Internal Medicine Residency Personal Statement My strong desire to improve people’s lives led me into medicine at the five-year M.D. program at International Medical University, one of the nation’s most prestigious medical institutions. During...
Orthopedics Residency Personal Statement “My wife wore out my hips,” the elderly man stated with a mischievous grin while his wife rolled her eyes. Later that week I had the opportunity to assist in...
In the summer of 2002, I visited my country of birth, African Nation, for the first time in 12 years. I discovered was a war ravaged country with shelled out homes, extreme poverty and...
In an old cottage on an isolated island with one of my home care patients, with tears in her eyes she blessed me saying, “I have nothing valuable to give you, doctor, but please...
Residency Personal Statement Tip # 4 : Learn to Capitalize Properly A resident (or intern) will spend a lot of time writing notes and signing progress notes, operative notes, or other notes all day...
I relish the opportunity to help people through medicine. During my ER rotation, a 2 year old boy was brought in after suffering a laceration to his hand. I calmed him by distracting him...
My strong interest in how the human body functions and how medicine can be used to improve life initiated my desire to pursue medicine. I was admitted to the seven-year M.D. /M.S. program of...
Anesthesiology provides opportunities to display specialized skills by performing a wide range of procedures while having cognitive challenges as well. After medical school I was selected for a two year anesthesiology residency program at...
.“BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!” The annoying shrill sound of my pager jolted me from the depths of sleep during my first IM rotation call night. Within moments, my intern and I scurried through the hospital...
Becoming a mother in medical school has fostered some unconventional, albeit resourceful, moments.There was the time I “wore” my oldest daughter in her baby carrier to the pathology lab after hours so I could...
