Personal Statement: A Career As A Pediatric Oncologist

My teachers, coaches, family, friends, and community members have all pushed me to strive for my best and to never settle. Because of them, I have big goals for my future. My first goal is to go to college to get my BSN and to then continue to get my DNP. My second goal is to specialize in Pediatric Oncology to help make children's tough lives easier and to give them a sense of home even when they are spending long intervals of time at the hospital. I want to help them fight for their lives and push them through the tough times. I want to be a huge support system for them just like Adams was for me.

For many years now, Scientists have struggled to help medical practitioners treat their patients according to their symptoms and provided customized healthcare on a personal basis. However, how personal can medicine get? In 2003, researchers obtained a complete human genome from which the sequence and map of all genes in the human body can be used as a reference. With this development we are a step closer to treating cancer and other diseases.

Countless high school students aspire to become neurologists or surgeons, but tend to disregard the incredibly rewarding and memorable experiences that Pediatrics presents. Pediatrics focuses on solving issues that pertain to children, and attempt to solve these problems using critical thinking developed over decades of training and education. For those who wish to follow the medical route and make an impression on the younger generations, pediatrics is a wise, fulfilling life choice.

Children have always been an interest of mine.  I grew up as any girl had, always had my dolly dragging behind me.  As I have gotten older my interests with children have not lessened.  I would like to eventually become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.  With this in mind, I like to talk about my future profession with someone that can give me their honest opinion.  The person that I have always turned to is my aunt, Nikki Sickmann.

Becoming board certified in pediatrics is the next step followed by participating in a pediatric oncology fellowship. The last step before a person starts practicing is to earn board certification in pediatric oncology (Become a Pediatric Oncologist: Education and Career Roadmap). This all takes about fourteen years of school, but the job has an equitable salary. In Thibodaux, Louisiana, a pediatric oncologist makes only $40,262 a year on average because the demand for pediatric oncologists is slim. The national average pediatric oncologists make is $238,479 a year. The salary will continue to increase more and more because by 2021, pediatric oncology will grow by at least fifteen percent. That means that cancer is going to continue to evade people's

There are many steps to becoming a pediatric surgeon. Some of these steps include graduating high school, going to regular college for four years, then you have to get into medical school and do

Oncologist have stereotypes and misconceptions. As of right now, when I did some research, Oncologist are very busy and very independent because they always count on the patient's family and caring. Pediatric oncologist is the field of medicine which specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers and tumors in children under the age of 18 who are suffering. This job also involves communication with parents or guardian regarding his or her condition. I want to be an Oncologist in the future because I love kids and this specific kind of job because it involves serious of business and communication.

After finishing my studies, my goal is to work as an Oncology Social Worker. I did not always think this way, but a lot changed throughout High School. After witnessing a dear family member fight their second battle to cancer and sadly loosing, I knew I wanted a career where I could offer the emotional support that they had not received during a dark time in their life. I pondered for some time. My senior year rolled around and that was when I had my own experience with how frightening cancer is when I had my own scare. From that moment on, I knew I needed to work alongside the issue if I were to truly have an impact on it. That was when I learned about Oncology Social Worker and how it catered to help not only the patient but their support

Did you know that there are thousands of jobs in the world that you didn’t know even existed? If you answered yes, you are very smart! I believe that there are multiple great choices for jobs for me, but there are few that I would enjoy. Well, the job I would like to have is a pathologist. Once I graduate from a good college with hopefully a masters and P.h.D., I will try to get a job as a pathologist. “Why?” you ask? Well, it is a high paying job which involves studying diseases, and sometimes performing autopsies, and it seems like an active job.

What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s the question every kid is asked at a young age. But how are these kids supposed to know what their future will consist of if they don’t even know themselves yet? It takes years to fully understand whom you are and what you want to pursue in life. For me it wasn’t until this year, my senior year, in which I fully began to see the path I intended to take in college and in life. I asked myself one simple question. What am I passionate about? The answer I came up with was also simple; I’m passionate about helping people, specifically people with mental illnesses.

I am looking for many things in a university, the first thing is a university that has a prestigious science and pre-med department. I want to pursue a career in these fields to become a pediatric oncologist because studying cancer and serving others is something that I am very passionate about. My grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer my sophomore year of highschool, and this wrecked my world. I was raised in a very family oriented environment and I have a large close knit family, so hearing the news about my grandmother broke my heart. My grandmother has fought excruciatingly hard to beat cancer for the past two years and has come very close. Unfortunately, all of the cancer is not completely gone from her body. From that moment forward,

I have been working towards obtaining my knowledge in order to know what to expect in this line of work and getting to know the environment a pediatrician

Now that I am sure what a pediatrician is, I want to know what it takes to become one. At this point in my search, I already know the process is a bumpy journey. What I have learned is that getting good grades in high school is very important because it is just the beginning to my future at this point. After graduating high school, I will finish my generals in college, which will take about two years because I am already taking my AA degree in high school. What happens next is when the real challenges will appear. The University of Washington says, “Before becoming a doctor, future medical students will take a pre-med course,” (UW Medicine). A pre-medical program is about a four year long program that students take to learn the basics about biology, physics, chemistry,

I plan to pursue a career in the medical field, specifically in pediatric oncology. I would like to have my own children’s hospital, with unique forms of emotional therapy for patients including music and art. I am a strong believer that happy patients heal faster. I would also like to spend time working with children and adults battling diseases in places where the access to Western medicine is limited due to cost or location before starting my work in an American hospital. I think that would offer an amazing opportunity to not only explore different cultures, but also be able to do hands on work with diseases in ways that are different than what we do here in America. After training abroad, I would like to secure a position in a hospital.

Being a pediatrician is all about being responsible, and making sure you know all the medicines and skills. You have to make sure you understand the medicine/treatments and understand the side effects of the medicine. After all, a pediatrician's judgement could mean life or death.