The Social Psychologist, Henri Tajfel And The Robber 's Cave Experiment

Just as the institution is eager to continue embracing the ever-changing world of healthcare and medicine, I too embody this same distinguishing characteristic. Throughout my undergraduate experiences I have learned in order to be a steward and servant of the medical profession one must exercise teamwork, service, empathy, accountability, and optimism; all of which coincide with the tenets that are declared by the Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine culture. Attending this medical school would be one of the greatest rewards for my motivation and persistence. I know for certain there would be no greater experience than to be a part of the Meharry Medical College

When planning my pre-medical schedule at the University of Iowa, I found a first year seminar titled “Journey to Medical School.” All of the fears, ambitions, and everything I could think of regarding my journey to medical school was covered in the seminar. I left the class feeling terrified, but more than that, excited and prepared for what was to come within my next 8 years. One of the class periods was filled with the intellect of students who currently attend Carver Medical School. During that class period, I was mesmerized by the way the students carried themselves. They talked with poise and grace. Listening to them talk about how their journey was going made my heart putter – I was terrified, yet excited to continue on my own

The medical field has a wide range of opportunities that many plan to seek. Some, and hopefully a majority, pursue this career in order to better society one healthy solution at a time; however others simply pursue it to exceed parental expectations or to sit in a higher tax bracket. Personally, my reason for pursuing this career, through St Mary’s outstanding program, is altogether unique and abnormal to say the least. Normality never made an impact on the world. I, instead, stray far from the beaten path.

The work ethic and culture in any profession are essential to the workplace of every individual to be able to succeed. Therefore, I want to experience the work ethic in a medical environment and how every individual is treated with respect, trust, and confidence in the workplace. I know that I will be able to complete the tasks and objectives that are given to me if I join the program because I am a responsible individual that understands the principles of responsibility and integrity. In my life, responsibility is important for people to understand, respect, and have trust, as well as confidence in my actions and decisions. I know that I am responsible for all my actions and instructions that are given to me to complete. I will be able to meet the requirements of this program because, at this point in my education, I am ready to take on the challenges and opportunities that will arise during this experience, I am prepared to take responsibility for my actions, and I am focused on becoming a medical professional in the

Throughout my experience as a surgical patient, I always noticed three things my medical team never failed to perform: inform, educate, and care for me. Through my frequent visits to the hospital I began to notice that these ideals were essential in every successful physician-patient relationship. As I progressed in my career as a student, I came to realize that the academic and extracurricular activities I was involved in were helping me perform those very qualities.

Without a doubt, medical students will encounter patients that are less than pleasant to deal with and situations that are not ideal. As a medical scribe I have encountered a few myself. On one instance, I was part of a care team for a psychiatric patient who harbored negative views towards Hispanics and wished to "kill them all". Despite his views and constant belittling remarks, I assisted in his care as best as I could and remained courteous, professional, and objective during his stay in the ER. This was not the first time I faced such situations, and it will undoubtedly not be the last. I am aware, however, that is is important for medical students and physicians alike to place their personal views to the side in order to treat patients and offer them the best health outcomes possible.

This article looks into the profession and personal relationship expectations professionals are expected to have with their living patiences and the deceased, as students. Before the 1960 to the 1970 's the expectations are set that the doctors are to know more, have good bedside manner, be personal but not to cross the line of developing relationships. This eventually changed to the expectations of having "an 'affective neutrality ' or a 'detached concern ' for clients". Due to the social norms of the time of persons in authority situations having a more colder demeanor to gain that power over others. There seems to be a fine line of expectations of the physicians to show sympathy, but not to care to much in worry that it would effect the decision and care of the health care being provided. Along with having control over the way a physician cares for the individuals other basic human emotions, such as disgust and attraction need to be in check at all times as well. Unity in caring for all patients is key , not only as

In Dr. Charon’s piece, “To Render the Lives of Patients,: she talks about preventing the dehumanization of medical students during medical training and explains a method that could help medical students distance themselves from their own needs and focus on the patient’s point of view, which in thus would reduce frustration and hinder dehumanization.

Generally, life can be separated into two phases: the first being the “coming of age” where people transition into adulthood and realize that there is not as much good in the world as there first appeared to be. The second phase is the aftermath, where people either learn to cope with the cruelties of life or simply fail. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, by Vincent Lam, follows a group of medical students as they train to become doctors and how they learn to deal with different social pressures that accompanies the profession. At the beginnings of the characters’ medical journeys, they are all ecstatic to get into medical school, each having their own reason, such as “good intentions” or to appease their parents (Lam 10). However, as the characters begin to ease into doctoral life, the

As a future student doctor the qualities that I adhere to are trustworthiness, humility, and passion. As a medical student, those qualities will show during interactions with faculty and staff and in particular with patients. I will earn trustworthiness by being punctual and following through with schedule events. I will show humility by keeping in mind that I can always learn something new from every interaction, whether it is between faculty, patients, or peer physicians. My passion for medicine will show during patient interactions, this will also be evident by my eagerness to learn. My past experiences as an Aerospace medical technician with the United State Air Force has giving me a glimpse of what I could expect from practicing medicine

A student who takes honors classes sets a high value on their education. I desire to have the highest quality education possible and believe this program will provide opportunities that fortify me to undertake my professional training to become a Physician’s Assistant as well as in any area of study. With a career in the medical field, I will be devoted to being a life-long learner. This program will expand my thinking to embrace the integrated vision of the whole of life and learning. I have always enjoyed a challenge and have excellent time management. Moreover, a liberating education focuses as much on character as professional training for a career. Aside from learning, this program would develop my skills in leadership and language. Ovid Butler desired a university of high moral values, which creates an educational environment in an honors program to prepare me to live the life a free citizen as well as the life of the Christian. An honors educational environment will allow me to challenge my assumptions and validate assertions so that in my lifetime, I will be able to appropriately handle issues of law, morality, and ethics. While my undergraduate will develop my understanding of sciences and how to aid in the healthcare of a patient, an honors program could broaden my focus by developing critical reflection of how people interact as well as moral ethics, which is crucial for any medical field professional. In other words, an honors program would train me not only how to become a Physician’s Assistant, but also how to analyze, comprehend, and communicate about my discoveries. To learn is to discover the truth about reality, which is essentially why Butler’s honors program would be beneficial for

They did not see morality as part of the medical equation.” What Maslin means is that doctors, rather medical students, care about science and finding cures more than the person they are treating. Not only are people’s lives at stake, but their sense of freedom of living their lives the way they want to. Doctors are just now beginning to realize that their patients are human. Meaning that if someone dies, their family will resent the doctor because they feel like all doctors care about is the next treatment and what the next course of action is.

“Moral issues greet us in each morning in the newspaper, confront us in the memos on our desks, nag us from our children’s soccer fields, and bid us good night on the evening news” (Velasquez et al 2015). Let me take this time to share one of my student’s testimonies on what she experienced on her recent occupation as a Medical Assistant in a psychiatry clinic. In her short time operating as a Medical Assistant, she saw one prevailing ethical dilemma daily in the clinic she worked in. Most days she experienced an overwhelming and unexplainable joy and excitement knowing that, she was fulfilling her greatest passion in life. Not everyone has the opportunity to work in the field of their studies, but there she was functioning in the capacity,

As a student aspiring to pursue a medical career, I knew it was imperative to attain a firsthand experience in a medical setting. Therefore, my experience volunteering at the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic, or VHC, was profoundly significant as it allowed me to learn how the profession was in practice, which strengthen my desire to become a doctor. This experience, engaging with patients and physicians, exposed me to a different side of medicine through which I learned the crucial role of interpersonal communication; and, it also led me to discover a new aspect of medicine that captured my interest and motivated me to seek a profession within this field of study.

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