Essay On Outpatient Psychiatrist

I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor. It was the decision I never thought I would regret. I completed my General Psychiatry residency training at University of Hawaii and decided to go into Geriatric Psychiatry fellowship because of my special affinity with elderly and my interest in the integration of both Medicine and Psychiatry was appealing to my intellectual challenge. Since I complete my training, I have been practicing in varieties of setting. To satisfy my Visa requirement, I spent 3 years working with the chronically mentally ill homeless patients both as an outpatient psychiatrist and also worked with them as part of the case management teams. That was my first opportunity to learn about how much Policy affecting the life of my patients and my ability to help them, whether they would have money to feed themselves, have a place to call their own, or get the helps and treatment they deserve. Fortunately back then, the resources available to them seem to be …show more content…
I always have this feeling that our system is not prepared for the growing population of the graying population and nervous about what it would take for the policy maker to realize that we are in going to have a crisis if we are not doing something different soon. And my work as a consultation Liaison psychiatrist really helps me realize that it maybe happening sooner than I had thought and maybe I can’t wait any longer for someone else to do this. I have to do more, there are no other options but the only way to make this change happens soon enough if only I could influence the change in the Healthcare Policy. And this is the reason why I decided that I need to prepare and position myself to influence the change, and that being part of your program would be the best way for me to accomplish my goal without sacrificing my income or putting my life on