Clinical Laboratory Science is a major that I instantly fell in love with when I heard of it for the first time. Hearing about the difficult (but well worth it) curriculum and how I would be able to get a job right out of college is something that instantly appealed to me. After school, knowing that I had many choices of what I could get certified in, and also many choices of where I could work, also appealed to me. I knew that I could get a job right out of a Bachelor’s degree when I was still in high school, and I found out between year 1 and year 2 just what variety of job options I have with this degree. Before I even think about going out into the workforce, I will need to finish my undergraduate schooling. Since I am only in year 2 of undergrad, I will not have any other classes relating to Clinical Laboratory Science for the rest of this year. However, next year in year 3, I will officially be in the Clinical Laboratory Science program and will be taking the classes needed for my degree. Then, from year 3, through the summer between year 3 and year 4, and then for part of year 4, I will be taking the required classes for the program, such as the intro and advanced classes for clinical chemistry, hematology, and immunohematology, along with other …show more content…
Hopefully, a hospital (or multiple hospitals) would have offered me a job by this point because of my actions in getting my name out to the area in year 3 and 4. If so, I would have looked and compared places that have offered me jobs to see their policy/program for continuing school so I can make my decision of where to work. Along with this, I would have compared what hours/shift each has offered me to make sure I am not miserable all the time. As soon as I am able to make a decision and communicate it to the hospital, I hope to be able to start as soon as
Look back: During my third week clinical experience, I did both computer charting and paper charting (for maternal assessment) with nursing care plan. Besides charting, I reported my significant findings of the mother verbally to the primary nurse.
We are living in the most advanced era of science since human existence on earth. Be it engineering or health science, we have been facilitated with the blessings of scientific innovations. But, irony is, the health sector still lags far behind due to many adversities. During my clinical internship, I witnessed the sufferings of many patients which intrigues me to be a researcher, not just a clinician. Due to my parent’s occupation, I have been living in hospital area since my childhood. From that early moment, seeing the hapless poor people who even can’t afford a penny for their health, I was determined to be a doctor. But now, I realized I have to be a researcher to find out the best yet affordable management protocol for diseases.
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.
Growing up in rural Texas, you have to learn to care for the things that are important to you. There really is not much to entertain yourself with so many adolescents become vulnerable to trouble. Luckily for me, I grew up with the responsibilities that came with growing up on a farm. I had things to care for on a daily basis and for the longest time, the things I cared for most were animals. I exhibited livestock in my youth and this is where I spent the majority of my time. I would come home from football or basketball practice and go straight up to the barn to tend to my animals. Along with feeding and cleaning, I would often administer vaccinations and antibiotics when needed. Because of my interest in medicine and science coupled with my love for animals some could say that I was destined to become veterinarian. The major I chose, animal science, even supported that notion. However, it was not until the summer after my freshman year of undergraduate where I realized it was human medicine that my heart was yearning for.
A few of the reasons I would like to join the Medical Laboratory Technician course are because As a student in High school I excelled at science and biology. When looking at career opportunities that will involve my interests a medical laboratory technician one because of the amount of biology and science that will always be involved with the work. Medical Laboratory Technicians must pay great attention to small details which is something that I enjoy doing. When looking for a career I need one that will offer both security and stability and the career path I have chosen does just that. I am very excited to enter into the medical field and a job such as a medical laboratory technician does not require several years of college to do so.
My father, two paternal uncles, two maternal uncles, five cousins, and two cousin’s husbands. Three cousins who are in medical school along my sister who is on the premed track. These are the statistics behind my claim of being from a family of physicians. Importantly, these statistics do not hold much importance in my choosing of becoming a family medicine physician. In my last year of medical school, evaluating my personal experiences with my family, my country of origin, and future opportunities, I decided that family medicine was the field I wanted to be a part of.
Science became my favorite subject. I developed a love for learning about science including everything from environmental studies, to genetics, to anatomy, to astronomy, etc. When I started my first semester at Harford Community College in the Fall of 2014, I set out for a job in a veterinary clinic. I needed more clinical experience to eventually get into vet school. I had heard about the Veterinary Assistant program at HCC and wondered if that would be a program worth pursuing.
The topic of medicine and medical advances always have been a great interest to me. Growing up, I have always been interested in the sciences. Throughout schooling, I found myself to thoroughly enjoy my science and math classes, primarily lab days in science as the process of experimentation was very interesting. Learning the material was so fascinating, as the methods of problem-solving and the abstract conceptual pieces of both subjects were challenging yet captivating. Due to such an interest, I found corresponding clubs that I could join that gave me the opportunity to compete with such information, such as Science Olympiad and Math League.
When I look back at my life to reach for the moments that define me, I see the look of pride on my mother’s face when I inform her of a new achievement, I smell the freshly cut grass before a major football game, and I hear the sound of my name being read off my pharmacy name tag. But it was not until I read the lines of perplexity and distress on an Alzheimer’s patient’s brow as he grasped for the name of his year-old grandchild, that I was shook with the realization that I had been taking even the smallest of my memories and experiences for granted. That humbling term at my local memory care facility became yet another defining experience for me. It powered my passion for medicine and neurology, as well as my commitment to dedicating my life
After speaking to the supervisor, I was told that there weren’t specific goals when it came to this young client. He is being seen in the clinic because he has severe autism and is almost completely nonverbal. With him being nonverbal, it can make therapy very difficult to carry out. During the session, it was observed that they were working on letting him make choices, hand over hand work, and giving him plenty of exposure to language. The only goal given was to elicit any kind of response from the client.
I want to take part in this Clinical Rotation course because of a statistic that I’ve read in the news stating that almost 50% of all students end up in an entirely different career field than the one which they majored in during college. During this class, I will be exposed to a multitude of different career options that can guide me in choosing the right courses in high school as well as determine what to major in during college. This experience will afford me the opportunity to view a variety of medical careers from a first hand point of view, therefore broadening my understanding of what work fields would best match my interest and skill set.
The power of medicine was first realized for me through my early years of volunteering at the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center-Family Health Center and the Annual Wilmington Free Health Fairs. There I observed family medicine physicians and specialists provide free health care screenings, health risk assessment, and personalized health counseling for patients who had high risks such as respiratory disease, diabetes and hypertension. Many of these patients came from destitute communities that lacked the fundamental resources to aid in productive health. All of whom were medically uninsured and medically unadvised. For many, this was their first encounter with a physician.
2.4 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THEORY LEARNING AND CLINICAL PRACTICE Clinical practice allows students to become socialized to the norms and culture of medical imaging profession. This shows the importance of clinical practice in medical imaging education. Therefore, learning in clinical practice need to be more efficient in order to adequately prepare medical imaging students for work they do after qualifying (al. Fitzgerald et, 2011).
I plan to practice Clinical laboratory science in a retail setting because I have an absolute desire to help
This week’s clinical experience has been unlike any other. I went onto the unit knowing that I needed to be more independent and found myself to be both scared and intimidated. However, having the patients I did made my first mother baby clinical an exciting experience. I was able to create connections between what I saw on the unit and the theory we learned in lectures. In addition, I was able to see tricks other nurses on the unit have when providing care, and where others went wrong. Being aware of this enabled me to see the areas of mother baby nursing I understood and areas I need to further research to become a better nurse.