Internal Medicine has always been my number one choice for residency. It offers constant intellectual challenges, imparts a vast ocean of medical knowledge and ultimately establishes a strong relationship with the patient. The vast diversity of challenging clinical conditions, degree of illness, medical procedures, continual advances in treatment and the ability to cure diseases is what appeals me the most .
Becoming a doctor has been a lifelong dream of mine and my family. My dream started taking shape when I was selected in Medical school. Medical School helped me grow personally, emotionally and intellectually. Each patient taught me something new. The clinical rotations strengthened my clinical knowledge and sharpened my clinical skills.
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My duties mainly included assessment and management of every inpatient under attending's supervision and doing bedside procedures. After 2 years, I started working in a rural set up as a medical officer serving a population of 25000. My interest in Internal Medicine mainly developed here where I had to independently manage an OPD, fulfill national health programs, deliver health talk to adolescent in schools as well as in the community .
During my tenure of working as a rural medical officer, I realized better decision making ability can only be achieved with post graduation ,though to achieve excellence life-long practice and study is also not enough. I want to complete my post graduation from one of the best academic institutions in the world, so I decided to apply in US. My desire to accomplish my post graduation is further reinforced by my loved ones who turn to me for any kind of medical advice .
To gain some clinical experience in US, I completed an Internal medicine observership at Wayne state university physician group ,Detroit, MI .Working with the residents, taking patient history, performing physical examination, reviewing and analyzing laboratory and radiological reports, participating in case discussions in morning reports and presenting cases to the attendings further added to my experience and
After spending almost four years at Temple University as an undergraduate, the idea of continuing my education at Temple University School of Medicine more than intrigues me. Throughout my undergraduate career at Temple, I have made the effort to get involved in the Temple community and have enjoyed the connections and relationships that I have created with Temple faculty, staff, and students. Beginning in my freshman year as an executive board member of the 1300 Residence Hall Senate and continuing with my current involvement in AMSA and employment in the Office of Pre-Professional Health Studies, I have interacted with various members of the Temple administration and found that each of them are willing to go out of their way to help me and continue to challenge me to accomplish the goals that I have set for myself. In addition, other students at Temple have enhanced my learning experience through group study as well as opened my eyes to a variety of diverse cultures and points of view. As a result of these encounters, I believe that remaining the Temple family will be beneficial in my medical education.
I am interested in pursuing the Physician Assistant (PA) degree because of my experiences both within the medical field and as a patient. These experiences have led me to believe that a team approach to patient-centered medicine provides the best and most comprehensive care possible. Further, the PA profession offers me the opportunity to continue my lifelong passion of helping others, giving back to my community, and provides me with further opportunities to teach.
After over 15 years of working as a CNA and Caregiver, I decided that I wanted to continue my education in the medical field. In 2013 I took the first step towards gaining a better future with more experience as a medical professional. I enrolled into a Medical Assistant program at IBMC college of Longmont. It has been a long road and I am almost to the finish line having gained essential skills needed to move further into my career. It has been a grueling and eye opening experience for me being an adult learner returning back to school at 33 years of age. I persevered through these pass two years with courage and determination, never letting my short comings get the best of me. As I approach the end of my journey with IBMC I have realized that I have a passion for helping those persons who
Medical school started as a terrifying and seemingly never-ending journey. It was my first time back to the country where I was born, yet I felt like a foreigner. Adjustment was difficult, as
I have always looked forward to the day I would begin a residency program in Internal Medicine. Prior to my admission to Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, I was motivated to pursue this path. My early childhood experiences and academic background including a Public Health degree in progress have all contributed to shape and maintain my quest for a career in Internal Medicine. I am confident that I am ready to embark on this journey.
My educational experiences sparked my first consideration of a career in physician assistant and encouraged me to further explore this interest. At the same time, I started giving community services to healthcare. My first opportunity to personally interact with the patient was in the emergency department as a volunteer at Dekalb Medical Center. The first day I stepped onto the floor, my
My mom always used to say,” Look at the person as a whole to understand the condition.” Even though it made little sense to me as a child, I learned the concept when I was doing my Internal medicine rotation. The passion of knowing that I could improve a person’s quality of life drew me into pursuing medicine. The multitude of different organ systems that one covers while practicing medicine fascinated me to delve into a field that encompasses them all - Internal Medicine. In addition, I enjoyed the challenges that Internal Medicine would provide me with its diversity. Altogether, Internal Medicine was the amalgam of everything I learned in my medical practice and decided to pursue my residency.
From a young age, I was drawn to the healthcare field, not because the amount of money doctors, nurses and other health professionals made, but because of the dedication and contentment I saw on their faces helping someone in need. Growing up everyone wanted to become a doctor or a nurse and as a little child being a doctor or a nurse was a profession many parents wanted their child to pursue as a career. Needless to say, I fell into that category because I had high hopes that one day I will become a nurse. However, that dream came to a halt.
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
The requirement for the international medical graduate to fulfill this aspiration demanded a lot of time and commitment to prove that, despite our language barriers, our medical knowledge is either as good or better to compensate for the shortcoming we have as the foreign international graduates, whom English is not our first language. As my dream to enter the training system in the US became possible, I entered the national match for General Psychiatry Residency Program. Fortunately, I was accepted into General Psychiatry Residency training at University of Hawaii, where I met my lifelong teacher and mentor, Dr. Iqbal Ahmed who has been instrumental in providing the needed tools and supports for me to succeed in my career. My last year of my General Psychiatry training as
Ever since I was little I wanted to be a doctor. I used to chase my brother around the house with a stethoscope basically forcing him to play with me. This year I decided to take anatomy to get an insight of the medical field. Sitting in class and learning about the heart, muscles, and the bones of the human body fascinated me. It was mesmerizing to know how many factors go into taking a breath or a step.
The calm smile on the face of the dog that I had just rescued warmed my heart. Brutally beaten by my neighbor, the dog limped towards me. I rushed this street dog to the veterinary hospital and got him treated for his injuries. Returning home, I felt an urgent need to do something for him and the other dogs, who I believed would meet the same fate. I informed the sector committee, delivered presentations on the ill-treatment of street dogs, and convinced the 350 residents of my locality to create a safer environment for these creatures. Within days, our collective efforts resulted in 12 adoptions and collaboration with an NGO, which vaccinated and neutered all the street dogs in my locality. It made a phenomenal difference. My persistent efforts had improved someone’s life. I often remember this incident from 13 years back and have nurtured this belief throughout my journey towards Internal Medicine.
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...
As a child I had always been interested in medicine and the medical world. My passion of learning about the human body started when I was younger. I encountered many health problems throughout my toddler years. I looked up to the doctors and medical staff around me and continue to look up to them, they were and are still my heros. That is why my goal in life is to become a general surgeon. I want to be able to save many lives since it is possible now to do so now.