Electrocardiography Personal Statement

Growing up I seen my mom, aunts, uncles and grandfather struggle with the death of my grandmother. Everyday there was a new struggle whether it was getting up to go to work or eat. My grandmother died of breast cancer at the age of fifty two, it devastated my family. The question asked “Is why do I want to go into the medical field?” I want to go into the medical field because I want to be able to make a difference in this world. I want to do research to cure chronic diseases, I want to be able to tell a family that everything will be alright, and I want to be able to save a family the devastation that my family felt.

I’ve always known I wanted to help people, but I didn’t know exactly how I was going to do it. My sister has influenced me to pursue a career in the healthcare. At the young age of 20, my sister was told that she was in stage 3 renal failure. At the time I was only 16 years old and still trying to figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, getting news like that was difficult to absorb. The constant doctor visits made me realize a health profession is what I was going to do. The incredible doctors and nurses who have been a part of my family’s journey have left a huge impact on me. The compassion, drive, and dedication to not only their work but to their patients have woken

I’ve always had an interest in becoming a Doctor. Even as a young child. Unfortunately, I lost my grandpa January 23, 2016 to a Lung Disease. He and I had a great relationship. He inspired me to be the best that I can be. Through his battle with Lung disease, I saw how the Doctors cared for him in a special way. My father suffered from a stroke that nearly changed his life. Watching him progress and get treated from amazing Doctors opened my eyes. That’s when I realized becoming a Doctor would allow me to care for people the same way my loved ones were cared

But out of this helplessness, came a strong desire to help and be involved in medicine. I persevered in the study of sciences, volunteering in clinical settings, and had research and internship experiences that have

Becoming a doctor would not only allow me to educate others, but would allow me to endlessly improve my medicinal knowledge and education. There are many moments in my life which have motivated me to pursue a medical career and help others, but the memory I consider most influential is when I volunteered with Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen in Raleigh. My goal was to make as many people smile as I could. However, there was one man in line that made me smile instead. He was crippled and defeated by poverty; he was laid off from his job, which, consequently, prohibited him from attending college. He shut down and let poverty win. He said it was the biggest mistake of his life. Choked up with emotion and pain from the past, he then gave me advice, "If you can see your dream now, grab it. Whatever you do, don't let it go." Serving others, like the man in the soup kitchen, has bestowed upon me the motivation to lead and inspire others, just as he inspired

I have grown up as a middle child in a small town called Valley City, where there is such a thing as “bring your tractor to school day.” I have always loved to learn and naturally strived to do my best in school. I am a first generation college student. My childhood dream was and still is to become a doctor. It all started when I would treat my younger brother, Anthony, as my patient. I mostly just covered him in Band-Aids. My family was pretty well off until my parents divorced. Since then, life has not been so easy financially. In high school, I continued to strive to be a good student just as I do now. Then, unfortunately, around tenth grade, my father had gone through a procedure gone wrong and ended up having paraplegia. Of course, it broke my heart to see him in the hospital and then in a wheelchair. It also scared me away from my childhood dream. What if I became a doctor and I accidently hurt someone? That is when I learned responsibility, not just the responsibility doctors have for their patients, but responsibility in general.

Adversity has only improved my tenacity, focus, endurance, and problem solving abilities. Various circumstances have affected my academic performance negatively, but I use that as motivation to continually improve myself. I want to be a part of the solution to the family physician shortage and serve the community in the most effective way. My drive to improve the lives of others will help propel me through the difficulties of medical school and beyond. The personal experience I have with my immersion in the field of primary care gives me unique characteristics that will translate into creating a successful physician that focuses on building meaningful relationships with patients. I continually witness how my grandfather is positively impacting the community through medicine and it is my goal to be granted an opportunity to do the same. My belief in lifelong learning and continual self-improvement consistently drives me towards the study of medicine. Because of my life experiences, I now have the balance, endurance, clarity, and tenacity needed to be a successful medical

Growing up as a child, one of my dreams was to become a doctor. I played doctor games, had a medical kit, and took care of my patients (also known as my parents). As I got older, I worked hard in school to stay on track with idea of being a doctor in the back of my mind. I faced many hardships over the years, such as taking several challenging classes or not having the free time like my friends did. When I got older I decided that maybe I didn’t want to be an actual doctor but rather a Dr. of Pharmacy. This career would allow me to continue to help others, but still achieve my childhood dream of becoming a doctor. My perseverance paid

    Ever since my childhood, I have always found medicine to be intriguing. My interest first sparked when I learned about my cousin’s, Austin, illness. Austin was born nearly four months early and was diagnosed with an underdeveloped trachea and COPD. Within Austin’s first moments of life, doctors had to perform a tracheotomy. As I observed my cousin’s suffering over the years, my desire to help others was ignited. Since then, my will to help people has only grown immensely. From playing doctor to caring for my family when they are sick, my caring nature and love to help people has always been evident. All I want is the ability to help others and to make a difference. Now, my cousin has miraculously lived

As a young adult, I have pondered on the possible directions I would like to take in the future. There were times that I defaulted back to a position that are familiar to my parents, but no matter how hard I want to think differently, I knew that I want to pursuit a career in the medical field. My parents have made sacrifices to make an easier life possible for both my sister and myself. No matter how hard I want to deny this fact, I cannot falter into similar positions that they toiled through. I want to make them proud, and to let them know that they can rely on me when they grow old.

I am the “prized possession” in my family. My elders believe that I can do no wrong, I hold all family secrets, and I’m expected to be successful. Since I was little, I always had dream of becoming a doctor. My mother would always buy me doctor accessories and when I got of age, she would ship me off every summer to a science camp. It was not until my sophomore year in college that I realized that I did not want to be a medical doctor. When I broke the news to my mother, she was disappointed but encouraged me to find something that I was interested in. Although I would not become the medical doctor my mother hoped for me to be, I knew that I would still end up helping others in

I was filled with pain, devastation, fear, but also curiosity. I have my entire life, been very interested in science and medicine. However, this tragic event in my life influenced me the most to pursue a career in the medical field and become a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. Ever since that day I have gained a strong desire to acquire knowledge about cancer and many other diseases. After she passed away, at first, I was only interested in finding a cure for cancer and had only a very narrow view of the science field. As I entered high school and really began to explore different sciences I found that becoming a doctor will allow me to not only try to find a cure but to help many other people afflicted with many other diseases. With my new-found sense of direction, I started to deeply explore everything to do with the medical field. I entered a program at Holy Cross Hospital called “The Medical Explorers Program” where the participants learned about careers in the Health Field

As I’m on the way to the hospital with tears rolling down my face, I cling to my chest with complete agony. I can’t breathe without my chest feeling like it is going to collapse. If I move the wrong way, a sharp-shooting pain runs through my body and I began to cry more because I don’t know why this is happening. When I get to the hospital, I go right into triage because hospitals take chest pains very serious. When I go back to the little room, the nurse asks me several questions, takes my temperature and blood pressure, and then runs an electrocardiogram, or ECG/EKG, on me to check my heart. At this point, I’m freaking out even more because the nurse thinks something is wrong with my heart. Therefore, the doctor orders me to get an X-ray. After I get back from getting an X-ray, I go to a room and lay in a hospital bed with a million things running through my mind. When the doctor comes back to the room, his face doesn’t show any expression. He begins to tell me that it’s not my heart, which lets me breathe with a sigh of relief. However, he tells me that I have costochondritis

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

Modern day cardiology traces its roots from the complex study of the heart’s electrical impulses. This was made possible through the electrocardiograph or the EKG, a device created to capture and record the heart’s bioelectrical activity. Developed in the early 20th century, this apparatus became one of the most influential technologies in clinical medicine and an invaluable tool for many physicians. John Burnett of the London Science Museum, considered the electrocardiograph as “the most sophisticated scientific instrument in existence when it was first invented” (Burnett 74). It provided a new understanding of the human heart and its diseases and significantly changed the landscape of health care.