Statement Of Purpose: A Career As A Nuclear Medicine Physician

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Two of my signature themes are focus and achievement. Focus can be described as needing a well-defined objective and working to complete this objective. Without a goal, things become frustrating, affecting every aspect of your life. Because of this, you set goals for yourself, little and big. Being an achiever can be described as a persistent necessity of accomplishment. Daily, you need to accomplish something, even if it is minor (CliftonStrengths, 2000).
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). …show more content…

This degree should be health or science related. There is no GPA requirement for graduate school. However, a 3.7 is the average. The MCAT must be taken and a high score is wanted. The average MCAT score is 77.8 percent. To get into Medical School, one must have: job experience, shadowing hours, and volunteer hours. Some good job experience is to work in the health field. For shadowing, one should shadow health professionals in different fields of health care. Also, volunteering should be done in the health care setting to gain patient contact. There are many characteristics medical students should display. Some are: “altruistic behavior, can work on a team, respect other’s judgements, superb communication, and interest in life-long learning” (Martin,

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