Education and Career of a Medical Doctor

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Medical Doctor is my top career choice. A career in medicine exemplifies my second and third career choices. Clinical Psychologists rectify maladjusted individuals, empowering them to be happy, healthy, and well-adjusted. Professional bodybuilding demands vast time commitment, dedication, and work ethic. Bodybuilders engage in extensive practice and personal progression, in order to master the skills of their trade. As a physician, I intend to integrate all of these fundamental principles. I desire to master the skills necessitated by current demands of medicine and to motivate and empathize with my patients, so they can live long and prosperous lives.
Being able to make sound medical judgments is a result of immense study and practice, over a life time. A successful bodybuilder also relies on the same principles. My interest in weight lifting was kindled by a set of weights; my parents gave me for Christmas, when I was thirteen years old. I started off gradually but trained consistently, which led to my pursuit of an aesthetic physique, physical strength, and overall health. Immediately I set out studying every source of weight training information I could get my hands on and examined an array of elite bodybuilder’s weight lifting and nutritional regimens. Then I dedicated time and hard work to improving my own techniques, and experienced significant results. Currently my goals have shifted but fundamentally they are the same. By means of extensive study and preparation I intend to become a physician, and continue to hone my skills over the course of my career.
The key component to any physician’s medical philosophy should be patient care. I believe that empathy is a crucial part of that care. As a clinical Psychologist the abi...

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...ivorce the hardest and it changed him forever. During sophomore year in college my father, in his late forties at that time chose to end his life by consuming the contents of a bottle of anti-depressants. It was very difficult for me and I was unable to focus on my studies, which is reflected in my transcript during that year. Although these were the darkest moments in my life, both fueled my drive towards a career in medicine. Over time I have come to terms with both losses as best I can and have learned the difficult lesson, of just how fragile life can be. If as a physician I can prevent even one person from experiencing the pain I watched Brandi and my father endure, and the grief both myself and our families dealt with, it would bring me more satisfaction than anything I can imagination. Medical school will supply me with ability to alleviate human suffering.

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