University of Edinburgh Medical School

Prior to starting medical school, I had only thought of being professional in vague terms: being courteous to others, setting a good example, etc. Now that I am approaching the completion of my first term in medical school, I can see that professionalism is much more than I had previously thought. Being a professional requires a continual hunger for knowledge, realizing one’s limits and weaknesses and working to improve them, accepting responsibility for one’s actions, working well with others…

programs created to influence the recruitment of medical students into the primary-care sector. The article also provides recommended preparations in training to improve the practice of primary-care professionals to efficiently deliver health care services. With the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, primary care has expanded, and the professionals in this sector are needed more than ever. According to this article, “a survey of 1200 medical students demonstrated that only 2%…

In spring 2016, I went on a mission 's trip with Oral Roberts University to Mercy Multiplied Ministries in Sacramento, California. This ministry is a live-in home with a program for women who have been through difficult situations. Women were there for addictions, abuse, drugs, eating disorders, and so on. All these women had different backgrounds and different stories. Many people could judge them and say that they got themselves into their situations. Many of these women have a completely…

Adventure fills the soul, and so does Medicine. While working for two years as a Medical Officer in rural Nepal, I examined cases from different departments be it Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics or Obstetrics and Gynecology. Our hospital served as a referral center for three neighboring districts with a population of, about 600,000. We were limited medical officers managing patients independently. This came with a lot of responsibility and for the first time, I realized that I was dealing with a…

think of Acute Intermittent Porphyria as a possible differential diagnosis. This case, which presented with primary neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms, turned out to be a hematological condition. This is one of the many cases; I had in my medical tenure. The confluence of the organ systems in one specialty and being the center of the practice of medicine intrigued me to delve more into Internal Medicine.…

fragile elderly coping with the misery of old age. Family medicine encompasses medical care with particular attention directed towards a family unit, neither patient’s sex or age nor a specific disease process or a peculiar organ system limits the physician’s responsibility to provide persistent care to the patients. My enthusiasm towards family medicine further grew stronger during the last three years of medical school which bestowed me the opportunity to have a direct exposure to patients…

thinking started to change. In high school her goal was to become a doctor. To reach this goal she decided to attend Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. This school is renowned for getting their students into medical school. After she had graduated with her Bachelor’s of Science in Neuroscience, she took her MCAT,…

After that is licensing and the optional board certification. There are specific programs that are physician specific licensing that are six years of straight school and one year of residency. The programs that are specific to the type of physician license are designed for those who know exactly what type of physician license they are after, but those types of programs are not transferable if one decides later…

Primary-care Shortage a Threat to all Patients: More Pay, School Debt Luring Medical Grads into Specialty Fields Theressa Forstein Kaplan University PRIMARY-CARE SHORTAGE A THREAT TO ALL PATIENTS: MORE PAY, SCHOOL DEBT LURING MEDICAL GRADS INTO SPECIALTY FIELDS The general point made by Stephanie Innes in her work, “Primary-care Shortage a Threat to all Patients: More Pay, School Debt Luring Medical Grads into Specialty Fields”, is that medical graduates are gaining interest in specialized…

As part of our medical education, gaining knowledge is an essential component to succeed as medical doctors in the future. Knowledge; however, is not limited to the information that we gain inside the classroom rather it goes hand in hand with all the experiences that accompany our medical career. From the overwhelming anatomy labs to the never ending pharmacology, we should not forget that our ultimate aim is to provide healthcare and attempt to heal our patients. For this reason, it is…