Habitat For Humanity: A Self Analysis

Improved Essays
There 's never been a time when I wanted to be anything but a doctor, more specifically a surgeon, and my life experiences have only strengthened my resolve to accomplish this. Having struggled with depression and anxiety, it led to psychiatric hospitalizations, medications, psychotherapy, and a residential treatment center, yet it formed my passions and purpose for Psychology and Neuroscience.
With my conditions, it increasingly developed my desire to help and care for people, and I gladly took on that role, even as it broke me inside. I carried the weight of others ' pain and grief until it turned into my own pain, my own grief, my own depression. Even though I am a respectful, excellent and diligent student, with a high intellect and conscientious
…show more content…
This organization has allowed me to get to know the community I’m living in, while also contributing to it in a positive fashion. One of the greatest issues our nation is facing is the quality of people’s home life. Without having adequate housing and basic needs met, your health suffers. Therefore, being part of an organization that strives to improve people 's home life will help them to focus on their personal health and receiving …show more content…
It has been a great outlet for my creativity and has inspired me to work harder. It’s a place where my leadership, communication, and work ethic has flourished. You can always be better, and that is something I will never stop striving to accomplish.
Being on the receiving end of medical care in multiple health care establishments, I’ve gotten a firsthand idea of seeing and getting a feel for the positive and negative aspects of the medical system. It is my hope to become a doctor who will provide an overall positive experience for my patients, so they feel safe, cared for, listened to, and as comfortable as possible. To me, nothing is more important than the quality of patient interaction and care. It is something I will always strive for and aim to succeed in.
My life has created a deep-rooted want to learn everything I can about the brain, to educate people on the facts of mental illness, and how to appropriately interact with those who suffer from one. Psychology and Neuroscience are my greatest passions. They are what compelled me to become drawn to the field of Neurosurgery. To be at the forefront of continuous medical breakthroughs on the most complex organ, while helping people, and saving lives, is what I want and plan to do for the rest of my

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Arizona. The Grand Canyon State. It's the perfect place for spontaneous road trips to beautiful destinations. I can already see myself hiking up a mountain with my friends to capture the perfect sunset and star gaze long into the night. Spending the summer splashing each other at Havasu Falls will be just another day in paradise.…

    • 493 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My pursuit of a medical degree is greatly strengthened by the Columbia University Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP). Prior to matriculation from the program my source of motivation held no true direction, I wanted to simply “help people”. During SPHSP I was exposed to federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and my eyes were opened to new medium to help people. I admired the measures that FQHC put in place to effectively serve a population of people that, under normal circumstances, would not be able pursue healthcare. FQHCs aligned closely to the sense of equity that I began to develop as I was exposed to communities suffering from health disparities over the course of the internship.…

    • 511 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Personal statement- medicine Compassion lies at the heart of medicine. In the midst of the A&E ward, my time in hospital revealed the healthcare team’s professionalism as they worked together efficiently during ward rounds. It left me inspired. Following this, medicine has appealed to me becoming a route to better the health of others. The opportunity to provide care and to use medical knowledge for patient benefit compels me to become a doctor.…

    • 576 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My junior year in high school, I became a student mentor in our campus’s peer counseling program. This was an incredibly rewarding experience as I had the opportunity to help freshman students assimilate into our high school dynamic. As a peer mentor, I assisted students with personal problems and mediated issues with teachers in order to maximize their learning experience. I also acted as a role model for my mentees by talking frequently about AP and Honors courses and how to be successful in such programs. I put effort into learning about each individual's interests and goals so that I could expose them to clubs and academic courses that they may appreciate such as the Biomedical Academy or our school’s robotics team.…

    • 438 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    There are many great reasons to pursue in health related careers, but my favorite is helping others. Whether I help others in a hospital, a nursing home, or in public when someone is choking, I know I make some kind of difference. I also believe there are very useful skills to have that this program will offer. The possibilities become endless when it comes to the medical field and there will always be work available. I can also say that there is never a dull moment, at least that’s the way my mom puts it.…

    • 506 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ever since I was a child I wanted to help people and didn’t realize how, until I stepped foot in my 7th grade science class. The day still replays in my mind like it was yesterday. I was walking into a new school, with new people, and I felt like the last leaf stuck on the tree, waiting to fall in place where I belonged, but oddly enough, this one basic anatomy and physiology class made me feel welcomed. What made me feel welcomed wasn’t really the teacher or the students in there, but the environment of that particular branch of science. What was so amazing about that side of science was there was always more to learn and more importantly you were learning about yourself.…

    • 1511 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Public Relations Plan NCH The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) began in 1981 is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness. It has a single mission: To prevent, end and protect homelessness and their civil rights while supporting the needs of those experiencing homelessness. It is our objective to cultivate the message of the National Coalition for the Homeless to spread significance of the care around the U.S, make the systemic and attitudinal changes important to avoid and end homelessness.…

    • 858 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    As an experienced and fully licensed Registered Nurse dedicated to the mission of compassionate patient care, I feel that I am an excellent candidate for the open RN position. I am hard-working, energetic, excellent communication skills, and confident that I am prepared to provide the quality of care that your facility is known for. My resume confirms dynamic leadership skills, the ability to provide excellent patient care and make appropriate decisions based on patient’s condition. Beyond my skill in safely administering medications, monitoring vital signs, bedside care, and leadership, I am a passionate advocate for my patients.…

    • 407 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Cumulatively, my life experiences and challenges have helped me develop good nurturing instincts and an ability to recognize others in need of help. At the same time, I have also developed an intense intellectual curiosity about the human mind and the way that trauma alters the perspective of the individual. I realize that to a large extent, understanding those processes has helped me come to terms with some of my experiences better than I could have without that conceptual understanding. Those personal challenges together with my professional psychiatric nursing experience have contributed to my interest in advanced education. After careful thought, I have drawn the conclusion that the obvious career direction for which I am best suited, by nature and by prior undergraduate…

    • 454 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Growing up I never thought about branching out into the medical field as a career. Instead of medicine, I envisioned myself as a chef, restaurant manager, computer repair technician, or customer service representative. I would be living my life content with what I believed was the best I could ever accomplish. However, helping others is what I actually discovered to be my most passionate trait, and I now find myself pursuing goals in this field. During free time I loved watching medical.…

    • 883 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Medical Field Narrative

    • 354 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Since I was young, there was never question as to what I'd be, I was meant for the medical field. My fondest memories of childhood was playing doctor with my friends, curing them of the worst injuries imaginable. As I grew older it became more evident, at 12 my dying grandmother moved into our home and I took it upon myself to see to her very need. I didn't know what field to enter though until volunteering at the Auburn Sutter Faith hospital.…

    • 354 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Criteria for Selection According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and Development (2013), in January of 2013, over six hundred thousand Americans were homeless. Sixty-five percent of homeless individuals live in emergency shelters or temporary housing, while the other thirty-five percent are living in their cars, on the streets, or in abandoned houses, shops, and other buildings. When broken down into age groups, under eighteen, eighteen to twenty-four, and twenty-five and up, approximately twenty-three percent were under eighteen years old, ten percent were eighteen to twenty-four years old, and sixty-seven percent of the reported homeless individuals were twenty-five years old or older…

    • 1596 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    This proven capacity and commitment to community is why HomeSight is capable of impacting real change in these…

    • 1702 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This life event reaffirmed my desire to practice medicine. At this point I committed myself to becoming a physician-scientist who reaches new scientific frontiers, and at the same time, is able to provide compassionate and effective patient care by the bedside. An M.D./PH.D. Curriculum would allow me to acquire the unique and critical set of skills that would allow me to become a bright researcher who appreciates the importance of rigorous data and innovative discoveries in the basic sciences, and a physician who is able to translate and deliver the interpretations and applications of research findings to patients with compassion and medical expertise. Having been exposed to the joys and frustrations of science and medicine, I am confident in my commitment to pursuing a path of becoming a…

    • 732 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I have a passion for the science of medicine and for providing care. While it was initially my interest in science and biology that prompted me to enter college as a pre-medical student, my experiences volunteering in the medical field have strengthened my conviction to become a doctor and have shown me how rewarding the field of medicine is. I have worked in clinics as well as emergency rooms and have observed doctors and patients in both settings. I have seen how through the help of a caring doctor, patient’s become at ease and how a patient doctor relationship can become a strong bond that lasts for many years. The doctors that I have worked with have inspired me in my career goals and I believe that medicine is the right career path for…

    • 1026 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays