Importance Of Rush Medical College

In spring 2016, I went on a mission 's trip with Oral Roberts University to Mercy Multiplied Ministries in Sacramento, California. This ministry is a live-in home with a program for women who have been through difficult situations. Women were there for addictions, abuse, drugs, eating disorders, and so on. All these women had different backgrounds and different stories. Many people could judge them and say that they got themselves into their situations. Many of these women have a completely different background to me. I may not have gone through what they have gone through but I have gone through some things of my own. We just lived and struggled in a different way. It is not my place to judge them or to treat them differently. It is my place to help them and to simply be there for them. I believe that this principle goes for everyone: different cultures, different races, different backgrounds, etc. It is my duty as a physician to be there for everyone despite the differences between us …show more content…
First of all, Rush is located in the Illinois Medical District in Chicago. Being a large medical center in a large city, there is more diversity. I would be able to experience a wider variety of cases, diseases, cultures, and patients than other medical schools located in smaller cities or smaller medical districts. Being exposed to a diversity of medical cases will help me as a physician. Secondly, Rush emphasizes community involvement or volunteering. I believe that giving back is vital. As a medical student, it becomes very easy to focus on you: your classes, your grades, your residency decisions, and your future. Additionally, medical school revolves around receiving from others: receiving knowledge from professors, receiving experience from clinical rotations, and receiving guidance from advisers. However, giving is more important than receiving so having the opportunity to give back means the world to