Pediatrician Personal Statement

The valuable knowledge and experiences gained over the years have influenced my character today and more importantly the pediatrician I aspire to become in the future.

My upbringing in a remote farming community, in my home country St. Vincent and the Grenadines, allowed for a simple but active childhood. There, everybody knew one another and cultivated genuine community spirit. I was an avid reader and lover of the outdoors, which I credit for sparking my keenness for creative writing and hiking. At age eleven, I relocated to the city, to attend one of the best high schools in my country. However, I spent the greatest part of those years away from my family and I grew up fast. Despite this, I received ample opportunities for advancement

Vincent, where I benefit from rigorous hands-on work and volunteer experiences that embody continuous learning, critical thinking, and efficient multitasking. I often find myself fulfilling roles of health care provider to that of counselor and patient advocate. But my career passion is to become a pediatrician. I particularly love that pediatricians make their impact on children’s health immediately after birth and therefore, help shape their future. I started with a strong interest towards preventive medicine and this is still extremely important to me. However, after treating children suffering from cancer during my internship rotations and my current encounters managing children in emergency care, my interests in pediatrics have since broadened. Furthermore, there are several interesting career options available in the field of pediatrics. Whether in areas that foster long-term patient relationships or those involved in advanced treatments and procedures, to those focused on policy-making and technological advances, they are all integral to positive patient outcomes. This makes the prospects of a career in pediatrics

This journey started at the St. George’s University, Grenada, where apart through working to acquire academic success, I enjoyed many new cultural and social experiences from interacting with students from around the world. Unfortunately, financial constraints forced my withdrawal from the St. George’s University and my return home to St. Vincent. This eventually caused a delay in my medical school training. But far from being deterred by this setback, I later had the privilege to enroll in Trinity school of medicine in St. Vincent, where a team of experienced and dedicated faculty mentors supervised my learning in a small and close-knit environment. At Trinity, opportunities to round with attending physicians at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital were available from the start and I felt inspired to take on the challenge of my clinical clerkship in the United States. As a third and fourth-year student rotating in the United States, I worked with patients of vast clinical, social, and cultural backgrounds. Each patient experience was unique which offered a means for enhancing my interpersonal skills and kindness towards patients, attributes that are befitting a physician no matter their specialty.

Prior to medical school, I worked as a high school teacher for four years. During that time, I developed a penchant for nurturing meaningful relationships with young people and understanding