My Career As An Internist

Realizing the importance of solid clinical experience in the United States, I entered the externship program at the Hoboken University Hospital. Two months of externship in internal medicine provided me with an excellent foundation in comprehensive history taking, physical examination, diagnosis, and management of various conditions. This hands-on clinical experience helped me gain insight into the US health care systems as well as familiarized me with training programs in the US. Moreover, I became more confident and familiar with the system, and this reinforced my decision to pursue Internal Medicine.

During my core rotation in Internal Medicine, I encountered many challenging patients. I realized that treating such patients required an Internist to be compassionate, dedicated, and an effective team player. Through various life experiences, I believe I have attained these qualities. Since the age of 12, I

Internal medicine offers the opportunity of clinical practice in a wide variety of clinical settings (communitarian medicine to inpatient in hospital facilities). There is also an innumerable opportunities for fellowships to subspecialize and research opportunities.

Hailing from a different country, I can bring a unique multicultural perspective to the program along with the values of hard work, empathy, and efficiency. The workings of Internal Medicine embrace my personality, interests and abilities and I am confident I will excel and fulfill my goal of making a significant impact on patients'

Consequently, with my inquisitive nature, it was natural that my interest in Internal Medicine started to take its root. I decided to gauge my aptitude for it in a more challenging environment. Four months of clinical elective rotations in the US at the Henry Ford Hospital and the University of Wisconsin provided me with the perfect platform. I was given the responsibilities equal to those of a resident. During this period I learned the art of applying evidence based medicine to the comprehensive care of adults. Getting acquainted with patients from diverse backgrounds, maintaining intimacy by knowing their needs, understanding their problems and providing compassionate care was an utterly gratifying experience. By this time I was convinced that Internal Medicine would provide the perfect mental stimulation for my intellectual curiosity and close attention to detail. Unites States having a rich history of molding academic leaders in the field, renowned of ever evolving practice of medicine and emphasize on evidence based medicine seemed to be the perfect place to train and

The Masters of Biomedical Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine will help me enhance my professional and scientific knowledge toward my preparation into medical school. This program will allow me to immerse myself in a patient-centered service learning to further prepare me to tackle future rigorous medical obstacles in medical school and as a future physician. I’m looking forward to working with a diverse group of individuals who also have the same aspirations and values. Taking an oath to help the health of a patient you encounter in need, is a selfless act I aspire to obtain. I have the love and empathy to care for another human being which has provided me with the passion and tenacity to have empiricism this far in my medical journey

Throughout my education, I have steadfastly believed that a good physician must be committed to excellence in all aspects of healthcare, be it medical education, patient care or research.With this in mind, I am looking for a residency program that will provide me with a solid teaching foundation and a broad clinical experience in both an inpatient and ambulatory setting. Coupled with a large patient population, diverse learning experience and a team environment to achieve patient welfare. I am looking forward to joining a program that allows me to choose between competitive fellowships. I am devoted to working sincerely in my residency training and I am pledged to dedicate all my energies towards the pursuit of this

In internal medicine, I see the process of the patient’s evaluation as solving a jigsaw puzzle where we just need to place the pieces of information together in a correct order making(to make) the diagnosis. I love the processes of analyzing the patients’ history, physical examination and coming up with the management plan based on individual presentation. These processes always give me intellectual stimulation. This constant intellectual stimulation leads me to choose the career as internal medicine. Furthermore, my participation as a volunteer in multiple health camps in remote areas of the country helped me realize the importance of primary care physicians in the individual and population

Every year, over fifty thousand students apply to medical schools throughout the United States and Puerto Rico with the goal of becoming a physician. Yet, the application process and the do’s and don’t’s are often convoluted on what will be best for each individual student; so students have turned to mentors that have gone through the process to aid them through. Started in 1999, the internet based forum site Student Doctor Network serves as a base for students interested in medicine, from high school through practicing physicians, to ask questions, gain multiple opinions, examine medical data and resources, and share their experience to enable the next generation of physicians.

I started my clinical years with an open mind to every specialty with the goal of finding the specialty that catered to my attributes of inquisitiveness, diagnostician and thirst for knowledge. Rotating through Internal Medicine, I realized that this field provided a challenging environment while fostering lifelong learning. I found that

Through my years of studying banking and finance in college, little did I know that I would be in a career path of medicine today. While I Paced the hallway of the hospital my cousin was receiving care, I was mesmerized at how determined the internists were to stabilize her health and how much knowledge they possessed. This ordeal planted the seed of my passion to care for everyone like family and to continuously update myself with as much clinical and theoretical knowledge to be a better doctor with every passing day.

The Clinical Experience Elective will exponentially help me in my aforementioned trajectory. While it is too early for me to choose a specialty, I am certain that internal medicine is my calling. As a medical scribe, I have been on the clerical end of the medical team which provided key insights to coherent functioning of the doctor and his staff. Through this elective, I can solely focus on observing and ruminating the intricacies of the sacred doctor-patient

After my internal medicine clerkship and internship, it was very clear that I wanted to pursue my career in the area of Internal Medicine which has a wide spectrum of diseases and it is related with all organ systems. Being an internist

Going into rotation as a third year medical student, there were several factors that inspire me to pursue a residency in internal medicine. During my Internal Medicine rotation, I was taught the pathophysiology, diagnoses and treatments for each patient. I was exposed to the detailed thought process of treating patient’s comorbidities.

Prior to arranging my interviews, I applied for first-year Internal Medicine positions at a number of Philadelphia area hospitals and arranged to have letters of recommendation from Dr. Steinway and Dr. Lucci, and the Dean 's letter from Dr. Saire accompany my applications. Although the decision was a difficult one to make, I decided to take my residency in Internal Medicine because it seemed to offer the greatest number of dividends for the amount of time invested. Admittedly, I was in a hurry to start practicing Medicine, and I could see spending three years studying Internal Medicine, but not five to seven years studying Surgery.