Gender Roles In The Medical Field

This role does not only allow me to shadow doctors while they engage with patients, providing an opportunity to gain invaluable information and advises. This role requires most of my attention towards patients’ needs, which helps to establish a professional relationship and understand what they expect a doctor to be: caring and sensitive but decisive. As English is not my first language, my bilingual skills give me a chance to help some patients through being a translator. It is not the dream job anyone imagines, hours of sleepless shifts, tremendous responsibility with no room for errors as dealing with fragile lives and not products. This only further strengthens my decision to pursue medicine. What I most admire is how empathetic a doctor can be yet unaffected during a critical situation. It is more than just a skill; it is a talent.

According to travel nurse growth, It is believed that the origin of travel nurse started from New Orleans in the year 1970, during Mardi Gras week because of the lake of nurses to deal with many patients, therefore, travel nurses where employ for few week to help cover the gap of Lake of nurses in the area. According to American Society of Registered Nurses traveling nurses has grown dramatically as a way to fill a nationwide shortage of nurses at hospitals. ‘What started in the 1980s as a short-term solution to staffing problems has blossomed into an essential part of hospital’. Travel Nursing also offers flexibility, as there are typically no annual contracts involved and you can work on as many assignments as you like.

As one embarks on the path to becoming a physician, we face many challenges along the way. For some of us, we may become exposed to the realities of medicine through shadowing and volunteering and then realizing we lack interest in dealing with patients or spending hours upon hours in a hospital. Some may come to discover that they do not possess the time and patience to go through

The importance of Integrity and the ethos in the altruistic career of medicine appealed to me to enter into this honourable career. Growing up in the deprived areas of Pakistan, healthcare is used as an excuse to make money from vulnerable patients. Living in the UK has strengthened my enthusiasm for medicine as the healthcare facilities available here are magnificent.

During the semester, my curiosity steadily inclined. While witnessing the miracles of medicine, I noted the evident necessities of a physician and recognized what characteristics the great ones fostered. Compassion is among many; I recall a specific episode involving a forty-year-old female suffering from stage four lung cancer where I truly understood the significance of showing compassion. The physician greeted the patient along with her enthusiastic sister. The sibling proclaimed her hope and announced to the doctor, “My sister is a survivor, and she will beat this!” The doctor responded, “Yea, Steve Irwin said that too,” and exited the room. I found his joke repulsive. He lacked compassion and the patient was clearly affected by his harsh statement. Being a physician requires uplifting and reassuring patients, as well as their families, that everything possible is being done to better their quality of life. I promised myself that day that I would comfort every patient encountered and demonstrate genuine care. This is a skill I also practice outside of the hospital through volunteer experiences. One of which includes volunteering with patients of Kindred at Home Hospice. These individuals need an even greater amount of emotional support as they are nearing

As a member of the Texas D.O. pre-med organization at UT I was able to shadow a Dr. Georgeanne Freeman, DO, owner of the Downtown Doctors clinic. In the exam room I could immediately tell that Dr. Freeman had a close relationship with her patients. The first few minutes were spent talking about the patient's life, family, or hobbies. Easing medicine into the conversation made the patients feel more comfortable with the visit. This was the first time I witnessed the compassionate physician-patient relationship that I’ve envisioned myself sharing with my patients. What motivates me to become a D.O., is that the whole-person approach to medicine advocates D.O.’s to have interpersonal relationship with patients, which I witnessed with Dr. Freeman.

I also took note of how seriously the doctors took their commitment to improving and learning. I saw this firsthand when, every Friday morning, all of the physicians, including doctors from across various specialties, would get together to assess complicated cases and talk about how to provide the patients involved with the best possible care. I witnessed each physician making their case, providing their best judgment and explanation to give their patient the best-case scenario. Listening to these discussions, I saw how medicine was not simply a rote application of processes, but rather a highly nuanced art and science that depends upon the judgment of skilled doctors. I am a naturally curious and inquisitive person, and thus the notion of spending my life engaging in hard questions, learning new things, expanding my skillset, and generally improving within and perfecting my craft is highly attractive to

While working in the lab, I, for the first time in my life, felt that my work and accomplishments were serving something larger than myself. When the time came to leave the lab I viewed the experience fondly, however, in the time since I have come to realize that as much as I enjoyed my experiences I what I really enjoy is the human side of medicine and the interaction with patients on a daily basis; I missed “Sue” and the reward that came from knowing who I was helping personally. For me the most important part of medicine is the people. At some point each of us made the decision that the need to heal patients and to help people was strong enough to decide to dedicate our lives to medicine. It’s what drives every physician, and researcher to keep working, even if a trial did not go the way they wanted or a patient is not responding to treatment. In English the original Hippocratic Oath reads in part “I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being”. When I first read this I was reminded why medicine is so unique and why I decided to go on this journey originally. It is this belief that continues to give me the strength to continue even when I am knocked down. It is what I see every time I shadow a doctor and how I try to model myself in my life. Because of these experiences, I have come to the absolute

In today’s day, some doctors could careless about there patients well being. They care only about making money and what benefits them. “Physicians who are more comfortable with their work identity than with real intimacy”(Coles 317). This chapter reminded me that

Creating personal connection with patients and then being involved in the long term care gives us healthcare providers the highest level of privilege. During my internship, I could understand how medical jargon was terrifying to a layman. All this made me understand the importance of compassion, empathy and interpersonal skills in a physician’s life. The continuity of care and these lifelong relationships are the ultimate reward in internal medicine. The intellectual exercise in medicine is mentally stimulating, but the fact that the knowledge is only secondary to the goal of healing is inspiring. All the time spent in medical wards interviewing and examining patients has laid a strong base for critical thinking, coming up with differential diagnosis and outlining management plans.

Although never a major part, male nurses have been involved in the nursing occupation since the start. In the beginning, men provided treatment to the sick and dying as early as 400BC and 500BC. The actions that led to the profession of nursing also led to the prevention of male nurses from entering the profession. In the 1800’s Florence Nightingale believed women had a natural ability to care for the sick and dying. She established nursing schools that did not mix male and female students together. By doing this, men were barred from attending these types of nursing schools. However, men were able to work in mental hospitals where their physical strength was used to restrain patients. These types of hospitals provided men training in

As a volunteer at Pomerado Hospital, I have a huge passion for medicine as I desire to pursue a medical career. With the passion, I will serve the patients and be a place where they can rely on me to talk to or provide food to. I will view the patients before myself because I came to help the patients more than to benefit myself. Although I applied to give myself an experience, I should bring the patient's’ needs in front of mine and do whatever I can do in my power to accommodate their

Throughout my research and after interviewing with a professional of my discourse, I have learned a lot about how things work in the nursing discourse. Ever since I was little I have wanted to be a nurse and to be able to take care of people. After researching more about it and hearing my grandma talk about her working environment, the excitement I have for my future is overwhelming! My grandma told me about how much freedom she has working as a traveling nurse, and how she really gets to build a connection and relationship with her patients. After interviewing with my grandma and hearing about her continuous passion, I have decided that I would be interested in possibly becoming a traveling nurse. For my final essay, I want to focus mainly on

With it being such a rewarding career I was surprised to know that there are shortages of nurses. Yet this shortage has led to an increase in people wanting to enter the nursing profession (Jirwe & Rudman, 2012). Which did influence me slightly as well, as I knew I would be a wanted member of staff and I could travel freely.

During the months I have spent in the emeregency department, I have observed amazing cases and witness the dynamic qualities of a physician such as being a critical thinker, showing compassion and expressing empathy. Today’s doctors are more than the, “know all end all”, as what was suggested in previous decades. They are teacher and a student as knowledge is constantly evolving. As I observed the emergency doctors’ bedside manners, they were always concerned for the patients best interest which included going “the extra mile” for their patients’. I admired their dedication and will strive to do the same when I become a physcian.