I am a medical intern at the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and graduated in May 2016, with honor degree.
I have always been fascinated by Pathology as a science and as a career. I have been interested in Pathology since I was a high school student, so I chose to spend my first elective summer training in Pathology to grasp a practical understanding of the field. This choice provided me a great opportunity to be involved in clinico-pathological correlation and observing laboratory work to gain a profound awareness of diagnosis of multiple diseases and understand the pathogenesis of them. I really enjoyed sitting at a microscope and realized at the time that I'm really in love with microscopes. During clinical years of medical school, I was impressed with the significant role of Pathology when we waits biopsy results to diagnose a patient or start a therapy. In addition, I have enjoyed reviewing Pathology reports of our patients. Moreover, my training in anatomic Pathology turned out to be the most exciting time in my internship. My time in Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine concluded with a case presentation, which I presented to residents and consultant pathologists.
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My career objective is being physician scientist. Being a pathologist would give me a chance to work on interesting research topics, transitional research, and reporting rare cases. I have worked on many research projects, involving studying Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) mutations in neuroblastoma, renal biopsy findings in diabetic patients with or without non-diabetic renal diseases superimposed on diabetic nephropathy, stem cell research, public health issues and a case report of endobronchial metastasis of
When I think about the moments leading up to my diagnosis I remember feeling weak, confused, shaky and sleepy. I did not notice that I had began sleeping throughout the day. My body was craving soft drinks like soda and juice but not food. Days would go by and I eventually fell into a deep slumber that I found myself only waking up from to use the bathroom. I knew something was wrong and that if I did not get to a hospital it would get worse. Nothing could have prepared me for the life changing diagnosis I would receive.
The career path that I want to pursue is in the medical field. I major in psychology and minor in biology because going to medical school has always been my desire. Being a pediatrician is my goal I wish to conquer. I am beyond interested and passionate about this career. It is not just a career, it is my life dreams. I want to be able to enjoy going to work every day knowing I love my job and I am here because I want to. Being a pediatrician I am able to work with children and many people of different cultures. I am thrilled to know that I will be capable of caring for sick children.
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.
Examination revealed an oxygen saturation of 96% and chest auscultation was clear. The was no cervical lymphadenopathy or obvious hepatosplenomegaly. On the left leg there was a circular mildly??? erythematous area that was non-blanching.
I realize fellowship is only the beginning of a humble career, but I am ready to dedicate the rest of my career to this meaningful profession. My career path naturally takes me to Hematology/Oncology because of my passion for the patients, hardworking attitude, eagerness to learn new materials, emphasis on fundamentals with funds of knowledge in multi-disciplines including both medicine. During my residency, I had worked at Solid Tumor Unit at Johns Hopkins and Oncology Unit at Franklin Square Medical Center. These experiences confirmed my goal to be a hematologist/oncologist.
Attending Florida Southwestern State College to become an x-ray tech is a huge accomplish for me. Because I have a learning disability unfortunately I have to take remedial courses like intermediate algebra, Brush up English, and a reading course the first semester. The good thing about studying Radiology is you can switch to any type of jobs in this field. For an example, you can switch to working with MRI’s or Cat Scans if you want to try another department in the Radiology field. This specific field is for you to work with x-rays. It’s important to know the bone structure .You can work with ultrasounds to, Cat Scans, to MRI’s (Magnetic resonance imaging).
As a laboratory prep, I was able to set up labs for freshmen and sophomore biology classes. Also, I made visits to my professor’s labs to observe the procedures graduate students used for their experiments and I loved it. After completion of my freshman year, I participated in the “Maternal Child Health Pipeline Training Program” that following summer. I conducted field research that focused on the public health of mothers and children in rural communities. The fall semester of sophomore year, I shadowed graduate students studying breast cancer cells. Later that same year, I began my own research with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). Upon my junior year, I was accepted into the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medical Program in Auburn, Alabama. At the same time, I was accepted into the Tropical and Infectious Diseases Association in Iquitos, Peru. I was able to study abroad and work in a lab focusing on the negative gram bacteria that was in the water of the poor community of Iquitos, Peru. All of the opportunities I was able to be a part of from my freshman year till this present day has reconfirmed my passion and contributed to my specific area of research and the population I want to
Curiosity has always driven me towards successful new experiences, from leaving home to become a first-generation college graduate to researching articles as a member of a radiology team. Now I am thrilled to be applying for a residency program where I can indulge my curiosity and immerse myself into the study of radiology.
“Always remember to be an internist, my dear.” This was an invaluable piece of feedback I received on a rheumatology rotation in my first year of internal medicine residency. Truly, I have never learned so much about medicine as I did during this first rotation in rheumatology. I became fascinated by the subtle presentations and cases that posed a diagnostic challenge to multiple subspecialties. I have been inspired by rheumatology as a field where multisystem disease is encountered on a daily basis and rheumatologists must use both general medicine and subspecialty skillsets to diagnose and treat patients. The academic challenges in rheumatology initially attracted me to the field however my subsequent experiences with patients, mentors, and research have made me passionate about pursuing rheumatology as my specialty.
I am a 26 year old medical graduate from one of the renowned medical schools in India. Currently, I am doing observership at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC. Journey for residency has been a long one that began thousands of miles away. I was born and raised in royal city of North India in a family of doctors, with both my parents working round the clock and my grandparents taking care of me. Our ancestors were peasants by occupation, but they had a vision to educate their children.
My desired profession is a nuclear medicine physician. Nuclear medicine physicians “uses radioactive materials to diagnose and treat disease.” Within nuclear medicine, scintigraphy is used. This is the utilization of radionuclides to construct illustrations of the body. You give a patient a slight quantity of “radioactive material by injection, inhalation, or ingestion.” This radioactive material will target a specific organ to provide information to the physician about the disease (Society of).
I have always wanted to be a scientist and contribute something to the human cause and what better way to achieve this than by doing medical research? Medical school taught me the art of medicine and the research projects that I undertook taught me the science of medicine. What interests me the most is a path that combines the two, and one way to make that possible is to be an academic physician. I have always wanted to work in a teaching hospital or academic institution, one that would give me the opportunity to take care of patients, give me the time and resources to carry out trials and present them and to be able to interact with trainees.
I entered medical school with the intention to specialize and work as a General Surgeon. As the years passed by I was interested in human psychology but it wasn’t until I saw a young male handcuffed and escorted by the Police arrested for committing a horrendous crime of stabbing his mother to death and was at the hospital to have his mental status assessed. The juvenile was diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
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...
Medical laboratory technologists, also known as histotechnologists, work in a laboratory environment diagnosing diseases, doing research, or instructing others. Histotechnologists detect tissue abnormalities and treatments for the diseases causing the abnormalities, a vital role in the allied health profession. Histotechnologists prepare very thin slices of human, animal, or plant tissue in order to examine it using a microscope. This is considered one of the most important parts of the complicated process of medical investigation used to establish and confirm a diagnosis.