Internal medicine

choice. Through hard work and determination, I was able to attend one of the best colleges. Early on, I was inclined more towards subjects that dealt with broad knowledge and experience which carried special appeal. In the first year, for Community medicine the interaction…

Stroke in a young woman who was later diagnosed to be caused by emboli secondary to infective endocarditis and Cushing’s syndrome as a paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to Renal Cell Carcinoma. Thus, the spectrum of medicine is extensive and offers tremendous learning opportunities. I also got an opportunity to closely interact with patients and to know the stories of their lives. I showed empathy and support. I explained to them our management protocol. It made me felt…

passed medical school entrance test in which one must fall in top 10 percent of the total of above 40,000 candidates to get admission into medical school. In medical school ,I was introduced to a broad spectrum of specialties but it was the internal medicine that inspired me the most. During my rotation, I used to spend time in wards with patients, searched for various clues to formulate the diagnosis and liked studying about diseases, their path physiology and treatment options. Working in a…

hospital for 2yrs which provided me ample patient contact and clinical experience in diverse areas. Even since my med school, I was very much interested in Internal Medicine that never ending interest compelled me to prepare for the medical board exam and I had to strive hard for it. I will never forget that one day, when I got admission in Internal…

Another gratifying thing about Internal Medicine is the long-term interaction with my patients, especially taking care of them during their hospital stay and then the ambulatory follow-ups. Most importantly Internal Medicine provided me all the reasons that why I wanted to become a doctor. During the first ever Dengue fever epidemic in Lahore area in 2012, I was appointed as the…

process takes over slowly and affect human body and how can we alter the development of disease, has always attracted me, so I choose my career to become doctor and serve humanity. Trying to help needy and poor people is always been my passion and medicine is one of the few profession where i can serve the humanity with my own hands. When i see my patients heeling because of my efforts and their best wishes and blessings at the time of discharge gives me sense of self proud and gratification. I…

education at Jordan University of Science and Technology, I was able to identify my most sincere interests in both the clinical and research fields. Doing major rotations in Internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics. Followed by an intense fifth years of many specialties and subspecialties including; orthopedics, psychiatry, family medicine, radiology, ophthalmology, dermatology. Excelling in…

“Whenever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity”. These few words by Hippocrates will forever resonate in my thoughts. My journey since childhood has been guided with the solid belief that a blessed life comes from serving others. I feel a moral and instinctive obligation to help humans with physical or emotional ailments. Caring for patients is not only rewarding, but the hope is that one day, these people will contribute to “the love of humanity” by giving back in the…

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. (Hippocrates) This was my main reason for enrolling into medical school. The progress of the human kind and civilization is the purpose of almost all of the college programmes. Medicine participates in this process in the most direct way. As far as i can remember i had always had this desire to help people in need; this desire dates back to my school days where i used to participate in every charitable event and help those…

SPECIALTY FIELDS The general point made by Stephanie Innes in her work, “Primary-care Shortage a Threat to all Patients: More Pay, School Debt Luring Medical Grads into Specialty Fields”, is that medical graduates are gaining interest in specialized medicine, such as cardiology, neurology, or urology, and due to this attraction, it has created a shortage in primary care physicians. Innes (2009) states, “Without enough primary doctors, patients may have trouble getting in to see doctors when…