Valencia High School Sports Medicine Personal Statement

I was accepted into the program and have been taking specific classes dealing with athletic training, worked directly with the athletes at Central College, and job shadowed various other healthcare professions in the Pella community including; the ambulance service, the physical therapy department, chiropractor services, Pella High School sports teams, an orthopedic surgeon, and a dentist. Throughout my senior year I worked with the Central College football team. In the fall, I worked the varsity games on the weekends along with practices during the week. Before and after the practices I would guide the athletes through rehabilitations for their specific injuries. As a senior I was also had the responsibility of creating a work schedule for the underclassmen working football with me. In the summer of 2015 I had an internship with the Detroit Lions football team. I was able to work three preseason games as well as the preseason practices. My internship in Detroit solidified my want to work with athletes throughout my career as a health

In my time volunteering at the hospital, I hope to gain many different experiences. However, there are a few main ones: adaptation through enrichment and dependability. First of all, I want to get to know and adapt to the environment of the hospital and learn how different processes work. This is a crucial part of being in the atmosphere of a clinic. Also, the experiences that I will have at the hospital will help me to understand the routines and entailments of the career I would like to pursue. I hope to become a Physician’s Assistant in the future and this will be the best way to know if it is the right position for me. This enrichment of my understanding will help guide my passion for this career path and hopefully strengthen it.

The National Honor Society is for high school seniors who have “demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character”. At John Marshall we really push the “service” area. There are so many different reason I wanted to be a part of NHS; It gives me satisfaction that I was able to become a member of such an elite society, it also is very rewarding to give back to a community that has done so much for me. Each service project I have volunteered at has taught me something different. Since July, I have volunteered at eleven different projects (over 32 hours), and I have learned something new every time. When I volunteered at the Marshall County Family Resource Network’s gift packaging for teenagers at Cameron High and Middle, Moundsville Middle, Sherrard Middle and John Marshall High Schools, I didn’t realize there were so many of my peers in need of simple hygiene products. It inspired me to help and give back to them by donating to Paws for a Cause at John

“Never be a doctor if you’re going to have any loans to pay back.” “Don’t do this to yourself.” “You’ll never have a family if you go to medical school.” “The two worst jobs in America belong to physicians and teachers.” Without even soliciting their advice, physicians noticed my “Pre-medical Volunteer” nametag, and immediately approached me with words of discouragement. I participated in a volunteer summer internship at St. Mary Hospital in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, following my sophomore year of college, in an effort to gain more experience in the medical field and solidify my lifelong desire to become a physician. Throughout the eight weeks, I spent mandatory hours in both the Emergency Room and the Operating Room, made contacts with physicians in specific areas of interest, and spent time shadowing them. In addition, each of us in the program attended weekly business meetings in which administrators of the hospital and local physicians spoke to us about their particular positions and experiences. Unlike the many years of high school I spent volunteering at a hospital and a nursing home, where I was limited to carrying around food trays and refilling cups of water, I was able to gain hands-on and more intimate experience. Initially uneasy at the site of the blood gushing into plastic sheets draped around the orthopedic surgeon’s patient in the OR, it took only a few days to grow accustomed to the images on the television screen during a laparoscopic procedure and the

My time spent with the wounded, ill, and injured soldiers has given me more compassion and respect for people that are suffering mentally and physically. By showing people that you care and that you have a vested interest in their future, can be beneficial in their recovery. This volunteer experience has helped me foster the way I will care for my future

For my assignment, I went to Sports Medicine South and I shadowed an athletic trainer named Jessica. This happened to be what field I wanted to go into, so it worked out well for me.

Vanessa is a rising senior at Baylor University looking to pursue a career in the medical field, specifically pediatrics. Although this is a difficult practice area to achieve and sustain success, Vanessa is up to the task because of her determination and passion for helping the people around her. She has demonstrated a willingness to help others through her commitment to her team members as a part of the Baylor Women’s Tennis Team. While on the team she has embraced a leadership role, being an example for the other girls of what it means to be successful in the classroom, on the court, and in life. Despite the great deal of time she spent with the team, she was still committed to serving others which she demonstrated through her volunteer work both in Waco and overseas. She made a difference in the Waco community through her volunteer service with the Salvation Army, providing meals to families in need, and Baylor Cub Tennis, teaching local children how to play tennis. She has also shown her commitment to helping those in need through her Medical mission trip to Haiti, where she spent a week providing training to hospital staff on inventory software so that they could locate specific items and recognize expiration dates. Vanessa finds where she can

I began volunteering in underserved communities when I was twelve years old. The experiences I amassed working with children’s programs, food banks, and community-development organizations between sixth grade and graduation cultivated my desire to work with at-risk communities long term. I desired to provide holistic care to patients in these areas. As a result, I determined to augment my science education at the University of Oklahoma with medical humanities and Spanish studies, volunteering, and service

I remember fracturing my ankle once from a soccer injury. I took around a month or two to rehabilitate my injury. The physician was able to answer all the questions I had as well as teach me how to walk again after removing my cast. His knowledge of the body and how fast he could recall the information fascinated me. Of course there is also my mother who is a nurse, and she also wants me to be a doctor. In addition to that, my passion to help people added on to my curiosity of pursuing a life in the medical field. It was not until I took Honors Biology 1 with Professor Do at IVC that my interest in biology was made certain. I originally wanted to be a clinical psychologist, but the reason I strayed from it was because I wanted to deal with

Throughout the years I feel that I’ve had a number of valuable experiences, but none that have changed me as much as my experience volunteering at Children’s Hospital Colorado. I still vividly remember my first walking past the sliding glass doors of the pristine hospital on my very first day volunteering during the summer of 2012.

My role as an intern has recently become more active at the Sports Medicine facility at Wellesley College. An additional internship site is now at Regis College Athletics Facility. Duties that I have performed at both sites are the following: practiced athletic ankle taping, assisted an athlete with rehabilitation program, observed ACL rehabilitation program, wrapping ice, and general observation. I have learned a lot about prevention rehabilitation. I generalized rehabilitation has recovery, however, Wellesley College places a great emphasis on preventive rehabilitation. I also learned that women are more likely to tear an ACL compared to men due to physiological differences. A nutritionist at Wellesley College is also very involved with the athletic trainers and athletes.

Eager to learn more about medicine, I began volunteering at a nearby medical center as both a way-finder and clinical volunteer. Through volunteering, I obtained a more in-depth look of medical care in a hospital setting. I was informed about the roles of other healthcare workers. I was able to interact with patients with different backgrounds and learned about their life experiences. I observed how the physicians performed procedures, interacted with patients and other staffs in the hospital through physician shadowing. My clinical experience overall gave me goals to work towards as I realized more of my passion for medicine.

Always having loved volunteering, I have pretty done so to an extent over the years. From days of volunteering for medical missions with Pro-Health International to working as an AdHoc volunteer Doctor with Doctors without Borders on emergency response to the measles and meningitis epidemics in northern Nigeria and up until recently volunteering at a local hospital (Union Hospital) in Lynn, Massachusetts. Nevertheless, a strong desire to ameliorate health conditions among humanity strengthened this love and influenced my choice of education and career paths. Having studied Human Medicine (medicine and surgery) at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, I am a trained physician who also holds a Master of Science degree in International Health Policy and

Since I started school off as a nursing major at San Jose State University and have volunteered at many medical facilities, I

Have you ever found yourself inclined to do someone else’s job even though you lacked the appropriate qualifications to administer in the situation, or have the odds ever forced you to assume a position where you were underqualified, but you followed the leading of your innate nature? Ever since my sports-infiltrated, adolescent years, I have always been engrossed with helping those who incurred limb-related injuries. As a kid, I often found myself being sternly dismissed from scenes of sports-related injuries for posing as a professional. I would attempt to counsel others on injury-prevention methods; I would quickly run to a person who experienced a turned ankle; and I would help a person suffering from a leg cramp that caused painful contractions in the hamstrings by bringing the leg into extension. However, it was a combination of my improper tackling form and weak quadricep muscles during my high school, sophomore football career, did I find myself in an indisposed position, being informed about my rehabilitative process that I would have to undertake for my torn anterior cruciate ligament.