Personal Narrative: My Interview With Dr. Wheaton

To complete this paper, I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Wheaton. She is a pediatric physician at Kaiser Permanente in Hayward. I have always wanted to be a physician and since I love working with kids, I thought interviewing a pediatric physician would be very beneficial because it would give me a lot of insight on a career that I might pursue in the future. Since I volunteer at a hospital, I asked my supervisor if she knows a doctor who would give me few hours of his/her time. She gave me five names and I did a little research on each one of them and I found Dr. Wheaton to be the best fit. Luckily, I found her email address (it is almost impossible to find a doctor’s personal email) and I asked if she would interview with me. I must admit, personally contacting a busy physician is really hard. She agreed and …show more content…
It saved me days of research by myself. Coming from a doctorless family, I did not know what a doctor has to go through in order to be able to practice medicine. It is really hard and you have to be very dedicated to survive but I still do believe that it is worth it. I knew doctors have to work a lot of hours but working an average of 110 hours a week even before being a licensed physician is just fascinating and completely terrifying! Although, Dr. Wheaton was very encouraging and she assured me that if nothing will go to waste if I work hard enough. I am a little bit more scared now to go to medical school and become a doctor but at the same time I am really excited and happy. Dr. Wheaton is a highly educated and sophisticated person. I was very much honored to speak to her for a non-medical reason. The interview actually went for almost three hours but it was very eye-opening and interesting. I have never been this sure that this is what I want to do with my life. Not necessarily a pediatric physician, but a physician; someone who is able to help others at all