Personal Statement Of Purpose For Medicine And Medicine

Medicine as a profession encompasses numerous areas that strongly relate to everyday life. It provides us an opportunity to connect to people on multiple levels and maintain a lifelong relationship with them. This is the reason why I decided to pursue medicine. Diabetes in particular has always been my focus of interest. After completing my medical education, I started my professional career in Pakistan. Being a developing country, resources were scarce and general health care was not available to many. I have witnessed my loved ones suffering from diabetes and its complications and I have been exposed to the numerous ways in which this disease has influenced their lives.

To pursue advanced medical training, my quest for knowledge led me

I was also involved in a quality improvement project, “Lantus –Detemir switch study” – a pilot study to compare the efficacy and safety of insulin detemir and glargine in the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 at Saint Joseph Hospital. The purpose of this study was to help reduce health care cost without impacting patient’s health outcome. Although the sample size was small, it was interesting to know that daily dosing of detemir may be as effective as daily glargine dosing.

After completing my residency training in internal medicine, I decided to pursue an additional year of training as a Chief resident. This will allow me to further explore my leadership qualities and enhance my teaching skills. My position as chief resident provides me an opportunity to teach residents and students on daily basis through morning reports and ambulatory clinics. I will also be able work with hospital administration and review committees to help improve the quality of care

The next step for me is to pursue an endocrinology fellowship. I hope to continue to be involved in academics and contribute to medical education especially in the field of Diabetes and metabolism. I am looking for a program, which provides adequate training in all aspects of endocrinology, and help me train as a superior clinician. Your institution has a great reputation in academics with a strong health care system. It provides a careful blend of autonomy and supervision, didactics and hands-on training. I believe my self confidence, mental strength and strong work ethics will contribute to my success in your program and as an endocrinologist I can contribute more to the society in addition to what I have I learned through my experiences so