Family medicine

and honor to interview at the distinguished University of Washington School of Medicine. I enjoyed every single aspect of my visit. I was privileged to interact with enthusiastic medical students, physicians, and faculty members. The interview day gave me a deeper insight into the mission and core values that UW School of Medicine stands for. It also affirmed my great fit for the school. UW’s emphasis on family medicine, bridging healthcare disparities, and its exceptional clerkship…

to what classes I should take in high school in order to better prepare myself for college. Being the youngest of three children in my family, I am the last one to decide what career path I wish to follow. Both of my older sisters pursued careers in the field of medicine, and it was expected that I would as well. I felt great pressure from friends and family to go into the medical field and found a lack of support from them when I decided to pursue a career in elementary education. I was…

to heal any ailment. When Europeans began trading with and bringing Western influence to China, medicine was one of the last areas to change. Many Chinese people were reluctant to take part in Western medicine due to the vast differences between Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine and strength of tradition, as traditional medicine had been passed down for generations. However, Chinese medicine underwent a long period of modernization from the late Qing Empire into early Republican China.…

Self-Reflection on Atul Gawande’s book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Adno Gatah St. Catherine University Due: November 16th, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the issue of mortality and discuss perspectives from Atul Gawande’s book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End that resonated with this me. I will reflect the issue of death in the context of my religion and Somali culture while identifying perspectives that resonated with me in…

Dr. Pellegrino’s article defines the foundation of medical ethics and all-encompassing end of medicine. He points to the covenant and inequality that exist from the fact of illness in physician-patient relationship as the unique elements that distinguishes ethic of medicine from the ethics of other professions: “They must enter a relationship of inequality because the health professional possesses the knowledge and skill the patient needs. Thus when well persons become ill, by that very fact,…

colonization is the main factor of oppression because it effected Indigenous consciousness, self-worth, self-identity, community identity, and cultural identity (Sinclair et. al, 2009). Furthermore, we taken an Anti-Oppressive stance by incorporating the Medicine Wheel in our everyday practice. It…

Integrative Medicine There are several dimensions of human wellness such as, physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental. Good health is more than just the absence of disease or good management of conditions, but rather it encompasses all aspects of human nature and varies between individuals. Integrative Medicine is an approach to treating patients that addresses the full range of human needs rather than just disease states to create a patient centered focus. By taking…

save his life. I watched mesmerized as the resident opened up his chest in order to get control of the bleeding. Even though the procedure was unsuccessful and the patient eventually expired, it was a great learning experience for everyone involved. Medicine is such an interesting field because it is constantly changing and adapting to new information that is discovered and there are always learning opportunities. When I was in kindergarten, I always told people I wanted to become…

Scientific History of the Treatment of Mental Illness Treatment of mental illnesses is an area of science and medicine that has been historically stigmatized and ignored. Recently, the battle against mental illness has gained more attention from the public, with a light being shone on some of the more questionable medical practices of the 20th century. As one in five Americans still suffer from mental illnesses, mental illness is one of the most common medical ailments, yet its treatments are…

Is Medicine for you? “Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.”― Hippocrates Nuclear medicine technologist are really passionate about what they do, their job is to find a treatment or the diagnoses the patient has and their one mission is to help the patient be healthy as possible. Most people are not familiar with nuclear medicine which is common because it is not popular in the medical field but if interested in the medical field but not into the whole bloody…