Attending physician

A career as a Physician’s Assistant analyzes the health of people while assisting them with medical treatment. Physicians are known to practice medicine with other health professionals to examine, diagnose and treat the patients according to their situation. Also they work in all different sorts of facilities (“ Summary.” U.S Bureau Of Labor Statistics). They don't just remain in the hospital as it's portrayed on television. In this profession the pros always outweigh the cons. Why ? because…

Stories are the medium we simultaneously share knowledge, teach, learn and evolve. I have always loved reading, telling, and most of all, experiencing stories. My passion for internal medicine stems from my love for stories. Every patient has a story to be discovered. As doctors we not only hear them but become a part of them, guiding them towards happier and healthier ways. At the risk of sounding cliché, the day I decided to become an internist was the first day of my internal medicine…

Intazam Khan, Assistant Professor, Cornell University, New York and . There, I enjoyed interacting with patients, taking their history and discussing management plan with the attending faculty. The experience not only gave me an invaluable glimpse of the health care system in USA but also provided me the golden opportunity to refine my skills. Apart from being home to the best academic facilities, the most appealing features of…

or their attendants regarding unique circumstances, taking consensus from the anesthesiologist regarding criteria of attending scheduled cases and using electronic dashboards in scheduling surgeries which helps anesthesiologist to assess their daily schedule and it also requires patient to arrive to operating room one hour before the surgery. This dashboard also helps the physicians to evaluate the prognosis of the patients and indeed it helps to meet quality and safety…

Personal statement: “Three passions, simple but overwhelming strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.” These profound and intellectual words by a great writer and philosopher Bertrand Russell are reflection of my contemplation and perception of life. I am from a small village in Sindh Pakistan. I completed my preliminary schooling at a government school in my village then my parents sent me to city for…

It was never the allure of cool lab equipment or money that made myself aspire to become a physician, but a calling to help others. Before I even had a grasp on the concept of money, it seemed to be the thing for me. A job where I would be able to help others and actually be a contributing member of society. The Boy Scouts of America have immensely prepared myself for becoming a physician. Though I have served many leadership roles inside of scouting, it is not the ability to lead in life…

when a condition cannot be adequately treated by available treatments, the physician must not expect the condition can be overcome by medicine…

disease. You are angry at the physician for putting you through weeks of misery, and want to blame him for his inability to diagnose and lack of knowledge. However, physicians do not come to a final decision on their own. There is an inter-professional collaboration that exists between physicians, lab technologists, radiologists, and patients within the…

errors by the radiologist is usually caused from improper technique, insufficient knowledge and information and failure of perception. The research indicated that most errors that were reviewed exhibited complacency, lack of communication between physician and radiologist, complications especially during invasive procedures, and faulty reasoning (Brady, Laoide, McCarthy, Mcdemont, 2012). Moreover, several of the contributing factors causing inconsistencies and incoherent interpretations are…

I was working in Intensive care unit, when I noticed that one of the vented patient’s pulse oximeter (ox) pleth was showing many artifacts and the saturation was 88. The other ICU nurse who was assigned to this patient was attending to a different patient, so I decided to check on the patient. I suctioned the patient, applied a new finger pulse ox, and noticed that patient pulse ox saturation started to drop. While I was assessing the patient, I noticed that the patient’s pulse oximeter (ox)…