Pediatrics

Back when I was six, I was standing on the streets of Saigon when suddenly, BANG! A motorcycle backed up into me and my head slammed into the metal gates behind me. My skull started bleeding and I blacked out. I was rushed to the hospital. Another time, I was standing on a chair when suddenly I fell, cutting my chin. Again, I was rushed to the hospital. Needless to say, I was an accident prone child and a lot of my early memories took place in the hospitals of Vietnam. When I came to America, my…

As I take a look back to the start of this course, I knew little to nothing about the background of this course. I had friends who previously took the course, and with their input, I was still lost. They told me, “you will roll around campus using a wheelchair for the first class session.” However, what they fell to mentioned that this course will change my outlook on life and inspire me to reevaluate my vocabulary. My perspective of people with a disability has changed drastically. As a child…

What are your strengths? My strengths are my dedication and optimism. I am a very dedicated individual. The more dedicated I am the more passionate I become. I want to be a doctor so I am pursuing all the necessa¬ry classes, even if they are difficult. I continue to remain dedicated when I think about how much time and effort I have invested in my future. In addition, thinking positively is another strength of mine. I am able to see the bright side of many situations. From each negative…

that have been raised through Children’s Miracle Network Hospital has helped Delaney receive treatments and consultations with specialists in neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology and more. Children's Miracle Network mission is to provide the best pediatric health service to all children so they can live a childhood where they have access to healthcare and be provided treatment despite the cost. We are doing this to provide funds for research, to educate and improve the lives of children. How can…

emergency, be it on a playground, in a mall, on a plane, etc., what kind of doctor would you want around you?” Throughout most of my medical school career, I couldn’t decide which specialty I liked the best. I enjoyed internal medicine, surgery, and pediatrics. I loved OB/Gyn. But none of these really called out to me like I always imagined “the right specialty” would. It wasn’t until I shadowed in the ER that it clicked for me. Emergency medicine truly is the best specialty: it’s the perfect…

With my head covered and shoes removed, I bent over to wash my hands and feet in the holy water before stepping inside the Golden Temple. With my hands folded together, I stood in front of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (holy scriptures) and dedicated a prayer for Jatinder’s, my brother’s, health. Growing up with an older brother with special needs, I have seen the close relationship my family has with the family physician. The role of the family physician in patients with Down Syndrome is to provide…

it was supposed to be a bed. These are hospitals, Venezuelan hospitals, which are supposed to be places where people are treated and not incarcerated. I am from Venezuela and when I was 10 years old, I started volunteering with my mother at the Pediatric Hospital of Maracaibo. After witnessing not only the hospital’s condition, but the patients’, I wanted to find a way in which I could help them. As watching doctors work with patients, I felt something inside me that desired to be like them, a…

single one of these careers can both challenge me, and push me to cause a change in the world. The five careers include becoming; a neonatologist, a neonatal nurse, a lawyer, a university professor, and a pharmacist. Neonatology is a subdivision of pediatrics, and it consists of the care provided to premature children- with them being premature the illnesses and disorders arise having people usually working in medical units known as NICU’s. Becoming a neonatologist takes anywhere from 14-16…

most and in a way music has always been my medicine. My personal passions are important to me so I plan on majoring in neuroscience and minoring in music. I then plan on attending medical school and I have considered specializing in the field of pediatrics throughout my neuroscience…

States, studies have shown that about 16–18% of children in various populations have developmental disorders, yet only 20–30% of them are identified before entering school (Thomas et al, 2012). As a result of this prevalence, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recommended that pediatricians use the Denver developmental screening tools at well- child visit to address this issue (Thomas et al, 2012). The Denver Developmental Screening test (DDST) also known as the Denver Scale. It was…