Question 1: We understand you are probably applying to multiple medical schools. Please explain your reasons for applying to the Carver College of Medicine. My initial curiosity was sparked a year ago, when I received an email from the Director of Admissions in regards to the minority recruitment program. After reading various reviews and what this school stood for, I was sold.…
The Villages Hospital; During a few of my spring breaks and holiday breaks, I volunteered at the Villages Hospital and Nursing home. I worked under a nurse practitioner and my responsibilities included transporting patients, delivering lab reports, and most of all helping the patients feel comfortable. This experience was so beneficial because other than surgical observations and physician shadowing this gave me another experience in a clinical setting. I am very thankful I was able to spend my holiday breaks gaining clinical…
For my sixty hours of volunteer work I decided to volunteer at a Child Life Center which was in a poverty stricken area in Norfolk, Va. At the child life center my job as a volunteer was to assist the children with their homework, help the staff monitor the children on local field trips, as well as serve as a positive role model for the children. The experience I had at Park Place Child Life Center was one I will honestly never forget. Although I didn’t get any actual counseling experience, I was able to learn the ways that the non-profit organization received their funding, I was able to gain experience in working with the youth, and I was also able to make a positive impact on the lives of children who were considered “at-risk youth”. To go there every day and be able to see the change the children had in their behaviors and how much just some attention and affection from adults impacted their behaviors was honestly amazing.…
There are multiple reasons I'd want to serve for Americorps. My calling in life has always been to serve others. We live in a world with more "sayers" than "doers". Everything that moves me into a passionate speech, enables my physical into action. From grade school to college helping others has been a must for me .…
Through my high school and college careers, I made community service a top priority. I completed many hours through my high school and extracurricular activities such as three years of participating in Wisconsin Day of Service, four years caroling at nursing homes for Project Merry Christmas, and four years helping plan and work the Spencer FFA Easter Egg Hunt. In college, I worked as a server for the annual benefit dinners, volunteered as an escort for guests during the week long convention held on campus, and headed up and created the first ever Freed-Hardeman University Change War with the proceeds going to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.…
I am interested in volunteering at California Hospital Medical Center because it offers me experience I can not get anywhere else. As a minor in college pursuing a career in medicine, it is difficult to find a hospital that will allow me to watch the different specialities in medicine. At California Hospital Medical Center, I can watch doctors do what they are best at, and see the difference they make first hand. Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center offers a variety of services, and it is close to my college. Getting to California Hospital Medical Center will not take long, and I can get there by public transportation.…
Since my freshman year in high school, I have been volunteering at my local hospital, Memorial Hospital Miramar. At the hospital I volunteer mainly at the Gift Shop, assisting customers and patients with daily amenities and gifts. I have a high level of responsibility at the store because I am trusted by my supervisors to run it efficiently while they are not present. I have been doing this service for my community because I enjoy helping out others and teaching new volunteers how to run the Gift Shop…
I would like to become a National Honor Society (NHS) mentor to give back to a club that helps make the community around us a better place. I believe that I am qualified for this position because I have exemplified the four pillars of NHS: Scholarship, Leadership, Character, and Service. Education has always been a priority for me. I am truly interested in what I am learning and how it can apply to the world around us. I have shown Leadership through my Speech and Debate Team.…
As an undergraduate, I gained invaluable hands-on clinical experience working in the University Health Services Clinic. I was able to directly interact with the patients, listen to their concerns, take their vitals, and network with nurses, practitioners and physicians about their condition and treatment plan. I worked on a team of medical professionals…
Through volunteering, I have gained valuable insight into the medical field and I saw the difference one individual can make in their…
Underserved communities are the group of people who has been treated unequally because they have insufficient funds to cover their expenses, they have medical problems, or they have been discriminated against. According to the American Journal of Managed Care, underserved community include, “. . . [E]conomically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, the uninsured, low-income children, the elderly, the homeless, those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and those with other chronic health conditions, including severe mental illness.” This means underserved communities are the people who are desperate for help but do not have the source to get appropriate help. Throughout my life I have encountered with underserved population a lot…
A memorable day in my life is when I came to job corps and got my high school diploma. I never thought I could do it but when I did I felt like I accomplish so much in life. It has yet to end job corps made me a better person when I came here. I can finally say I finished school.…
When I found out that the option of working in a hospital setting was open I was intrigued. I have always been interested in volunteer work even before the capstone requirements. When I was young I tended to be staying in a hospital setting more often than not. When I was there I always looked up to the…
Every week this past summer I spent eight hours volunteering in Parkview 's outpatient pharmacy. My responsibilities included: restocking over the counter medications, organizing filled prescriptions, and assisting customers with their transactions. Through volunteering I met some outstanding mentors and felt as if I really made a difference to the employee’s at Parkview and the patients they treat. Being a part of Phi Delta Chi philanthropy committee allowed me to help plan and be a part of a variety of volunteer experiences. This last year our group assisted in Boo at the Zoo and Springification.…
Volunteering builds character, educate, and allows for much networking. In the military I have travel all over the world and volunteer my time to several organization. These organization has not been in the health care field but overall it has been a great experience especially when you make a difference in others’ lives. I will now seek different organization on post related to the health care field who needs volunteers. Currently I’m not associated with no particular organization related to the health care field.…