Pursuing Medicine: A Personal Statement

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My desire to pursue Medicine as a career is not the product of an epiphany, rather a gradual understanding and focus, initially founded in my love for the sciences. I have encountered many topics within and beyond the International Baccalaureate Biology and Chemistry syllabi, from the complexity of human anatomy to the contemporary medical innovations, such as CRISPR genome editing. These scientific glimpses into the medical world have especially piqued my interest and prompted me to delve further into the field of Medicine.

Throughout my clinical observation, I had the opportunity to glimpse the intricacies of medical procedures in various specialties such as cardiac catheterization and CT-guided Percutaneous Nephrostomy. An aspect that particularly interested me was the therapeutic effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, known to benefit psychiatric disorders like depression or schizophrenia. I became immensely drawn to the potential of this technology in benefiting cognition and memory or perhaps even in improving the motor restrictions associated with stroke patients. …show more content…

The combination of scientific and human characteristics deeply reflects my own personal character, thus I found it to be a world that felt both natural and welcoming. Shadowing the medical staff in two hospitals concreted my desire for the doctor-patient interaction and human quality that pure science cannot offer. I was given the opportunity to witness multiple facets of Medicine and hence realized that the diversity of patients, manifesting in a unique blend of culture, socioeconomic background, and personality, could hugely affect the approach of a

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