Medical Personal Statement Essay

This Fourth of July, as family and friends celebrate with barbeques and fireworks, I will be working as a scribe in the emergency department—and I could not be happier. I have wanted to be a doctor since I was young. My father, an emergency medicine physician, was a significant role model throughout my life. When I was seven, my mother brought her three sons along to see our father at his workplace in the emergency department. My younger brother decided to test the mechanical advantage of the office door hinge on his hand. As he exploded into tears, clutching his crushed finger, everyone around me sprang into action. Within minutes, his finger was numbed and splinted. I was amazed—my father and his coworkers had fixed what appeared to be a terrible injury. The incident made a lasting impression and started me down the path to practice medicine, a dream that only strengthened as I grew up. But this is not intended to be an autobiography. I hope the rest of my application can provide that necessary background. Instead, I would like to …show more content…
Medical knowledge is vast and rapidly changing. While too vast to master in its entirety, I am excited to gain a general working knowledge of the body and its pathologies in medical school. I want to apply my interest in the technical aspects of medicine in a way that will help the most people in my community. While research fields can produce benefit on a far-reaching scale, it is often intangible. I want to go to my local grocery store and see somebody that I helped. It is why I would like to practice as an emergency medicine physician. Unlike any other specialty, emergency medicine is a point of care for anyone irrespective of race, creed, appearance, or ability to pay. I take pride in being a small part of this important social fixture, one that touches the lives of all strata within a