Medical Career Research Paper

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Everyone has people in their life that they are inspired by. As a biology premed major, I aspire to be a doctor and in order to lead like my fellow inspirations, I must follow first. The three doctors I have chosen indeed keep me on my toes to reach my goals. In order to pursue my medical career, I would like to be as pleasant, determined, and precise like Dr. Lopez, Dr. Miami, and Dr. Sandra Lee. An individual has to do hard work and achieve certain goals in order to be known as successful.

First and foremost, Dr. Lisa Lopez is a pediatrician that I would label as a pleasant individual. She just so happens to be my pediatrician back home in Charleston, South Carolina at Sweetgrass Pediatrics. Yes, I am eighteen years old but I still go to
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I have a strong interest in science and with helping other people because of the joyful satisfaction it gives me. I have also had family members and even myself go through trials and errors with their body and after observing and going through my own experiences since I was a toddler I could not imagine being anything else. Being in the medical field will help me evolve my social skills, get out of my comfort zone, challenge my personal abilities and much more. Becoming a doctor is an inspiration of mine because I will be able to make people smile every day and me personally being a people pleaser I’m sure that characteristic of mine will come in handy. I am sure I will also appreciate the way doctors are always multi-tasking because being busy makes me feel good about myself. I am anxious to help others gain knowledge about whatever they enter the health care facility for. Working in a health care facility will allow me to work directly with people and involve myself in teamwork. Plus, attending Xavier University of Louisiana is only one of the many steps on my journey to becoming a doctor. I am glad to be attending this university because the academic life is strict here and that is just what you need instilled for the next step after Xavier for a biology premed student which would be medical school. I am confident in the choice I have made to get to further my education thus far and as long as I use to awesome resources like attending the premed meetings every Monday, visiting my academic advisor daily to keep up with my studies, and get involved with clubs designated in the science field the title “Dr. Johnson” sounds sweeter by the

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