Application Essay: A Career As A Clinical Research Assistant

On a beautiful warm summer evening, the young woman ran outside to the sight of her husband, dishearteningly passed out at their front yard. The impact of the ground level fall left him with a serious head wound. After a long ambulance ride, trauma team started resuscitation to keep him a live. As a Clinical Research Assistant Volunteer in the Emergency Department I was allowed to observe his care, while the compassionate physician with quiet composure began treating the young man. As the physician skillfully assessed the young man's injuries, ordered medications and arranged for diagnostic imaging to assess the extent of the damage to the young man's head his caring demeanor comforted the family. I knew this was just the way I wanted to treat patients-with skill, dignity, and compassion. It was this moment when I realized my aspirations to pursue a career in medicine. …show more content…
We were required to make tangible connections between human body's structure and the function of each organ system and I studied each biological system with increased fascination. I have always wanted to become a doctor but my diagnosis with cancer at a very young age put my plans on hold. One day I woke up with a lump in my breast and my family, with a heart-pounding race, rushed me to the ER to save my live. As a result of my diagnosis and the aggressive course of treatments to eradicate my cancer, my academic performance dwindled. With setbacks in my grades, I had to drop school to focus on my health, intending to pursue a career when my health is at its best. From this experience, I have learned how to be positive in the face of adversity to reach my