Please answer the question in 350 words or less.
Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school?
University of Virginia’s reputation as a forerunner in medical education and research with values such as excellence and leadership make it an ideal match for an engaged, driven student like myself.
As an undergraduate, I gained invaluable hands-on clinical experience working in the University Health Services Clinic. I was able to directly interact with the patients, listen to their concerns, take their vitals, and network with nurses, practitioners and physicians about their condition and treatment plan. I worked on a team of medical professionals …show more content…
I have worked in several research labs, creating and distributing surveys, perfecting wet-lab techniques, and analyzing data using SPSS and STATA. Armed with an education in behavioral health and neuroscience, I independently researched and wrote a thesis on pain and depression in college students. These topics are personal interests of mine and I hope to utilize University of Virginia’s extensive research community, esteemed faculty, and well-equipped research facilities to pursue these research topics further. I am impressed by the wide breadth of programs ran by the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and would jump at the chance to contribute to their research projects. I am particularly inspired by the Community Services and Public Policy Section and their innovative, essential work in disseminating reliable information about mental health to promote a positive change in public health and public policy. I hope my future research can translate into a more substantial understanding of mental health, leading to outreach initiatives for those populations in need through community service and policy …show more content…
In order to resolve this problem, I had to focus my recruitment. I sat down with my team members and brainstormed ways to target men. Based on personal judgment and feedback, I decided to take a multi-pronged approach. I contacted professors of majors stereotypically filled with men and asked them to make an announcement to their class about the project. I created flyers specifically for men. Furthermore, I reached out to male-dominate clubs and wrote ads to be distributed to their mailing lists.
The impact of our initiatives was evident based on the subsequent wave of participant enrollment. We saw a huge increase in male subjects; the number of men recruited doubled from previous attempts. After employing our new recruitment techniques, even the enrollment of men with chronic pain increased significantly to numbers comparable to the three other categories of subjects.
This complex problem was resolved through teamwork, ingenuity, and diligence. My efforts were successful, ultimately increasing recruitment of men and keeping the study on
Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school?
University of Virginia’s reputation as a forerunner in medical education and research with values such as excellence and leadership make it an ideal match for an engaged, driven student like myself.
As an undergraduate, I gained invaluable hands-on clinical experience working in the University Health Services Clinic. I was able to directly interact with the patients, listen to their concerns, take their vitals, and network with nurses, practitioners and physicians about their condition and treatment plan. I worked on a team of medical professionals …show more content…
I have worked in several research labs, creating and distributing surveys, perfecting wet-lab techniques, and analyzing data using SPSS and STATA. Armed with an education in behavioral health and neuroscience, I independently researched and wrote a thesis on pain and depression in college students. These topics are personal interests of mine and I hope to utilize University of Virginia’s extensive research community, esteemed faculty, and well-equipped research facilities to pursue these research topics further. I am impressed by the wide breadth of programs ran by the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and would jump at the chance to contribute to their research projects. I am particularly inspired by the Community Services and Public Policy Section and their innovative, essential work in disseminating reliable information about mental health to promote a positive change in public health and public policy. I hope my future research can translate into a more substantial understanding of mental health, leading to outreach initiatives for those populations in need through community service and policy …show more content…
In order to resolve this problem, I had to focus my recruitment. I sat down with my team members and brainstormed ways to target men. Based on personal judgment and feedback, I decided to take a multi-pronged approach. I contacted professors of majors stereotypically filled with men and asked them to make an announcement to their class about the project. I created flyers specifically for men. Furthermore, I reached out to male-dominate clubs and wrote ads to be distributed to their mailing lists.
The impact of our initiatives was evident based on the subsequent wave of participant enrollment. We saw a huge increase in male subjects; the number of men recruited doubled from previous attempts. After employing our new recruitment techniques, even the enrollment of men with chronic pain increased significantly to numbers comparable to the three other categories of subjects.
This complex problem was resolved through teamwork, ingenuity, and diligence. My efforts were successful, ultimately increasing recruitment of men and keeping the study on