Medical Field Motivation Statement

Wide reaching, nurses significantly outnumbered physicians as providers of health care often having utmost vast reach remoteness to underserved communities. Having personally lived in one of the underserved communities in my hometown Western Africa before moving to the United States of America and my life calling to be a nurse from a young age with the deep desire to make a difference. I plan to contribute and continue to contribute immensely to the underserved communities by delivering quality health care to remote regions around the world. I do volunteer service at several clinics in the Atlanta area with many well-known Emory physicians that care for homeless and underserved populations, these volunteer experiences provide me with opportunities and fulfillment to develop added headship skill and experience to meet my daily patients, needs.

Apart from her academic accomplishments, Dr. Ochoa has dedicated her life to the service of others through medicine and mentorship. “I’ve known since I could remember that I wanted a career with the purpose of helping others. I have this burning passion for service work and I’m extremely lucky to be able to combine it with my love for medicine and education.” When away from the hospital, Dr. Ochoa spends her time mentoring minority and low-income students along with her husband and fellow HSF alum, Mauricio Segovia. Also, wanting to give back to her Latino community, Dr. Ochoa donates to scholarship organizations such as HSF and the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation Scholarship.

As I was finishing my last shift as a Health Leads advocate at Boston Medical Center I couldn’t help but think back to my first shift three years earlier. I was nineteen years old walking into the Pediatric Unit eager to make a difference. Being located in a poverty-stricken part of Boston many uninsured and low-income families would bring their children to Boston Medical Center. As an advocate, it was our responsibility to make sure they had everything they needed from food to shelter while working hand in hand with their physician. I expected to reaffirm my desire to become a physician by witnessing all the positive work that can be accomplished. What actually happened was something quite different, something that made me wonder, “Do I really want to go into medicine?”

My decision to volunteer at Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic was primarily motivated by curiosity. There are seven medical professionals in my family, and I wanted to explore the possibility of pursuing a similar career path. The experience provided an opportunity to learn that I do not want to go into medicine, but more importantly, it made me reevaluate the way I think of healthcare.

Having grown up in Michigan, I have become passionate about serving this community. Many of my experiences, including shadowing, research, and my internship at the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP), have educated me about the unique healthcare issues and opportunities in Michigan. Through shadowing, I have been exposed to the multiple community settings a physician can practice in, such as rural or inner-city communities. These settings all have their unique advantages and challenges and being exposed to them during my undergraduate career has given me a holistic view of health care needs in Michigan. As an intern at MAFP, I have developed my intra-professional skills to effectively communicate and collaborate with others. Lastly,

Everyone around the world has a mission in life. We all have a set of goals that we strive to achieve. This goal is normally a mission statement. My mission statement ties into why I want to go into my future profession.

Being part of Balavikas, youth service group, has given me a glimpse into the vast class differences that occur in our society. In Balavikas, I volunteered at the Austin Street Shelter and at the Plano Food Pantry, where I was able to interact with socially and economically disadvantaged people who have dealt first hand with these pressing issues. Volunteering at these places has been a motivational and educational experience by showing me the medical issues that affect the poor, including nutrient deficiency. To serve these people and see their gratitude has inspired me to pursue a career in medicine. In college, I

Becoming a doctor and helping people of all financial standings is something that I’ve grown to have a passion for. I want to use the privilege I have to help people who aren’t as

Currently, I am trying to secure a Medical Officer position with the federal government and work with urban, rural, or native Indian communities. Although my professional emphasis was in General Surgery, recently I obtained the British Membership of the Royal College of Physicians to shift to Internal Medicine and be able treat ailments common among unprivileged communities. My passion for social justice, medical experience and holding an MPH with concentration on community oriented medicine will be the perfect combination needed for my plan. Service of those who have been left behind has been and will always be my life mission. Nothing gives me more joy and

Being the daughter of Haitian immigrants has influenced my desire to advance healthcare in developing countries. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas, resulting in restricted and inadequate social services, such as quality health care. I have witnessed how the poor healthcare system has failed my grandmother, who was diabetic for most of her adult life. She passed away in 2003, as double amputee and enable to speak due to a stroke. The lack of care that she received in Haiti caused her to lose her legs. Seeing this strengthened my desire to be an aiding force in the healthcare field.

I was trained in an inner city hospital run by the state and where most of my patients were of low socioeconomic status. During my third year medicine clerkships, I had many sad stories where patients had abandoned medical care because they could not afford the advanced laboratory work up and imaging studies when referred to outside hospitals. I thought to myself that there should be an area of medicine where I could

The mission statement of the University of Washington School of Medicine, that is to ‘’recognize the importance of primary care and provide service to underserved populations’’ truly fits my personal goal towards medicine, which is to serve in an underserved area. As a person who grew up in a small village in Vietnam, I can personally relate to the challenges that face many underserved communities. Despite the promised of an opened to all healthcare, health clinics were not able to reach many of the underprivileged areas in my country. Eventually, people in these areas started to develop symptoms that turn out be a mortal disease, because of the lack of primary care doctors and the belief that healthcare is luxury to them. The time that I spent

After graduating, I volunteered at the mobile pediatric free clinic, Kerry’s Kids, providing primary health care services to underserved children and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area. I took on one of the most satisfying roles of my life as the program coordinator, running clinics in seven shelters. I worked closely with pediatricians and nurses, who devoted their weeknights to providing medical care, and I was deeply moved by their dedication and compassion. The patients that came to the

She has accumulated over 100 hours volunteering at a hospital where her efforts included triaging incoming emergency room patients. She recently embarked on a volunteer medical trip in Cusco, Peru. There she volunteered with an organization that set up mobile clinics in medically underserved areas. Additionally she had a preceptorship with a family physician where she observed in the clinic and during hospital rounds. Throughout her preceptorship she gained valuable insight into the career of a family physician. It was during her volunteer and clinical experiences that she became committed to a future career as a physician and the excitement and challenges that the profession

Close to the end of a shift at the crisis center, the phone rang for what felt like the thousandth time. Whoever waited on the opposite end clearly couldn 't be more important than the orgo exam I was studying for, but I reluctantly answered with the usual greeting, "Hello, Listening Ear." Four hours later I put down the receiver ending the most meaningful call I 've ever had. The caller, "Joe", hesitantly outlined his life long struggle with his sexuality. Before long he burst into a torrential outpour of emotions, he shared feelings of abnormality that resulted in self-hatred and suicidal thoughts. I felt deeply connected with Joe because he trusted me with private aspects of his life. This type of human connection, in conjunction with a love of physiology, were the two motivations that sparked my interest in becoming a doctor. Throughout my education my personal motivations and understanding of the health field have evolved. I have discovered that life long learning, providing individual care and serving greater populations on a local and global scale are all not only a possibility with a medical degree but a matter of great personal importance.