only the patient but the family that they care. Sometimes taking time out of the day to make sure the family is doing okay if they were given bad news or to answer all the questions rather than rushing them, will leave the family feeling