Personal Statement: A Career In Medical School

My desire to provide comfort and happiness to others comes from my father. As a leader of a small community, I always noticed him to be actively involved in social work for the community and serving those in need of help. I learned from him about how to make the real difference in the poor people 's life by best possible use of resources and being down to earth at the same time. Additionally, I belong to a family of poets where one needs to use all of the creative powers to write even a single poem, and one doesn 't ask for help unless he has tried it by himself. These qualities of a humble and a helping person along with a critical thinker were instilled in me early in my life. These values along with my hard work led me to medical school and to choose my career as a doctor.

Beginning in medical school, I found passion in teaching other students and watching their progress over time. I believe that the teaching is the best way to learn. I tutored my junior medical students especially those who failed in one or more subjects during the …show more content…
Another gratifying thing about Internal Medicine is the long-term interaction with my patients, especially taking care of them during their hospital stay and then the ambulatory follow-ups. Most importantly Internal Medicine provided me all the reasons that why I wanted to become a doctor. During the first ever Dengue fever epidemic in Lahore area in 2012, I was appointed as the registrar of ' 'Chief Minister Dengue control Cell ' '. It was an amazing experience to manage a new disease with unique symptoms and the treatment unknown. As a medical professional, this was a great learning experience too, teaching me how to act like a community leader, and how to control an epidemic by spreading awareness through the media and educating the