Becoming A Doctor In Cuba

The United States is a nation of immigrants; they have virtually every culture of the world within its borders. Due to this reason, there must be a certain level of cultural competency within its people. A comparison and contrast will be made to compare the Hispanic cultural views on medical care to the American cultural views toward medical care. I chose to explore Hispanic culture because of my background but most importantly due to its richness of unique characteristics. I will provide an overview on how heredity, culture, and environment can influence behavior in the medical office. Furthermore, I will express my opinion about why a medical assistant,

For my people and my culture, doctor is one of the best career choices one can think of. If one can get into a Medical School, especially outside the country, he/she is considered as the resident of the highest caste of the society in the future. What can we say; doctors are ones with high intelligence, higher budgets, and high dedication in sciences. They are heroes in the white lab coats that perform surgeries, and save lives. Those with high intelligence, but low budgets; or high budgets, but low intelligence and/or dedications, are not good enough to be the heroes for the sick people. They can still be part of the hospital system, not as the hero, but the hero’s helpers.

My decision to pursue a career as a physician was not a blinding revelation, being the daughter of two immigrant parents the thought of becoming a physician seemed distant. In high school I pursued to obtain what for me was then the highest education I perceived I would be able to achieve which was going to college and obtaining a bachelor’s degree. As the quote by Ralph Ellison highlights, “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free”. This quote resonates with the start of my second year in college, as I have been able to find my passion for medicine. More specifically, I explored my values and how I wanted to shape my future. I reflected upon the encounters and dramatic effects that physicians have had with my own family. The most impactful

Samuel Hahnemann once said “The physician's highest calling, his only calling, is to make sick people healthy to heal, as it is termed.” Over multiple years of being posed the question “What do you want to be when you grow up? I have come to the conclusion that I want to become a physician or at least I think I do. Who wouldn’t want to help save lives? As a physician, I am presented with the opportunity to help better communities all around the world for the rest of my life. I always wanted to try to make a difference that people would appreciate. As I researched this profession, I discovered that because of physicians and their ability to use medical science, the life expectancy in the United States has more than doubled between 1990-2013

At the age of two, my mother left my two-month-old sister and me in the care of my 72-year-old Grandmother before she came to the United State in pursuit of a better life for herself and her family. My grandmother saw this opportunity as a great reward; the only thing that hindered her was her severe arthritis. Throughout the eight years ,which I spent with my grandmother, I witnessed her rise up early at dawn screaming over pains in her legs, she has fallen numerous times and had to be taken to the emergency room, and have gone from doctor to doctor in search of a cure. For this reason, I have chosen is to become a Physician. The ordinary man has within them, the desire to do good,and I despise seeing decent people, who work as hard as everyone else but does not get to experience life because of a disease.

Another major advantage of the Cuban healthcare system is that the doctors are a part of the communities in which the patients live, which is sharply distinct from the US, in which healthcare professionals receive no training on assessing the homes of sick patients. Furthermore, the medical aid of Cuba adapts to the political climate of the country, which is distinct from that of the US. It is the initiative of the Cuban government to deploy doctors to undeserved rural areas, unlike the US where there is no political leadership that could control the flow of doctors from countryside to metropolitans. Therefore, Cuban healthcare system is successful for its good accessibility and universal care to every citizen. Cuba also accepts alternative medicine, which is a major reason that adds to the success of the country’s healthcare

The topic I will present is on Cuba’s efficient health care system. A number of sources – The World Health Organization, Huffington Post, and CNN – have recently claimed that, contrary to popular belief, Cuba’s health care system and doctors are among the greatest in the world. Although, it is known that Cuban doctors have incredibly limited resources, they are still able to care for the majority of the population of Cuba. Cuba uses a preventative method, where they work towards preventing the outbreak of a disease rather than treating their patients once they do contract the virus. The Cuban health care system is also explained to be an example for what the perfect health care model should be like in all developing country.

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The seeds of this project start with reflecting on my grandmother, Lumida Rodriguez Viscal. In my family, she was the first person to enter a medical profession when she became a licensed physical therapist in 1953. I remember her telling me stories of her work with polio patients. However, by all accounts, she did not particularly want to become a physical therapist. My mother says she really wanted to be a doctor; my aunt says that she wanted to pursue further studies in chemistry, an interest she developed as an undergraduate. Both, however, remember hearing from her that “the scholarships that year were for physical therapy.” So this project starts with trying to understand why and how my grandmother became a physical therapist.

From 1961 until 2014 The United States of America and Cuba had a closed-door policy and did not conduct any business with each other. On December 17th, 2014, The President of the United States Barack Obama announced that the isolation between the United States and Cuba was over, and that the two countries were looking towards resolving the issues between the two countries (David Jackson, 2014).

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The Cuban medical care at this moment is the best in the world the way they show success is by, at least every single family has one physician to take care of the family this is possible since more than half the country are doctors who have experience in every medical practice out there. The structure of Cuba's medical care is strictly organized from health risk level one through four the higher the risk the more care needed for the patient and at least the patients are called if any question are needed or just for a follow up. Even though the Cuban medical care structure is strict it negatively impacts the people and physician since the people are getting some of the health care for free but for other Cuban medical benefits the consumer are

This article is a summary in a medical journal about the state of the Cuban Health care system. It begins with describing the current state of Cuba – vilified by the majority of the western world, and by extension the medical community. After, it talks about how despite this Cuba has managed to be successful in nearly every area of health and medicine. After, it discusses reasons for this and how this happens despite the vast majority of the Cuban population being extremely poor and how there is a high degree of income inequality. Cuba has also invested heavily in the export of bio pharmaceuticals and has become extremely successful in this regard. They no longer rely on Russia for all their infrastructure, and can stand up on the own. Childrens'

While Cuba’s healthcare system has its shortcomings, the benefits of a socialist government cannot be denied. When the Cuban revolution began, Fidel Castro wanted to make Cuba as democratic as possible. He envisioned an industrialized nation with universal health care and nation wide literacy. In terms of providing healthcare and an improved education system to Cubans, the revolution was successful. With this being said, the government cannot be held entirely responsible for curing mental illness for all its citizens. The goal of the revolution was to create a health system that would allow all of Cuba’s citizens to have access to healthcare, and Castro was fortunate in this aspect. However, while some people benefited from the revolution,

The medical system in Cuba is a national priority, it provides care to every citizens. It is primary care based, which means that team of doctors and nurses are in every part of the country and are responsible for the health of a geographically defined population of 800-1800 people. Most of the frequent visitors and people with chronic diseases, usually they spent half the day consulting people in office and other half for the home visit. They are expected to be available for the patients in their community 24 – 7 for any urgent cases. Some of the doctors in these settings are residents in the second of their two-year FM residency, and they include those from other countries whose governments permit