Growing up, I could never picture myself doing anything but becoming a doctor or a nurse. My grandmother was a nurse and as a child I would sit and listen to her stories about the touching and inspiring experiences she inquired with her patients, as well as the heartbreaking ones, and from then on I fell in love with the idea of a job in the medical field as my profession. It is one of my goals to use my skills to help people. Attending a physicians assistant program or nursing School will provide me the skills I need to achieve this goal. Several events have emerged in my life that I believe make me well suited for a job in the medical field. Because my grandmother was a nurse, I have had many experiences in a hospital setting that have prepared me for that type of job. Also, with my experience in HOSA and volunteer work at a hospital I have a decent understanding of many different situations that could occur in that type of enviornment. …show more content…
I want to attend this university not only because I’m a fan but because The university of Tennesse at Knoxville has an upper level physicians assistant program, and I am very determined to succeed. I want to study things more in depth, so I can gain more knowledge. My reason for choosing this career is because I am very passionate when it comes to helping people, and I enjoy learning about the body and why things happen the way they do; therefore, I have always been interested in just about anything in the medical field. What I like about physicians assistants is they are not specialist, so they do not study one specific topic. It is a profession that would keep me on my toes and interested the majority of my