Admissions Essay - An Internship and My Interest in Medicine
How does a hospital run without adequate water to develop X-ray films? What are the signs and symptoms of malaria? What is the most common cause of infant mortality worldwide? These are all questions to which I learned answers during my six-week clerkship in rural South Africa. That a well-rounded education is the mark of a true scholar is a belief I acquired from my high-school education, and in that spirit I flew off to try and understand some of the important issues in the changing South African health care system.
I learned more than I had anticipated was possible and can easily conclude that studying abroad is one of the quickest, most memorable, and most enjoyable ways of broadening one's education. Furthermore, it teaches lessons that are not possible to learn at home.
Tinswalo Hospital, where I worked, is small. The number of hospital beds is approximately 92, and the faculty (consisting of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, translators, and administrators) is fewer than 200. The population that the hospital serves, on the other hand, is large - approaching 200,000. Although Nelson Mandela has been increasing government funds for this and other public hospitals, diagnostic and treatment supplies are scarce. Deciding how to distribute scarce resources among a large population is a common, complicated topic in African...
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The world is becoming a smaller place. People are increasingly communicating across cultures and discovering how similar their problems are. These experiences encourage broad-mindedness. In addition to the traditional education, a physician studying abroad may become naturally interested in health care politics and the cultural aspects of disease developments, and may obtain a general global perspective. He or she also will learn that doctors bring their personal water from home to rural hospitals for developing X-rays in times of drought; that the most common symptoms of malaria are fever, nausea, and diarrhea; and that diarrhea and dehydration are the most common causes of infant mortality in the world.
The Effect of Changing Concentration of Hydrochloric Acid on Its Reaction with Carbon Dioxide. Plan Carbonates, including all forms of limestone, react with hydrochloric. acid to produce Carbon Dioxide. Calcium â”14 Hydrochloric â’ Calcium â”14 Water â”14 Carbon. Carbonate Acid Chloride Dioxide I'm going to experiment with changing the concentration of the hydrochloric acid in this reaction and seeing how it affects the amount of Carbon Dioxide that is produced.
...hat the number of doctors being produced through ELAM is impressive, the most spectacular part is the development of an entirely new set of ethics that values success as a graduate’s ability to serve those in dire need. Although there are shortfalls, such as the fact that some other Latin American countries have resisted accepting ELAM graduates into their public health care system, overall, the goal of ELAM to create doctors with a new set of ethics has been a success. The emphasis that ELAM places on prevention over treatment is a badly needed change in teaching methods, claims Huish, because if these impoverished people are taught to take steps of prevention their lives could be greatly improved without the need to worry about constant or intensive medical care.
Over the course of time that myself and the other members of my group spent at Medshare’s National Headquarters and Southeast Region Distribution Center, I gained a valuable experience and broadened my horizons with regards to the international medical aid that the non-profit Medshare provides around the world. The staff and crew that serve at Medshare’s Southeast Region Distribution Center, all have different backgrounds and stories as to how they originally connected to the organization. Some members of the crew included individuals who went to university and received undergraduate degrees in the disciplines of Pre-Med, International Business, and Human Services, while other older members of staff included doctors
Reaction Between Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Thiosulphate Introduction I will be conducting two experiments to determine how two factors affect the rate of reaction in the reaction between hydrochloric acid and sodium thiosulphate. It is a precipitation experiment. The equation allows us to see how this experiment will help us find how rate of reaction changes Sodium thiosulphate + Hydrochloric acid ---- Sodium chloride + Sulphur + Sulphur dioxide + Water Na2S2O3 (aq) + 2HCl(aq) ---- 2NaCl(aq) + S(s) + SO2(g) + H2O(l) The main factors that affect the rate of reaction of any experiment are -Pressure.
Many developed countries in Europe and the west which are facing a severe dearth of doctors are trying to tackle this problem by bringing in health care professionals from other countries. In a survey it was found that
Investigate how the concentration of hydrochloric acid effects the rate at which it reacts with calcium carbonate
Referring back to young Lia, who may have been spared of her tragic death had practitioners taken the time to understand her family’s wishes and sought alternative treatment methods that Lia’s family could understand and agree with. However, practitioners chose to diagnose, prescribe medication, and cast Lia away without her family fully understanding her treatment. Slowing down, being flexible and rethinking one’s approach potentially saved the Hispanic woman’s life in the Emergency Room when communication was difficult. I believe on my trip to Tanzania, although I could not possibly gain a complete understanding of their culture and language in such a short time, the opportunity will provide me with tools that I can use during the rest of my academic experience at Union and then combined with my education, someday deliver effective healthcare while presented with similar issues I observed my senior year. Overcoming language barriers and understanding differing beliefs are essential and I can use the tools gained in Tanzania to help guide my approach and guarantee future patients the healthcare they
I developed a love for public health very early in my career, after a brief life changing experience in rural Nigeria. My medical school had closed for six months in my fifth year, because of a strike. I decided to go back to my village in rural eastern Nigeria, to stay with my elderly grandmother. She had diabetes and was showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease. I loved her dearly and wanted to help with her care. My village had no electricity and no health care facility. The nearest hospital was 20 miles away.
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ranging from 50 cm³ of acid and no water, to 12.5 cm³ of acid and 37.5
The demand of economic growth has result to data to be transfer globally. As this must happen concern are arise as how to protect individual right and make sure that data are used lawful.
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On the first day of class, we discussed how modernization has brought the institution of medicine so far. Although the cost of modernization is seen as the "social germ", modernization has also brought enormous improvement in health. Modern medicine defies all ancient reason. In primitive societies the division of labor was vague, no real specializing in anything, but over years of experimentation and development, the establishment of medicine was born. We now have overflowing systems of specialization and technological advancements, but this did not happen overnight.
Data privacy issues arise in wide range of areas such as healthcare records, financial information, regarding genetic material in biology, geographical records, criminal justice and investigations and also in the use of