A Study On The Healthcare Field

Not only do I have a good understanding of the patient population I want to work with, I want to help reshape healthcare. I particularly want to improve the access of primary care to medically underserved populations. Everyone deserves equal access to healthcare and there should be no disparity in the quality of care provided. Therefore, each additional encounter I had with a PA or a patient has elevated my passion for helping people in need.

You’d never think growing up a very sick dad and worried mom would have a made such a positive impact on my life. But in my case, it is the main reason why I have chosen to become a physician’s assistant (PA). In the beginning stages, I was too young to really understand the importance of the doctors and medical staff that worked countless hours to make this medical miracle happen, but as time went on, I began to comprehend the role of the people who were trying to save my dad’s life so he could watch his girls grow up. Seeing a multidisciplinary team of physicians, social workers, and dieticians work so well together to solve a problem made a lasting impression on me. I watched as they spent countless hours analyzing the numbers and evaluating my dad’s physical condition to solve the problem. Working so tirelessly showed how passionate and dedicated the team was. I can 't accredit a single person in that group of medical specialists that inspired me to be to become a physician assistant because each and every one of them played a tremendous role in my journey. I desire to become a PA so that

My talents and experiences have prepared me to support the Metropolitan State University School of Nursing mission and prepared me for graduate education. I currently work in healthcare as a certified pharmacy technician and work with diverse and underserved population daily. Unfortunately, I can see how communication barriers, access to health care, physical barriers, and monetary barriers can prevent individuals from living up to their full health potential. I have had patients call our pharmacy to tell us they are unable to pick up their medications due to a lack of transportation access and an inability to pay for their medications. I have also had patients who are unable to take their medications regularly also due finances and an inability to read or understand the directions of their medications.

I aspire to perform Nobel Peace Prize winning research while providing compassionate care to my patients. Having both a researcher’s and a physician’s perspectives, I am motivated to bridge the gap between science and medicine by educating patients about their condition and treatment options in appropriate detail. As Albert Einstein said, “[I]f you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” Being trained as a leader of both science and medicine at UCSF, my understanding will allow me to teach any patient and provide their right to educated healthcare decisions. With my balance of clinical work and research currently, I am excited to go to work every day since each day brings a new learning experience. Attending UCSF would transform my dream into my reality and keep this excitement in my life as I progress as a leader of academic

“Hey I’m going to need you to stay over a few extra hours” is something that most workers hear more often than not. Working long shifts without a break can drain you mentally and physically. There are many cases of workplace bullying. There are also various amounts of websites dedicated to helping victims of workplace bullying. A personal interview with Amber Mann, a 20-year-old coworker of mine at Sunset Village Retirement Homes, talked about how poor treatment at work affects how she perseveres through the grueling hours of a horrible work week. How you get treated at work can affect how you work, your mood and your all around feelings of being there.

I believe the best way to take care of patients is through education. Through education, patients gain a better idea of their circumstance and have the ability to take control over their health. Using sincerity, professionalism, humor, and approachability, educating a patient can be done in an effect manner. I have seen these qualities in action during my observations, and I believe that I possess these traits and have the ability to further develop them. Through these attributes, I hope that I can become a humble and well-respected occupational

To this day, my mother, a CNA at a local hospital where she’s been for the past 24 year, fears going to hospitals herself; let that sink in. This is common in the community in which I was raised and I’m sure in many other underserved communities across this nation as well. Many do not trust in our healthcare system and I want to work towards changing their perspective. I want to educate those in underserved communities on the importance of taking care of themselves and seeking treatment when necessary. Having been raised in an underserved community myself, I believe that I am in a unique position to truly make a difference. My other hope is that I can inspire the children of these communities to follow their dreams. Maybe, just maybe, they will be able to use our similarities as a starting point as they embark on the lifelong journey of self-identification and self-discovery. Having the opportunity to pursue my dream of becoming a physician, coupled with the potential impact that I can have on communities that are often neglected is the reason that I want to be a healthcare professional.

Growing up, I enjoyed reading the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. These stories allowed me to intellectually immerse myself into the vivid world of Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson as they solved criminal mysteries. I was captured by the methodological and detailed focus the characters exhibited regarding intricate clues that guided their investigations into successfully solving crimes. Many aspects of medicine parallel the methods utilized by Holmes and Watson. Similar to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the practicing physician observes how the human body works and they study evidence based reasoning in an attempt to apply this information to reach a diagnosis and decide upon a treatment.

In interviewing healthcare professionals among different disciplines, I learned that the healthcare field, while rewarding, is very demanding. The industry is constantly evolving and changing, and working as a healthcare professional takes the ability to be able to consistently adapt to new work environments and procedures. I interviewed Nicole Byrd, a program manager associate at Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kathleen Rohan, a pharmacist at Hamot Medical Center, and Diane Stiehle, a vascular ultrasound technician.

It is one field where the true purpose is to help others and ensure their well-being. With that said, I saw a major injustice in healthcare. At first, I thought this was simply because my doctor wanted more money and didn’t care if that meant working into his night, however, it was later revealed to me that this was not the case. The reasoning behind all of this was in fact, due to inefficient administration and managed care companies. The price of healthcare has gone up and in response the reimbursement has reduced and doctors are forced to see more patients- patients they might not have time for. An epiphany struck me, it was not being a physician that is my true calling, it was to correct this

Over the past four months, I have had the privilege of learning and growing in UM’s Ypsilanti Health Center under the supervision of Patricia Rudolph, who showed me what public health and social work looks like in a community clinic. What I learned about trust, communication and most importantly, framing I believe will serve me well, not only in my academic career, but also my professional career. I got to sit-in during patient seeking a variety of care. Some visits were wellness visits for children, others were to confirm a pregnancy and develop a subsequent treatment plan moving forward. I met with an MA who was in charge of chronic disease management reports. She reported various benchmarks as a way for the safety net clinic to get the maximum reimbursements allowed for their majority Medicaid population. I observed the dynamic between different members of staff, from the call center and intake/check-out clerks to the residents and attending physicians. There was a culture of respect amongst the staff, lines of communication were always open, and even when difficult, different parties found ways to keep in contact, and easily accepted having to defer to another party adhering closely to their level of comfort within their prescribed scope of practice. Messages were tailored so that everyone involved in a patient’s care or their care experience was able to understand what was needed of them and how best to move forward.

My mission is to become a professional who would manage, lead, and improve a dynamic healthcare system. Understandably, marketing and public relations in healthcare require financing and regulations to make positive impacts in the lives of clients and co-workers. My interest in taking a healthcare career was founded on three factors: leadership, quality improvement, and healthy aging. My career mission is founded on emerging as a skilled servant leader by not doing the job for myself, but to fulfill the organization’s mission. I would prefer serving my clients without an ego and I will include both paperwork helping patients, staff members and official meetings. Overall, I am passionate about a client-directed philosophy that puts the health needs of patients above the convenience of my organization. The current situation demands that healthcare practitioners build healthcare models in the needs of clients served rather than the customs of staff.

There are many obstacles in the way of me obtaining my career goal. With my family’s history of low income and the amount of medical conditions they were forced to face it was always a challenge to see myself working in that field. I resented the medical field because of how it affected those with low income. Although, as I got older I took that resentment and turned it into a passion. Seeing family members and people I cared about being left floundering because of their lack of understanding made me think about how I could help them. I began to gain an interest in the field. Unfortunately this interest was left untouched for years because of the lack of opportunities available to practice them. Due to the lack of opportunities I was left with

On the Caltech campus, as an upper class counselor (UCC) and health advocate, I have been involved in mentoring the underclassmen and being a health resource for the community. I have experienced what it is like to be confronted with difficult personal and academic situations and have learned how to calmly and diligently support these students. As a certified Red Cross first responder, through my health advocate training, I have already begun to emulate the care and treatments I had seen shadowing at the hospital. In my role as a UCC, I have received certified mental health training to combat any personal or academic issues. These rewarding experiences have complemented my goal of pursuing a career in medicine.

Ever since I can remember, I have been in and out of hospitals. Unlike most kids, however, the hospital and doctor’s office were my favorite places to go; I enjoyed every second of it. These visits brought me so much joy because I was getting to go to work with my father. He was a physician’s assistant at a local rural hospital, nursing home, and family clinic. They were all connected and all equally exciting to me as a five-year-old. Until I was old enough, my father would drop me off at the nurses’ station while he did his rounds, and while waiting, I loved to eat the free Jell-O, see all the x-rays, and visit with the patients as they roamed up and down the halls. As I got older, my father brought me along during his rounds through the hospital and nursing home, and I finally could see what his job truly entailed. I saw the faces of the patients light up when my father walked into the rooms because getting to talk to him was the highlight of their day. My father had this effect on the patients because he truly cared for and supported them. He got to know the people who were his patients and spend time with them; he demonstrated the qualities of a good doctor during both the good and the painful times in their lives. After witnessing what it truly meant to be a health-care professional, I knew there was nothing else I would rather do in my life.