My belief that medicine is a humanity as well as a science instils within me a strong sense of compassion and empathy. I love to interact with others; especially striving to improve their quality of life, even through the smallest of actions. The idea of diagnosing and treating illnesses caused by intricate problems that affect our body captivates me; however, studying medicine is not a decision I have taken lightly. Though my work experience at a hospital placement was on the geriatric ward, I saw different specialties such as radiology and gastroenterology working together to treat patients. I shadowed the ward manager and specialist nurses as well as doctors to grasp the wide range of duties they all fulfilled in a hospital. There was a
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I was later shown an image of a GIST that this patient had in his stomach. To broaden my knowledge I often attend medical lectures such as one from Prof. Ian Judson, who is a sarcoma specialist, where he talked about what GISTs are. I was enthralled when I saw a GIST endoscopy as seeing a real case had really given me a chance to contextualise what I learnt from the lecture. A junior doctor taught me ways to effectively communicate with elderly stroke patients and patients with dementia. These people found it very difficult to communicate and I was glad that talking to a few of them, many of whom did not have any recent visitors, had made their day much better. One patient in particular felt very lonely and depressed because she could not be at home with her family for several more weeks due to her treatment and taking my time to chat with her and comfort her through this situation clearly had a positive impact on …show more content…
Volunteering weekly at a local hospice charity shop has allowed me to meet lots of families and supporters of the hospice and learn a lot about how the end of life of a loved one affects them. To relieve me of stress, I regularly play sports like tennis, badminton and sailing. I held the responsibility of being the team leader for a group project called 'Creative Minds' which aimed to reach out to youths in the community to get active; I have since lead new teams through other enterprise challenges like the ICAEW Base competition. I also engage in my school's medical society where I have previously given a presentation on Leukaemia and had numerous ethical debates with my peers. I appreciate that being a medic is very mentally and physically arduous but I hope to have had enough experience working in the real world to overcome these challenges. In particular, my part-time job as a server and receptionist at a restaurant has allowed me to hone my team-working skills as well as working under pressure and enduring long
I was later shown an image of a GIST that this patient had in his stomach. To broaden my knowledge I often attend medical lectures such as one from Prof. Ian Judson, who is a sarcoma specialist, where he talked about what GISTs are. I was enthralled when I saw a GIST endoscopy as seeing a real case had really given me a chance to contextualise what I learnt from the lecture. A junior doctor taught me ways to effectively communicate with elderly stroke patients and patients with dementia. These people found it very difficult to communicate and I was glad that talking to a few of them, many of whom did not have any recent visitors, had made their day much better. One patient in particular felt very lonely and depressed because she could not be at home with her family for several more weeks due to her treatment and taking my time to chat with her and comfort her through this situation clearly had a positive impact on …show more content…
Volunteering weekly at a local hospice charity shop has allowed me to meet lots of families and supporters of the hospice and learn a lot about how the end of life of a loved one affects them. To relieve me of stress, I regularly play sports like tennis, badminton and sailing. I held the responsibility of being the team leader for a group project called 'Creative Minds' which aimed to reach out to youths in the community to get active; I have since lead new teams through other enterprise challenges like the ICAEW Base competition. I also engage in my school's medical society where I have previously given a presentation on Leukaemia and had numerous ethical debates with my peers. I appreciate that being a medic is very mentally and physically arduous but I hope to have had enough experience working in the real world to overcome these challenges. In particular, my part-time job as a server and receptionist at a restaurant has allowed me to hone my team-working skills as well as working under pressure and enduring long