Everyone has experienced a situation involving, medicine and prescriptions, whether it is grazing your knee from falling off a bike or visiting relatives in hospital. Biomedics has undoubtedly been a large part of my life and my desire for science originated from a young age while observing my mother working as a nurse on a day-to-day basis. This gave me a basic knowledge of different diseases and conditions, and enabled me to develop compassion and consideration towards people. My grandmother also suffered from coronary heart disease, which subsequently sparked my interest for medicine and potential cures for illnesses.
I read an article about how “injections cut heart attack risk”. A researcher called Dr. Paul Ridker was the one who led the research team to prove that patients have a lower risk of heart attack and the injection slows the progression of the cancer. I found this article very intriguing as it made me realize how much a researcher could prove and bring into the medical field, and make a huge impact for the patients albeit behind the scenes. Furthermore, watching a Ted Talk about how soon “diseases would be
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I learnt to plan and organize more by setting schedules and targets for myself. Studying HSC enabled me to grasp the skill to effectively communicate with individual people and groups. Moreover, developing my research skills through coursework’s and reviewing the literature and making improvements. I gained a fuller understanding into the healthcare sector, whilst participating at St. George’s summer school. I attended lectures given by qualified practitioners who explained the structure of the healthcare system; these lectures provided me with an insight into the biomedical science course as well as a realistic perception of the critical role of a biomedical