Medical specialties

involves a lot of years of education. First, you must obtain a four-year premedical degree. Next, you must pass the entrance exam to get in to medical school. The entrance exam is called Medical College Admissions Test or MCAT for short. This test grants you into medical school if you pass. If you pass you attend medical school. Once you graduate medical school, you serve a three-year residency. After you complete these steps, then you can finally be proclaimed as a primary care physician. My…

Description: While exploring different career paths, I shadowed in a dental clinic that served low-income patients. I noted that many patients had health disparities outside the scope of their oral health, and it was clear to me that they needed dental, medical, and social services. Furthermore, I concluded that their health needs were not mutually exclusive but were influenced by common factors. As I reflected on this and similar experiences, I felt compelled to broaden my capacity to work in…

Imagine being cooped up in a hospital room and you are hooked up to countless machines. With doctors and nurses checking on you asking if you’re okay but, you’re tired, fatigued, and just want the pain to go away. The doctors gave you a terminal diagnosis with death is just around the corner. If you have come to terms with your death you should be able to choose how your life ends. Physician-assisted suicide gives a terminally ill patient a choice on how they choose to die. Before a patient can…

The word absolute to me sends up red flags. Absolute means concrete, finite, with no room for discussion or individual interjection. My mother would frequently recite George Washington’s infamous phrase that “In this world nothing can be said to be certain , except death and taxes” . I believe that absolute right and wrong eliminates creativity, individualism and circumstantial evidence. I am very leery of all encompassing words like absolute. Most of the posts I have read agree that…

The State should play a role in healthcare and medical research such that it establishes regulations and provides adequate funding without overstepping its boundaries and crossing into private, individual patient cases unless all other options have been exhausted. In cases such as the legal case of Buck v. Bell and the medical case of Lia Lee, the State overstepped its boundaries and crossed into controversial territory. In the Buck v. Bell case, the State attempted to put a statute into play…

Have you ever thought how many failed attempts can happen when trying to clone your dead pet? It takes thousands of attempts just to clone your little poodle. Many People may have different opinions about having their pets cloned. The choice of cloning your pets is clearly up to you but, I personally don't think that cloning pets should be allowed. The reason why I think cloning pets is unethical is because cloning pets can cause harm to the carrier, it is also very expensive, and can cause…

Ramachandran 1 Mrs.McCoy Printech Period 1 November 3, 2015 A Career in Endocrinology Endocrinology is one of the most difficult and interesting specialist careers in the medical field. It is also one of the most rare careers. Endocrinology has many pros and cons, high educational and qualification requirements, a great employment outlook, many interesting facts, important features and a specific skill set. This is a good…

Communication. There is a lack of communication between the doctor, patient, nurses, and scheduler. This is an area the staff really struggles with in the Radiology department. The doctor’s nurse will call over to schedule a CT or MRI, the preauthorization that is required will not be done yet and the examination gets scheduled. The nurse states that the preauthorization is getting worked on it and then it will be faxed over. When the patient gets to the department there isn't a preauthorization…

The cost of prescription drugs in the United States is rising quickly, many Americans can no longer afford the basics that are necessary for some to live. The united states as a country spends more on health care than any other industrialized society, nearly $8,508, as of 2013, was spent. But many prescription drugs such as, Epi pens, are not covered by the average health care plan. Health Care plans are expensive and do not cover the cost of many drugs costing Americans several hundreds to…

What should we do with the Titanic? Continue reading to see what I think. I believe we should try to salvage and take up the ruins of the Titanic. My points will be the debate about the Titanic, what I think we should do with the remnants of the Titanic, and my conclusion and final statement. Right now actually, there is an ongoing debate about what we should do with the Titanic. Salvage what we can or leave it where it lies? Along with debators there are actually wealthy benefactors…