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Reflection about transition from high school to college
Anatomy and physiology /myology
Anatomy and physiology /myology
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Out of all of my classes, Anatomy and Physiology gave me more opportunities outside of the classroom. There were some classes that were a bit tough, but the work did not require intense reading, memorization, and dedication. The teacher offered extra credit in exchange for attending the Texas A&M Mini- Medical School in Round Rock. Every Thursday night, the school would have a guest presenting about their occupations such as a bariatric surgeon or a pediatrician. In addition, they talked about the intimidating transition from high school to college, their everyday work schedules, and the long but worthy years it took to get to their career. Many questions I had concerning college and my medical career were finally answered. I was glad
The career path that I want to pursue is in the medical field. I major in psychology and minor in biology because going to medical school has always been my desire. Being a pediatrician is my goal I wish to conquer. I am beyond interested and passionate about this career. It is not just a career, it is my life dreams. I want to be able to enjoy going to work every day knowing I love my job and I am here because I want to. Being a pediatrician I am able to work with children and many people of different cultures. I am thrilled to know that I will be capable of caring for sick children.
Moving on to my college years, I was a nursing major for 2 years. My classes consisted of Into Organic Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Micro Biology, Nutrition and many more. As challenging as the course work as, I loved every second of it. My teachers were all extremely passionate about their fields and the laboratories were so incredibly interesting (especially Medical Micro Biology). Now being an education major with an emphasis in English, I am only required to take three science course, which I am taking them all this semester and so far I am really enjoying them
My lifetime goal is helping others and I plan to use my career to fulfill it. The classes I’m taking right now and the ones I’m planning to take senior year are classes I believe will influence my decision in my college major/career as well as counting toward my GPA. This will help me get into schools who have medical programs that I’m considering. Also, taking AP classes can help me save money since I can earn college credit. I’m taking all AP classes, and the electives I’m taking have been classes that have helped me consider being in the medical field. I’ve found that over the years, science and math are what I’m doing better in versus history and english. I believe by being in the medical field, I can help others in the best way I can.
The summer after my freshman year in college, I went back to Honduras to volunteer with the children who had leukemia at the National Public Hospital. I have never been as intimidated as my first day, when I followed the attending oncologist, while he was showing me the pediatric unit. He also explained my duties, which were attending and playing with the children. When I was left to start my job, I felt almost as nuisance in the midst of that hectic hospital room. Unsure on how to approach the patients, I looked around and found a tender smiling face. Although I was nervous, the warmth of his expression gave me the confidence to walk towards his bed. After a long and pleasant talk, I learned that Diego was from a remote rural town, and that his father visited him three days a week because he had to work to support his family. Diego suffered from a severe form of leukemia and had been hospitalized for nine months. Due to his poor health, he was unable to walk or even sit up in his bed. Hence, he developed atrophy in his legs causing them to lose strength and mobility. Yet with a huge sparkle in his eyes, Diego shared with me his dreams of becoming a great soccer player. As I turned away to retrieve the board games that he requested, I was moved by his courage to dream despite the hardships he was enduring at such a young age. This encounter was the beginning of an important turning point in my life. What initially began as a job became a real duty for me. I felt compelled and obligated to the children whom I interacted with, gaining satisfaction in doing so. At first, it seemed I was doing them a favor but rather it was the children that made an impact in my life. After I left Diego’s bedside that day, I was heartbroken to see h...
When a patient walks in to visit the pharmacy they are making a decision about their health care. Patient’s health care decisions should not be limited to choosing their doctor or pharmacy, but should be extended to deciding how that doctor and pharmacist works with them to achieve their personal health goals. Pursuing a career in health care requires a commitment to a long-term formal education, a great deal of debt and a lifelong commitment to continuing education. After completing school a pharmacist has a well-developed set of tools for dealing with patient populations to help them manage their health care. These tools are not acquired to determine patient’s health care needs for them. Often pharmacists and doctors complete their education and believe that education makes them better suited than the patient to evaluate the patient’s needs. No one is better suited to make decisions regarding their body than the patient themselves. My position in health care is one of an advisor rather than a manager. As a pharmacist I will work to educate patients rather so that they can make educated decisions about their health. Educating patients allows them to be more autonomous in their pursuit of health care and also allows them to pursue treatments that are most beneficial to them personally rather than what is most beneficial to the pharmacist, doctor or hospital.
are required to learn more. I do not think I will want to be a surgeon, because
The first year of highschool, will be a really important year for starting my future career in the medical field, I will have to try and take a lot of health classes, science classes, and other classes to help me prepare for my astonishing future . I’d be taking a lot of health classes throughout my whole high school years. Some of the courses that I would need to take are, medicine and dentistry, customer and personal service, and english. I’d also need to attend biology, education and training, psychology, and computers and technology. More courses I would attend are personal and human resources, therapy and counseling, administration and management, law and government, sales and marketing, AP chemistry, engineering and technology, mathematics, mechanical, and economic and accounting. Then, in college I would need to take the classes I didn’t take there, and i’d also have to get my Doctoral degree, Post-Doctoral degree, and my Professional degree. Also, I would have to go to school for my required doctor of medication degree, residency and fellowships in cardiothoracics, and my license. Becoming a surgeon requires a lot of schooling, not only do you need to attend health classes but you also have to attend science classes too. Some people say it’s too much schooling to complete while you’re still young, but i’m up for the challenge of completing the schooling
During basic sciences, cardiology was my favorite subject. I also liked pulmonology. Gastroenterology was interesting in its own right. Neurology had its allure. Nephrons were amazingly like organic calculators. To not have endocrinology would be like not having salt and sugar. And infectious disease couldn’t be overlooked. Similar things could be said for other subjects. After studying the different organ systems, it felt counter productive to leave any behind. I would always be curious of what I missed if I did. My internal medicine rotation only reaffirmed my interests as I
I have always been good at biology and mathematics. This is one reason why one of my many goals is to major in biomedical engineering. I am very excited to start studying biomedical sciences, and hope to use my newly learned skills in the medical field. Achieving a college education in such field will pave the road for my future career, by teaching and instilling knowledge that would not have been learned otherwise.
My palms began to sweat profusely as I sat in the admission's office chair looking down at the white space on the application form asking for my major. This was the moment of truth: I would finally have to reveal to the world that I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. At seventeen and with only limited exposure to the medical field, I believed doctors were people in lab coats with test tubes who gave orders and cared only about science and money, not humanity. Becoming a doctor was one of the furthest things from my mind. I peered at the "undecided" box and checked it sheepishly. That action seemed to announce such failure.
Most students either enjoy math and science or English and history. After eleven years of school, I came to the conclusion that I love math and science. My sophomore year of high school, I took biology and chemistry and I loved it. Ever since I was eight years old, I always wanted to become a veterinarian. While talking to my friends about what we want to do in the future in the past couple of years, I realized that I did want to work with animals, but did I really want to do surgery on the furry little creatures? I decided to look up different veterinary career options. I came across veterinary anatomic pathology and I always loved working in labs. That is how I found out exactly what I wanted to be. Over the summer I researched college majors. Considering I love biology and chemistry, I came to the conclusion that I want to major in biochemistry.
This semester, I had a wide range of different experiences on different MedSurg floors including, cardiac, gi, and oncology. I saw and experienced a variety of learning experiences that I will benefit me in my future career as a nurse, especially since I want to be a MedSurg nurse.
Many people think that becoming a doctor is difficult. Others have some sense that becoming a physician takes many years and is expensive. Most people realize that being a physician is difficult yet rewarding. All these people are correct. Becoming a physician is a long, arduous, expensive process that can only be accomplished with great dedication.
First day before getting to class i had no idea that ¨Health Occupation¨ would mean like everything i learned while in this class, i thought it was going to be a more advance health class like the one i took my freshman year. Until i saw the teacher in scrubs i knew it would have to do with hospital stuff. I didnt think anything to detailed about what we would learn , just things that nurses do in the hospital and how to prepare for that. I am happy
In 2004, my maternal grandfather suddenly passed away under mysterious circumstances—less than a decade later, my widowed paternal grandmother followed suite. As a kid, they were both instrumental to nurturing my interest in the sciences despite only seeing them twice a year at most. They often taught me the importance and medicinal function of many locally-grown plants and herbs in the southern region of Nigeria. As I increased in my scientific knowledge—especially in college, it dawned on me that my grandfather might have had passed away from a longstanding undiagnosed ailment. The same applies to my grandmother who became fully blind after receiving several doses of harmful traditional medicine. Thus, I decided to pursue a career as medical doctor in order to serve poor West African communities like my grandmothers’ that sorely lack qualified doctors and affordable health care.