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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
When I entered college at LSU, in the fall of 2009, I was undecided in my major. I did this purposefully because I wanted to give myself the opportunity to have one full year to try out a variety of classes and truly allow myself to find my passion. It was during my second semester at LSU that I took KIN 2500, a human anatomy course, and felt the feeling I had been hoping I would fe...
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
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
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
Since starting this class, introduction to health care, I have begun to think about what the future holds for me and what I will pursue with my college degree. At this point in time my career goal is to become a physician assistant in orthopedic surgery. I plan on working in a hospital setting where I can continue to learn and practice my profession. Five years after all my schooling and achieving my license, professionally I see myself working at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, New York, which is a teaching hospital. I would be working on and with patients, while still learning as I practice my previous knowledge. I would be seeing patients with injuries such as an ankle sprain, evaluating x-rays, and possibly sitting on and
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
In the beginning of the semester, I thought it would be enjoyable to take Anatomy and Physiology since I had already taken it in high school and actually received a high grade. I had heard from many students that this class is much harder in college and will often have a big lecture setting with more than three-hundred students, but I brushed this off and went into the classroom with a positive attitude. I quickly learned that big lectures were not the classes that I would succeed in, instead I preferred a small classroom setting where I am able to ask questions whenever needed. Throughout the semester, I also learned that I prefer online classes when it comes to mathematics and social sciences because they can be self-taught and I found myself often uninterested during the
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.
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.