Witis Personal Statement Examples

A significant volunteer experience that augmented my leadership skills and expanded my understanding of medicine was at the Honolulu Harbor Medical Clinic sponsored by the Seafarer’s Ministry. The Seafarer’s Ministry provides spiritual, emotional, and social support for the undocumented foreign fishermen docked at Honolulu Harbor. The clinic began with few volunteers and two doctors who provided medical care to undocumented foreign fishermen from a box of supplies out of a truck. This expanded my capacity to understanding, to humbly accept circumstances and encouraged me to practice medicine with culturally sensitivity.

Viva Nicaragua combines two of my passions in one experiential learning program. I have always loved traveling and exploring new places, to have the chance to push past my comfort zones. Furthermore, I am incredibly passionate about service and the health care industry. As someone who has shadowed doctors in America, as well as had surgery and required hospital stay, I have experienced both sides of the aisle when it comes to medicine. However, this programs offers me a chance to see outside the “American bubble” and gain a new perspective. I have never been to Nicaragua before and I look forward to the challenge and inspiration from being in a new country and the honor of shadowing doctors in another setting.

I am applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, because it is a large school with outstanding credentials, with a strong community and lots of school spirit. This is exactly what I am looking for for in my college environment. I want a large school population where I can meet new people every day, get involved in many activities, and where I can make connections and build relationships with my professors. I also look forward to living in snow again - I moved from Denmark to California a few years ago, and I miss the winter weather!

I welcome all EIS posts and am flexible with regards to the topical area and the geographic location of the assignment. Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have diverse work and volunteer experiences, both abroad and within the United States. These opportunities have given me a profound appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of public health. During the course of my career and education, I have provided primary and urgent medical services for communities without insurance; traveled to Sweden to conduct qualitative research aimed at improving chronic cancer pain; developed community outreach materials

My interest in WGSS stems from death threats I have received and my school’s dearth of WGSS education. It comes from knowing the preceding line is not unique to me, and that queer erasure is universal.

I have been given many opportunities to help others and make an impact in Johnson City through organizations like the Family Medicine Interest Group at ETSU, serving as the coordinator for student involvement in free clinics. I have also been able to make an impact through medicine in Cleveland, TN by way of the Good Samaritan Clinic. This is a free clinic in downtown Cleveland that I have been volunteering at for the past seven years. I have also been directly involved in the start-up of the Just Care clinic in Mountain City, TN, a medical student ran free clinic in rural Appalachia. I was also been able to spend time in rural Guatemala with a medical team from my undergraduate university helping diagnose, treat, and care for patients whom receive little to no regular healthcare. From my own first hand experiences in both Guatemala and my time spent in the Just Care and Good Samaritan Clinics, I have seen the impact that an inadequate health care system can have on a population. I hope to use my medical and public health training in areas that do not have adequate access to health

Im specifically interested in the WYN program because my dream job and goal is to become a Registered Nurse. The WYN program helps high school students like me prepare for college nursing careers and other related careers. What caught my eye was the fact that it offers a one-week residential program. I've never been part of a residential program but its something id like to experience. In school I was part of the cycling club which ended in November and im looking forward to join cross country or track.

Born and raised in a developing country called Rwanda, it didn’t be an excuse of defining what I can achieve in life. I didn’t let the starting point define the finish line. Neither did it affect the type of change and give back I want to make on this world. I looked ahead and considered life as a process of the overcoming the challenges every single day. I experienced the lack of access to health care since childhood, and I have got to see that it is one the crucial human needs that have to be satisfied, that’s why I went for Biomedical Sciences and Pre-Medicine.

As a student who is highly passionate about Bowdoin, I want to make sure students in the future will also have the privilege to experience the opportunities offered by the college. Knowing funding is extremely important in providing a great Bowdoin experience to students, I am more than willing to solicit donations in support of important areas of the College’s operations. Moreover, as an international student on financial aid, I'd like to reach out to more alumni to let them see how their contributions can make an impact across the globe.

I learned a long time ago that in order improve in any aspect; I need to surround myself with positive people who share similar goals. I do not like being complacent nor do I enjoy going through the motions of the day. I also like to build relationships that leave a positive influence on others.

When I first heard about the CON Clinical Service Learning: Nursing in Jamaica opportunity I knew it was an opportunity I could not miss. My family is from Jamaica and its culture is what shaped me into the person I am today. Although I have been to Jamaica several times on family visits and vacations this trip was different for me. It was an opportunity to give back to my family, culture, and my roots.

My passion for global health stems from my experiences as a child. Growing up as a child of Mexican immigrants to the United States, I had the opportunity to visit family members in southern Mexico every few years. While I savored reconnecting with relatives, my awareness of inequalities bolstered with each visit. My relatives live in rural areas where economic adversity is persistent and access to quality healthcare is sparse. Contrasting my relatives’ experiences and opportunities with my own exemplified to me how one’s life is shaped by economic conditions, healthcare access, education systems, and one’s birthplace.

There are many different aspects of a person that contribute to our personal worldview. For example, our family values, expectations of education,age, race, and gender roles. The main influences on my worldview are family, age, and educational values.

My worldview A) a framework of ideas and attitudes about the world ourselves and life (Craig Rusbuilt 2009) Worldview can be defined as individuals or a group of people in the community live in the world of different beliefs, cultures and religions that are needed to be fulfilled in order to overcome challenges faced or they face in the real world. It also include how individuals understand the world how does it functions or operate, they can also ask themselves so many questions others can be based on life and others on religions or believes also based on a person as an individual questions like: what is my purpose in life? , who am I in the eyes of the lord? , what do I want to achieve in life in this case some of the questions have no appropriate answers they remain unanswered so some of them a person can answer the according to what they think is right.

The clinical rotations will allow me to shadow doctors in various settings, ranging from surgery and neonatal units at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s teaching hospital to a parochial hospital founded by Trappist monks to a non-profit HIV clinic. What I would learn and see from one month in South Africa would be more than what I could hope to learn from a year-long internship in America. My study abroad will be instrumental to my professional goals as it will allow me to better understand the context of the socio-economic factors underlying challenges in South Africa’s health care system. By furthering the depth of my knowledge, I will be instrumentally effective in catering a future solution towards quality health care and becoming a well-rounded health care