Physicians

After research and analyzing desires, I have aspired to become a Physician Assistant. As one can pursue many paths and majors to obtain this career goal, I chose to enter the Medical Sciences program at the University of Cincinnati. This unique program is competitive and will provide advanced training in medicine and biomedical sciences. The medical sciences undergraduate program is the first of its kind to directly work with the corresponding College of Medicine and provide undergraduate…

Physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia have become more acknowledged in the past few years. Many cases in Canada and around the world have brought people to conditionally accept assisted suicide. In his report on physician-assisted suicide, Buchman MD CCFP FCFP (2012) states that, “This past June the BC Supreme Court rendered a decision that Gloria Taylor, a women with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, has the constitutional right to assisted suicide” (p.1169). Buchman’s report centers…

year now, my interests in research continue to grow. Conducting and understanding research as a pre-medical student is important because medicine is a dynamic element that is constantly being changed and manipulated. Without such crucial skills, a physician would not be able to continually be updated with the latest treatments for his/her…

There are numerous laws intended to protect Americans’ private health information. Patients have the right to a confidentiality, and can shared the information with healthcare providers who will use it with discretion in the patient’s best interest. Health care policy and law focus on people access to health care, and how the care will be financed. On the other hand, bioethics is generally used to define ethical issues related to malpractice, or biomedical research. Bioethics can be seen as…

My goal is to become the best physician possible so I can provide my future patients quality care. Considering this goal, the Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine will prepare me the to do just that because of its commitment to holistic medicine, an excellent curriculum, and opportunities for early clinical exposure. The college demonstrates commitment to holistic medicine through an enhanced curriculum that integrates basic science and clinical science material earlier on,…

interactions with physicians. Through these experiences, I learned more about the different struggles patients and healthcare providers go through. As I began college, I continued my volunteer work in healthcare, volunteering at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. Learning about the impact physicians have on patients, I am inspired to pursue a career in medicine to be able to benefit the lives of others, easing and healing them physically through my actions as a physician and emotionally…

directions for a safe takeoff and landing to keep everybody on the plane, whether it is 30 people of 300 people, safe at all times. In comparison, physicians and surgeons need to be excellent communicators. They must be able to communicate…

Physician quality review is important to have within the field of healthcare. For instance, this is how physicians and healthcare facilities are rated in terms of quality and efficiency, especially when it comes to treating patients. There are several important aspects that revolve around the importance of physician quality review and those include Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE), Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) processes and Hospital Consumer Assessment of…

better care and improve health outcome. In the first track, the CMS would pay a risk adjusted monthly payment for each Medicare beneficiary’s care management services, in addition to fee for service for primary care visits. In the second track, physician practices will receive average Medicare fee-for service payments and more generous upfront care management payments. This “hybrid” payment model would break the cycle of traditional face to…

power. They may want to save lives of others, and there is no law in this country that states suicide is illegal. Lastly, this curative process would keep a patient from committing a horrific and traumatic suicide without the help of a trusting physician. Seeing the loneliness and pain ahead of them could arouse the idea of suicide in their head, and without the right to perform a safe suicide they may conduct a destructive one. It would also be better for a loved on to see their family…