Since science has always fascinated me, I have been trying to do something interesting in order to expand upon my prior knowledge of science. My interest for a career in medicine started when I was in middle school. My mom, an emergency room nurse, would always tell stories about all of the intriguing events that took place in the ER, including in depth stories about injuries and how the doctors and nurses respond to them. These stories always fascinated me because I wanted to be part of the team administering the treatment to the patients. I constantly put myself in the feet of the medical providers, thinking of ways of how I could provide that treatment differently. Throughout my elementary and middle school, I have done many little projects …show more content…
For a project in advanced health, I had to pick a topic for which I had to help out my community and decided upon the topic of shadowing a doctor. For this project, I was able to relate my educational knowledge that I currently had and correlate it to the real life events. This topic resonated with me because of the experience I would be getting from shadowing a health care provider. After multiple attempts of finding a doctor to shadow, I finally found an ER doctor who was very excited to have me. I was also very excited to get my one time opportunity like this. When the day came, I couldn’t help control myself that I decided to get to the hospital an hour early. I followed the doctor inside multiple patient’s rooms and experienced how he diagnosed the problem and derived a treatment plan on the spot according to the patient’s condition. This shadowing experience taught me a lot about the work setting and the personality of a doctor, and also provided me with insight as to what medical professionals experience in the real world. Anatomy, on the other hand, went very specific about how the different parts of the body function together to perform daily tasks. This class had many hands on learning activities which strengthened my understanding
I want to learn more about the medical field. I am very fascinated in the science aspects. You need to be attentive; sensitive to people’s needs and have a drive to address their needs in an utmost concerned manner. It is one of those jobs that require long working hours and often one must overlook one’s needs and cater to patients. I am a sensitive and very hard-working individual.
Since a young age, I always felt inclined towards pursuing a career in the health care field; daydreaming about myself working at a clinic or hospital and making a positive impact on someone’s life. When I started college, I decided to major in Biology and explored the different career options the health field had to offer me by shadowing dietitians, nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers to find my ideal job.
Ever since I was younger, I wanted to get into the medical field. Both my grandmothers used to work in the hospital and I would always wanted to tag along. Following them to work influenced my decision to work in a hospital. Every time I tag along, I would see many interesting things that would catch my attention and make me curious. There was a lot of materials such as the stethoscope, weighing machine, and etcetera that I would pretend to be a doctor or nurse examining imaginary people. It was absolutely perfect because I always wanted to help people. So this fall of 2014, I will be starting my education on becoming a nurse anesthetist.
As a student that is currently seeking a career in the medical professions, I have had to routinely contemplate my reasons for pursuing such an extensive education program in a field that is constantly demanding excessive time and effort. I know of students—many friends and acquaintances of mine included—that have the most sure-fire, inspirational stories that align with their desire to become doctors, surgeons, physician assistants, etc. They always seemed to have a story that emphasized their desire to “give back” what they have received from the medical community. Because of that, ever since the beginning of high school, I have been trying to find an extraordinary reason, a purpose for my medical pursuits. Perhaps I could justify my passion for
Outside of shadowing, my most meaningful experience working in the health professional field occurred not long after I immigrated to the US. I was in the process of completing EMT training and I was able to witness the dire health outcomes that patients encounter when they lack access to health care. One particular experience stays with me 6 years later. The call was for a diabetic patient with an altered level of consciousness in a semi-rural area outside of Charleston, SC. This was the call in which I realized that the care a physician provides to their patients need to extend beyond the physician’s office.
In order to determine whether or not clinical medicine was the right career for me, I started shadowing Dr. Richard Turner in the ER. Through my experiences with him, I learned that medicine is a problem solving process. As I watched, he would take a patient's history and try to piece together the correct diagnosis by deciding which scenarios were more likely than others. I was attracted by the dynamic nature of each patient's diagnosis and the necessity for an open mind. My hobby of flying has taught me to look at everything in life with a new perspective and to assess the situation from as many angles as possible. Watching Dr. Turner has confirmed my perception of a medical career and the nature of the work involved. Since I love puzzles and problems, the problem solving aspect also increased my desire to become a physician.
My exploration of medicine began as I grew up shadowing my father, who is a medical physicist. I became fascinated with the advances in medicine that bring phenomenal care to those that need it. My interactions with other physicians drew me closer to the profession as I observed their character, lifestyle, and the service they provided to people each day. As I thought of how I could contribute to society for the rest of my life, nothing made me more excited than becoming a physician.
Ever since I started understanding things and as I processed maturity, I grasped that the human body is an incredible thing and it has always come to my mind that how it works and responds to things is very fascinating. My decision to work in a medical field came from several experiences throughout my life. Science has been my primary interest since I started school. When I was in elementary and middle school I was always one of the final competitors in science timed tests, oral science quizzes, etc. I have always enjoyed the competition amongst associates and enjoyed the challenge of school work.
Although I have great goals to help people, my grand wish cannot be granted without a great amount of effort on my part. I decided to take part in activities that would help me reach my goals and to ready myself for that field of work. My extracurricular activities and my electives showed proof of my interest in the medical field over time. I made an extra effort to look for activities and classes that could help me on the way to becoming a doctor. My first step was
My interest sparked after numerous days studying next to my mother, who at the time was studying to become a nurse practitioner. Many times over I paid attention to her lectures about human diseases, treatment, and diagnosis. Oftentimes I would ask her questions and her responses would further draw my interests into the medical field. It wasn’t until my junior year, in which I took my first anatomy and physiology class and began to volunteer at hospitals, that I had an inherent talent in the medical field. Oftentimes while volunteering at Houston Methodist I was presented with new medical tools and terms which I quickly understood and began to speculate the extent of what they can be used for.
Another reason I would like to pursue a higher education in biomedical studies and specifically emergency care is because during my freshman year of high school, my mother, someone whom I am very close to was hospitalized for over a week. Towards the beginning of the whole event, it was terrifying for me to think that I might lose my Mom. Afterwards, when she was stabilized and we knew she would be okay, it was fascinating to see how the hospital worked. I was so interested by how the doctors, nurses, and other hospital faculty communicated with one another.
This field spikes my interest in many different ways. The first is getting the chance to be around people and being able to help them and watch as they get the chance to get better. From a young age, I have loved being around people, and enjoyed the chance to love on them. In the last couple years, my father became sick and with everything I had in me, I wanted to be able to help him. I knew that he wouldn’t make it many years
The doctor patient relationship is an important connection. Doctor-patient confidentiality is based on the idea that a person should not care for medical treatment because they fear the state will share with others.
When I was at my rotation in medical school, after seeing patients in the medicine unit and learning about diabetes, hypertension, and various other diseases, I immersed myself in the field. I tried to figure out ways of contributing to the specialty even though I was just a medical student, and made up my mind to become an internist. After finishing my internal medicine rotations, I was sent to complete obstetrics and gynecology rotations. During the rotation, I was watching the senior doctors delivering babies and treat different diseases that women encountered. I looked at the new mothers and witnessed their happiness which drove my motivation in obstetrics and gynecology. After three months of obstetrics and gynecology rotations, I began a pediatrics rotation. Seeing the children there growing and overcoming whatever ailed them, with all their tears, pain, and joy, made me so overwhelmed I wanted to become a pediatrician.
I started to explore the different fields of medicine by working as a Medical Scribe in the Emergency Department, ER tech in Trauma Centers, getting involved in research, volunteering at hospitals and taking high level science classes. This will enhance my knowledge and experience i...