University of Edinburgh Medical School

I belong to a family where being a physician has become a tradition. Not long ago, none of my forefathers were educated. It all changed when my grandfather had a problem with his knees. The best doctors in the country advised a biopsy and a sample was taken and sent to the U.K. My family was shocked when the results reported a malignant growth and doctors advised an above knee amputation. How could a young, healthy and athletic man like my grandfather have such a deadly disease? A hero appeared,…

graduate from a four year university. Both of my parents graduated from high school and then joined the United States Navy afterwards. While both gained a tremendous amount of knowledge throughout their career in the military and in life, neither had pursued a college education. My mother was the closest of the two. She was planning on attending a university, but unfortunately she became pregnant with my brother at the young age of eighteen, which prevented her from going to school. She was…

key to becoming a great leader and a great representative was by listening. Listening was how I found out what my fellow students wanted and needed to make school more enjoyable for them. Without this skill, I never would have known what homecoming theme my students wanted and issues that students had that needed to be addressed by the school administration. The skills I have learned in student council were also key in…

My Academic and Professional goals As I was in high school, I always dreamt of my life in college. Being in college is a magical experience. The college transforms you into a different person. Being in college also means developing the life that we want and creating a pathway to our dreams and future. It means creating your own way to travel to your dreams and goals. There are many academic and professional goals for me. I have many academic goals. First, I am taking…

The short story called “Insignificant Gestures”, is written by Jo Cannon and it`s about a doctor that looks back at his time as a district health officer in Africa and he ponders over the choices he made and his time there. The narrator remains unnamed through the story. He used to be a district health officer in Africa at the age of 28, and ten years later when reflects back on his time he has retrained as a psychiatrist. He emphasizes a lot that he isn´t the person he used to be back in…

‘thousands life saver’ group? But that speech alone was not sufficient to grow my interest in public health. Day by day I was feeling the importance of public health while dealing with various patients as a clinician. During my Intern period at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, I exposed with diverse type of diseases and comprehended that to explore the depth of the medicine, there is no alternative…

Being a doctor has always been a dream of mine. I love the sciences and I also love helping people. More importantly, this can be because I can compare my characteristics and personality as similar to that of a doctor. These include being patient, confident, and knowledgeable. However other qualities that I admire the most of a doctor is being caring and compassionate. My drive for wanting to be a doctor comes from numerous experiences in my life. These experiences varied from me being the…

Personal study plan and self-assessmentWojciech Tomasz Wieczorek PERSONAL STUDY PLAN I. The range of my interests Throughout my whole education, I have developed numerous academic interests of which several are still relevant; some of them have also inspired me to take the path I am considering today. In not distant past, I was supposed to study medicine to become a physician; however, I finally decided to change the subjects and specialise in the field of Humanities. But my curiosity for…

with holy man. I was in the first year of medical school and this incident triggered my interest in Medicine and Neurology in particular. The field of medicine is one such beautiful and noble profession that God has bestowed on the planet of humanity. Against all the ills, evils, and hatred, it is medicine that stands to fight against all negativities and bellicosities. It guarantees the position of Doctor…

women felt as though they should be given the right to do what they want to do and not fall into society’s norm. A big part of a breakthrough in women’s rights would have to be when women stepped u to the plate and started earning their medical degrees. Since the medical field was something men were only allowed to do besides women just staying home with their sick kids and other family members, women felt as though they wanted to be needed. So in the 1850’s women decided to earn their degrees…