The opportunity to expose myself to people from new cultures prepared me to interact and communicate with patients from all backgrounds. As a TA, I attended class with the students, graded assignments, and held office hours and study sessions. Through my position as a TA, I learned patience and worked with each student at his or her own pace. Their responsiveness and the look on their faces when they first understood a concept was the most rewarding aspect of the job.
I will strive to facilitate patient education as a physician, making sure that a patient leaves the clinic well informed with all of their questions answered regarding their healthcare needs. CITL looks for evidence of student learning and evaluates quality and quantity of information posted in the ePortfolios.
I was also one of ten students recognized at X University College of General Studies for the top GPA of the sophomore class and awarded a merit scholarship for this accomplishment. I embarked on a clinical internship at Spectrum Health with a neurosurgeon named Dr. X was focused on placing metal electrodes called neurostimulators into the spine of his patients. The neurostimulators bypassed the pain receptors in the spinal cord.
Because this was a new technique that had variable results depending on the patients, I assessed the effectiveness by comparing pain levels pre and post-op using Owestry Disability Index ODI Score. Using these ODI scores, I analyzed the data and found statistically significant data that was published by Medtronic.
Why it was meaningful : This experience was meaningful because I was able to closely interact with patients, increase my knowledge of neuroscience, as well as positively impacting patients through my research. Before interacting with patients, I shadowed Dr. X for almost hours and learned about HIPPA violations, respect for privacy, and compassion for patients.
I watched as Dr. X performed many spinal procedures such as kyphoplasties, injections, and laminectomies. Eventually, I watched him insert the spinal electrodes and learned about their composition, how they worked, and possible risks. I shadowed Dr. X for many hours to get a better understanding of what the spinal stimulators were doing, and I also surveyed the patients to get personal measurements of their pain.
I analyzed the ODI scores and was able to find statistically significant data that the manufacturer of the spinal stimulators, X, published in their studies and now uses as a selling point to other surgeons around the country. I was selected based on the immediate translatability of my project.
Through HS, I further investigated the cure for Infantile Spasms, a project described in another entry. Drafting a research grant was a challenging and transformative experience, which required critical thinking and a reconsideration of the bigger context for medicine and its applications.
I was promoted to Resource Technician because of my knowledge of the department, teamwork, and time management skills. I am now in a leadership position that requires critical thinking, knowledge of the needs of the department and leadership capacity. I supervise the ED Technicians and Assistants, help in each zone of the department, and solve problems.
I also train new technicians. Why it was meaningful : In the 7 months that I have worked in this level one trauma center, I witnessed and participated in a variety of medical cases among a diverse patient population. I developed many hands-on clinical skills and refined my medical knowledge.
I learned the importance of diligence and paying attention to detail even in the most routine task. Additionally, my role as a technician necessitates working closely with a large team of physicians and nurses. I must prioritize tasks, anticipate the needs of physicians and nurses, and manage my time to be an effective, essential member of the medical team.
In addition to clinical skills, I have worked on my interpersonal skills to be more patient, understanding, and altering my care to fit each patient. Working in this leadership role as Resource Technician, I continuously improve my collaboration and leadership skills, but also gain a better understanding of the inner workings of running a successful team in the Emergency Department. I believe my time working as a technician in a high stress, fast-paced environment, acting as a supervisor to my colleagues, and orienting new hires has allowed me to gain more clinical experience and skills, and has better prepared me for medical school.
After months of planning and communicating with many hospitals and shelters, I was able to coordinate a free clinic in Fort Lauderdale. I plan on coordinating a free bi-monthly clinic beginning in the fall. Poverty and lack of access to healthcare remain prevalent issues in the U. S, and I hope to continue working to alleviate these inequalities. I was chosen as a trainee of the organization based on my research on Infantile Spasms IS in a pediatric neurology lab. I participated in monthly seminar series, journal clubs, inter-departmental competitions, and ACHRI scientific meetings.
Presenting my IS research findings at a recent symposium, I engaged with collaborators, clinicians, and scientists from a multitude of medical fields. Having open conversations with a variety of clinicians and scientists about the translational studies cemented the impact that collaboration has on the progress of medicine. I spent the day observing Dr. Kreisler at each of her appointments with patients at the clinic and had the opportunity to see how Doctors work with translators to breach the barrier of language.
The experience at this clinic served as an interesting look into how a medical professional approaches handling the delivery of care to patients of diverse backgrounds. Meaningful description : Shadowing Dr. Kreisler served as an invaluable experience when exploring various unique environments within the medical field. Vibrant Health is a clinic in the Kansas City area that serves many individuals who have recently immigrated to the United States from different countries.
It was evident how much of an experienced physician Dr. Kreisler was as she seamlessly worked with translators to comprehensively assure that there were no errors in communication between her and the parents of her patients. A very interesting point in my shadowing experience was seeing how Dr. Kreisler asked her patients and their parents if they were speaking English at home or at school. It is an attribute I would hope to bring into my own practice, as I pursue my dream of studying and practicing medicine.
Zabel make his rounds, evaluate various test results from his patients, and was able to see how the process of record keeping is done within a hospital setting from the perspective of the Doctor. Meaningful Description : Getting the call that I could shadow a doctor from cardiology was the best start to a Monday that I could have asked for. The fact that the appointment was on my birthday was an added bonus; this was a wonderful way to spend the day. The experience showed me a wonderful example of what proper and respectful bedside manner looks like between doctors and patients.
I was lucky enough to sit in while Dr. Zabel spoke to his patients, most of which were alone in their hospital rooms. He took the time with each of his patients on his list to talk to them about their condition and make sure they understood what their charts meant.
He would then proceed to talk to his patients about their jobs, families, or how their retirement was going. It was a wonderful look into the human side of this profession and an aspect of the job I find myself very much looking forward to. To end the day, Dr.
Zabel looked at echocardiographs with me and gave me insight into how he analyzes them and what diagnoses he can derive from them. While this was a bit nerve wracking, there were times he would ask me to infer what I thought was wrong.
I was blown away that he allowed me to do this with him. I assisted mostly with the transfer of patients while working in their escort unit and with the turnaround of patient discharge while working within the Gastroenterology Clinic.
The position within escort as well as the Gastroenterology Clinic allowed me to interact with discharged patients for prolonged periods of time as they waited for their taxi or family member to come. It was a wonderful way to practice conversing with individuals from different age groups and backgrounds while also getting exposure to a new discipline within medicine in Gastroenterology. I tutored everything from standardized tests such as the ACT and SATs to individual subjects such as organic chemistry, biology, and many more.
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AMCAS also has a full set of video tutorials that are useful. Click here to see all Participating Medical Schools and Deadlines subject to change. However, you must go through each section and confirm that the information is still correct. You will indicate your reapplicant status per school in the Medical Schools section.
Click here for step-by-step instructions. Individual letters give you more flexibility to pick and choose which letters go to which schools. This is not nice, and we want to be nice to medical schools. Everything else must be in before medical schools will review your letters of recommendation.
That means at earliest, they would have to be in by late June. But, why is there a section on the primary application called Letters of Recommendation? Good question, alter ego. To get letters of recommendation to medical schools, you had to have your career services office send your letters to each medical school you wanted to apply to. Needless to say, this created a huge volume of unnecessary mail, prompting AMCAS to add its letters of recommendation service.
What this means is that medical schools did not review your letters of recommendation until everything was in - MCAT scores, primary application, secondary essays, and your payment of course. And because medical school admissions offices are slow to change, even today they will still not review your letters of recommendation until everything is in. Every question you have about letters of recommendations.
You can submit your AMCAS to one or more schools, and later you can log back in to add additional schools. You can apply to 1 school, get your application verified, and then add the additional schools immediately once you get your new score.
Even though you can see your full school list when you print your AMCAS application, medical schools cannot. They just see that you have applied to their school. Every school gets to see a list of every applicant who has been accepted somewhere. If you have not been accepted, schools do not know anything else about where you applied.
You must start your application before sending transcripts. AMCAS starts accepting transcripts the day the application cycle opens. If the transcript deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, materials are due on the next business day.
By that time, AMCAS will be overwhelmed with applications, so your best bet is to submit your transcripts in May without the final grades. We wrote an entire blog post dedicated to this question. Your transcript is less likely to get lost if you accompany the transcript order with one of those forms printed from AMCAS on section two of the application.
You must send official transcripts for every college you've attended, including community college classes taken while in high school. The only exception typically is study abroad programs that your college gives credit for.
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