Pursuing a Career as a Physician

On January 3, 2009 around 11:00 PM the phone rang with what I thought was exciting news about my newly born sister, Tristyn ,but quickly turned to horror. I could heard the fright in my dad's shaken voice as he told me Tristyn had to go into immediate heart surgery because she needed a stent to open up the blood flow to her heart. Being eight at the time the only thing I could think about was how she might not make it. My dad said to me “look after your sisters, and tell them nothing about the surgery”, which terrified me more than before. I knew I needed to be brave and take charge of the situations for my sisters. Bravery is something I learned for a situation I never knew would happen.

For as long as I can remember I have been interested in pursuing a career in the medical field. There are a lot of health care professionals what have jobs that are extremely important. I have very high respect for anyone in the medical field, by becoming a doctor I would leave this world a better place.

After I was born, I was immediately transferred to neonatal intensive care unit where I received continuous fluids to clean my lungs. Additionally, seven months after finally getting to go home, I returned to receive one of two nasolacrimal duct surgeries. I am now thankfully a healthy 19- year-old. I consistently remind myself that if it were not for that amazing team of doctors and nurses that believed that I could be born, I would not be here today.

When I was nine years old, I was very sick, and I had to stay in the hospital. I have very few memories of the hospital, but I do faintly recall a few calming faces as I lay in a hospital cot. These calming appearances were the doctors and nurses of the hospital. During my stay, I interacted with the hospital staff which was made up of nurses and physicians. The main reason why I didn’t feel scared about my condition was due to the trust I had in the abilities of my doctors and nurses.

The medical world is an intellectual, competitive, and rewarding field. It requires discipline and dedication. The challenge of using logical and clinical reasoning in an environment that demands genuine personal dedication attracts me immensely. My enthusiastic mind for knowledge and compassionate nature has made me pursue this rewarding career.

I believe that in order to lead you must be able to learn how to follow first. Following will allow you to gain knowledge that will help you lead in the future. Serving is a big part of leadership because you must be able to help people. People put their trust into you to help them through their problems. As a leader you must be able to put other people’s problems ahead of yours.

Gurneys carrying patients zoomed past us. As the ER doors swung open, my steps started to slow. I thought back to the day before. There was a semblance of a smile on her face when my family surrounded her bedside. What she did not see, however, was the nervousness, the sense of panic; we did not know if the surgery would be successful. The nurse led us to the blue curtains that divided the ER floor, shifting them aside to reveal my older sister. The one that had to live with my aunt in India because we could not afford the medical expenses here, the one with a condition that left her speechless and motionless, the one I always fail to mention when I get asked “how many siblings do you have” because I am too embarrassed to talk about her, but at that moment I was only filled with joy. She had lived through the surgery, she was going to be

My career goals consists of graduating from a four year college and applying to medical school, where I would continue my education to become a physician. Since the medical field consists of rigorous and tedious tasks, I need to further reinforce my critical and social skills. The LSAMP program offers workshops that can help me meet other like minded people all while reinforcing my critical thinking skills. Joining this program would benefit me greatly by exposing me to several social environments. These social environments can help me develop and strengthen my social skills; skills that would further prepare me for the strenuous challenge that accompanies medical school. Leadership skills are also crucial in becoming a physician, which is

Upon completing the career selector, I was not surprised to see Family Physician as an option, because I have always wanted to be a family physician. I feel as though, it fits my personality fairly well, and after completing the career selector, I was more confident that this job would be a good career for me. I know that I have the attributes and abilities required for the job, it offers high potential earnings, and I also know that I enjoy the general duties a family physician performs. I read the at a glance section, and read over the attributes and abilities required for the job, and felt that I do posses the majority of the attributes and abilities mentioned. Some of the characteristics that I feel I hold,

An occupational physician is a medical doctor who treats illnesses and injuries of employees during working hours. They assess health status of newly hired employees of a company or persons returning to work after a serious health disorder. They ensure the safety of the workplace and work practices to eliminate hazards to secure workers health (“Focus 2” 2013) Being an occupational physician your duties consist of treating injuries that occurred during working hours, and determine if employee is able to continue work or take leave and receive further care. They also assess the health of returning employees from recovery, recommend if its best for them to come back to wok or take an extended leave, they also practice training programs for employees on how to deal with stress that their job duties implicate on them.

Through the shivers from the September weather, I got dressed and brushed my teeth faster than I had ever done before. I walked out into the kitchen and joined my parents and my older brother, Justin, all of which looked unprepared for the long day we were going to have. Originally, the plan was to drop Justin and I off at our uncle’s

During an online personality test to match careers I was matched to numerous career fields based on my score. I chose the career path of a Preventive Medicine Physician because it seemed to match a lot of the personality traits I already have rather than what the test scored me to have. Preventive Medicine Physicians promote health care to communities, aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. I will need to be knowledge able in medicine and dentistry, therapy and counseling and know laws and information about the government regarding health care. Being in this profession I will need to be able to communicate well as well as listening to understand what people say, be able to make general rules or come up

Before I was born, and shortly my father was born, my grandfather became ill and developed heart problems. His family was not wealthy and medical knowledge and technology in Vietnam were not as advanced as it is nowadays. Not long after experiencing the common symptoms, he passed away. This event changed the lives of my family members in familial and physical aspects. My adoptive grandfather

One day a five-year-old girl returned to the center with her mom. The nurses told me that she had been a patient a few years earlier. She spent the first two years of her life cooped up within the four walls of the healthcare center until she was well enough for her parents to manage her care at home. Looking at her in that moment it was hard to imagine. She was adorable and shy clinging onto her mom. Most of all just really normal. Her mom shared with the staff how her daughter was nearly ready to begin kindergarten in a public school.

Becoming a physician takes long years of training and education, and even more so when desiring to become a surgeon. This training and education is a requirement to become proficient in diagnosing ailments, prescribing medications, and determining the appropriate treatment to treat sickness and disease, and perform surgeries when the opportunity presents itself. Physicians are certified by the American Medical Association (AMA), and require a state license to practice within the state they live. This license does not guarantee that the physician or the surgeon is mentally capable to perform any surgeries or practice medicine for that matter. (Roy Benaroch, 2011). It just shows that the applicant did indeed satisfy the requirements of the medical board in passing all tests to obtain the license. Obtaining a license to practice medicine does not altogether prove that the candidate is competent enough to perform such tasks. Subsequently, there are steps that must be utilized to test the competency, qualifications, and references of the physician to establish that the physician holds a current license and is not listed as a candidate of a malpractice lawsuit. Therefore, there must be a credentialing process in place that should be followed in order to prevent needless deaths, and costly lawsuits.