After spending many years in the US, it was not until my junior year in college that I really saw the demand for doctors with qualified training. With four biomedical engineers, I created a project aiming to design an affordable retractor for emergency cesarean section in the developing countries. I was shocked to learn that many women in India lack the adequate access to healthcare and have cesarean procedure performed by midwives with limited experiences, as the country's social and economic factors are driving up the cost of care. After endeavoring to understand the complexity of the health care system in this project, I saw that providing a more affordable medical device can only solve one of many dimensions of the problem. Becoming a
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I learned from the attending doctor to be observant at picking up the details of patients’ conditions and be respectful when asking about their feelings. I was amazed at how resourceful the doctor I shadowed with, as he always listened to recognize his patients’ needs and learned from professionals outside his areas of expertise. I found that clinical skill was not the only thing that matters. Having the ability to know where to find the information and look for answers to question beyond one’s knowledge is crucial, as it may save time and alleviate patient’s suffering or medical expense. Also, I’ve got to sit in some multi-disciplinary meetings where I could observe how general surgeons collaborate with other specialists through teamwork. Evening ward rounds was the part that I felt the genuine happiness and satisfaction from every doctor after a fruitful day with the …show more content…
To meet those objectives, INTO’s faculty, including Professors and tutors, guide and communicates with students in order to progressively build up student’s skills. Additionally, this program encourages a perfect balance between team learning and individual learning, which I believe are crucial skills to master for my future practice and life-long learning. Unlike the majority of medical programs, INTO offers knowledge that are beyond clinical sciences in Year 1 and Year 2, such as population health and professional development. INTO not only encourages its student to learn deeply, but also teach them to pursue a wider range of knowledge than is possible through a tradition learning method. Together with the spiral curriculum, the rigorous integrated curriculum allows students to develop a solid foundation in basic science and form a holistic view of the knowledge through a combination of lectures, laboratory studies, clinical visits, communicable skills development and other forms of
I learned from the attending doctor to be observant at picking up the details of patients’ conditions and be respectful when asking about their feelings. I was amazed at how resourceful the doctor I shadowed with, as he always listened to recognize his patients’ needs and learned from professionals outside his areas of expertise. I found that clinical skill was not the only thing that matters. Having the ability to know where to find the information and look for answers to question beyond one’s knowledge is crucial, as it may save time and alleviate patient’s suffering or medical expense. Also, I’ve got to sit in some multi-disciplinary meetings where I could observe how general surgeons collaborate with other specialists through teamwork. Evening ward rounds was the part that I felt the genuine happiness and satisfaction from every doctor after a fruitful day with the …show more content…
To meet those objectives, INTO’s faculty, including Professors and tutors, guide and communicates with students in order to progressively build up student’s skills. Additionally, this program encourages a perfect balance between team learning and individual learning, which I believe are crucial skills to master for my future practice and life-long learning. Unlike the majority of medical programs, INTO offers knowledge that are beyond clinical sciences in Year 1 and Year 2, such as population health and professional development. INTO not only encourages its student to learn deeply, but also teach them to pursue a wider range of knowledge than is possible through a tradition learning method. Together with the spiral curriculum, the rigorous integrated curriculum allows students to develop a solid foundation in basic science and form a holistic view of the knowledge through a combination of lectures, laboratory studies, clinical visits, communicable skills development and other forms of