Personal Statement Essay: Why I Want To Go Into Medicine

I did not wake up spontaneously one morning and think, “I want to go into medicine.” I did not have a close family member or friend to introduce me to the field. There has not been a life altering medical adversity in my life. My decision to pursue medicine came from a series of small but significant experiences, each one reinforcing the previous, that inspired me to become a physician. My love for knowledge and eagerness to discover the unknown reaffirmed my aspiration in the midst of a time of advancement and growth in the medical field. Additionally, my passion for gaining awareness about various cultures, their customs, and their hardships inspired me to pursue becoming a physician. Ultimately, my recent experiences in medicine, my desire …show more content…
I joined different medical professionals in transporting patients with more serious conditions, which was an incredible learning experience for me. Also, working directly with professionals gave me the chance to absorb valuable medical knowledge, and I was so excited to have such fascinating information at my fingertips. I was not limited to a certain branch of medicine because I was interacting with every type of physician, nurse, and technician imaginable, all of whom were more than willing to answer my numerous questions. There were a handful of patients I would see weekly because many of them stayed long-term. The patients I was the most curious about underwent dialysis every few days; I would endlessly ask the technician about the dialysis machine, the causes of symptoms, the duration of the procedure, and its side effects. My family always teases me for being an excessively inquisitive person, and the medical field compliments this personality trait of mine …show more content…
While volunteering as a prenatal services intern at Frances Nelson Health Center, a center dedicated to providing affordable healthcare to the underserved, I became familiar with strategies for prenatal health promotion and disease prevention and observed physicians who treated every patient to the best of their ability. Also, I noticed that certain conditions seen in the clinic were situational and not due to a patient’s wrongdoing. Health education could have eased pregnancy symptoms, prevented unwanted pregnancies or prepared patients for labor and delivery. Volunteering in the prenatal services clinic taught me that several factors should be taken into consideration when determining the causes behind a patient’s