My Experience At The University Of Baghdad, College Of Medicine

There is a need for doctors in all specialties, but none more than primary care. Primary care physicians (also known as family practitioners) are the workhorses of medicine. They are the doctors on the front lines working in clinics and hospitals providing medical care for anyone who comes through the door. Family practitioners are jacks-of-all-trades but masters of none, leaving the mastering to the specialists who specialize in certain areas of medicine. Specialists typically see patients who have either been referred by family practitioners or have more severe issues. Because of this, we need more family doctors than any other kind of doctor, which is why the decline of this specialty is so serious. Why is it that medical students are going different routes? That is the million-dollar question researchers have been studying in order to reverse the trend.

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.

I am drawn to family medicine by this same appreciation for humanism that is evident to me among practitioners in this field. I am similarly motivated and excited by the intellectual challenges, scope, and meaningfulness offered by a career in family medicine. I strive to join a residency program that will provide rigorous clinical training among a diverse patient population while offering extensive resident responsibility for patient care. I believe that a family medicine residency program will inspire me to excel and arm me with the tools I need to achieve my future goals. Upon completion of residency, I aim to devote myself to serving the underserved while dedicating time to conducting research and participating in community and medical

When I was very young the medical industry always attracted me. Since I remember, being a doctor was always my dream. Most of my life changing steps depended and were based on this young immature dream. By my junior years of high school I completely based my concentration in pre-med and completed my college pre-requisites, which are very similar to AP credits here in US. I got my High school degree from Cambridge University with a duel program in Saudi Arabia and UK.

Witt has that make her good at the job are that she is very friendly, smart, and she loves kids. Dr. Witt loves everything about this job except that when parents come in asking questions about what to do with their child they have some different opinions on what the doctors have to say. Dr. Witt chose this profession truly because she loves biology and she loved her family doctor as a kid.

With that being said, if I had to narrow my specialty choices to five, they would include family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine based on my experiences thus far. The idea of providing care for the newborn to the geriatric patient provides diversity that excites me. Serving as coordinator of a patient’s care and well-being stirs the relational being inside me. Senior year of college is often a time where people evaluate their lives and seek to do things of significance. All of the extracurricular activities and leadership positions that I am pouring my time into reflect my high view of relationships. From what I have experienced in the healthcare setting, primary care physicians tend to hold the same value. Primary care physicians I shadowed would look at the chart of a patient and always have a story to tell. I both admire this and strive to live my life in accordance with this

Being medical professionals, they imbibe qualities of excellence and compassion. They have gifted the teachings and principles of tolerance towards one and all, towards life and its setbacks, and, towards oneself. This is more valuable than the toys, clothes and books they purchased. Finally they inculcated the spirit and essence of living a life for the benefit of mankind. Eternally, they remain to be my parents, friends, philosophers and above all, mentors. My mother is an M.D. Gynaecologist. My father is an M.D. Paediatrician. They are like the perfect couple doctors. One delivers babies and one takes care of them in their age. My parents have given up many things in life for my sake for which I will respect them forever. Whatever spiritual values I have are all because of them. They wish to fulfil their dreams through my hands. Thus it becomes my duty towards them to do well in my academics and also do well in my

During my first and second years of medical school, I had the opportunity to visit with internists and sub-specialists of medicine, including a pulmonologist and a cardiologist. I was impressed by how the physicians were able to discuss with patients about what their problems were and how they can move forward with improving treatment. The physicians also discussed with me about how they integrate basic sciences with clinical practice, which I was impressed with.

I am currently a first year medical student at the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine in the 4 year Urbana track. A doctor once told me that patients are the ones who will shape you into a good doctor. And I truly believe that. Just like any skill or ability, it takes practice and a determination to become a better you. Seeing patients daily and practicing what I learn in medical school will help me interact with patients in a more personal level, as well as learn and experience firsthand the different health conditions people have, how people behave, and how to treat the person that is in front of me. I learn better when I

. Soon, I realized that family medicine was the specialty that fulfills my passion for providing integrated/comprehensive and continuing care, both preventive and therapeutic for all patients in different stages of their lives from prenatal to end of life and not just at a certain point or a particular time. It would allow me to fulfill my interest in pediatrics and at the same time still able to handle other aspects of medicine and patient populations. My desire to offer preventive care to my patients and participate in retarding and preventing many diseases is another factor that enhanced my passion to family medicine. I believe as a doctor, my job is not just to treat diseases but also to help people live healthier life and preserve their

Pediatrics has always intrigued me because it is a child’s first peek into the world of medicine. At least it was for me. My pediatricians were my role models: compassionate, empathetic, and caring. Even as a young girl, I knew that I wanted to work in a career where I could make children feel happy and loved. In high school, I received the opportunity to shadow various physicians, most of whom were pediatricians. I loved the way they dealt with kids of all ages and personalities. It reminded me of how I dealt with the students I taught at

As someone whose primary area of practice is family medicine, the primary care focused education offered by osteopathic medical schools was a great motivator. Through the utilization of various data and sources, over 50% of osteopathic medical school graduates enter primary care medicine as their choice of practice which concluded that

From the age of five, studying the human body was the main source of my excitement. As I grew up, I became fascinated by doctors and nurses, and how diligent, skillful, passionate, and dedicated they are to pursue a common goal: amelioration of human health. As a high school student, I have finally realized that studying medicine would help me to pursue what I really want in my life: helping the humankind.

Iraq, as well as many other middle eastern countries, are bounty full of oil. Although oil is quite a prized material in the modern world, Iraq is in a epidemic. According to the press, a hospital in Iraq lost the life of over twelve patients for the tragic reason that they could not provide the appropriate medical care. “Griffis, Lack of Medicine…”. Many people are suffering and dying from the absence of medicine. Islamic state has been causing more and more damages, after the central government decided to deny supporting its hospitals, this is because of the lack of routes being accessible or some routes are just not there where the medicines should be delivered to. Many staff members from these hospitals are leaving because of all the pressure

There are many misunderstandings where people mistakenly think that family medicine and family practice are the same thing, but they are undoubtedly wrong. According to Brown, “family medicine is the academic discipline, composed of knowledge, skills and attitudes. Family practice is the application of that knowledge in a system of medical care” (Brown, 1979). Dr. Lynn Carmichael also stated that, “an important component in the definition of the family physician is that he has a ‘tenured relationship’ in which the doctor and the family members have mutually agreed upon obligations. No other physician has this unwritten contract with patients of all ages and with the whole family” (Brown, 1979). In other words, family practice consists of family medicine, but family medicine does not consists of family practice. This is what makes family physicians unique from other physicians. They have their own bond with the patients without having to having to have some kind of written contract. It gives the patients time to understand and get to know the physician and have an actual conversation. Whereas for other physicians there is a tendency where the physician is having a one way conversation where the physician is only talking to the patient and the patient is just listening. Family physicians are distinctively educated to care for you as a whole person, apart from age or sex. They diagnose and treat critical and chronic diseases and illnesses and provide patients with monotonous