Pathology Residency Personal Statement

Just like all other budding doctors, I too was in a dilemma as to what field should I choose that would not only inspire me to do better but would also be gratifying to my soul. Diagnosis of disease has always been my Interest . It is what attracted and originates my interest in pathology .For me there has been nothing more exciting than the challenge of unraveling the underlying mysteries disease of the human body. I was introduced to Pathology in the third year of my medical school along with clinical rotations in internal medicine and surgery .These rotations helped me to involve in clinical pathological correlation ,this was the time when all histopathological slides which made no sense to me earlier started making sense .

My pathway following completion of medical school has not been an easy one. The lack of infrastructural, academic and medical amenities in India strengthened my decision to pursue Residency in the States. But at the same time, I

to gain latest knowledge in the field of pathology; 2. to get training in the advanced research methods 3. to get excellent practical and theoretical experience with which to make advancement and make new discoveries in pathology; 4. to make a firm basis, both theoretical and clinical, for future career. In order to realize the foregoing objectives, I want to include the following activities in my prospective study plan: 1.understanding the fundamental theories and the knowledge in pathology; 2. actively participating in laboratory work and acquiring advanced research methods and techniques ; 3. finding topics of research and following the latest progress and the literature in the related field; 4. consulting my teachers and mentor for valuable and useful advice and interchanging ideas with my fellow colleagues for improving myself in collective activities and offering possible assistance and help to