Career As A Medical Assistant: A Personal Statement Of Purpose

Growing up in Nepal, I saw my father work as a Medical Assistant everyday, as his clinic was based in my neighborhood. I spent hours in his clinic, fascinated by him helping the people in my community. I believe, the faith people had in my father’s medical expertise helped me develop a higher level of respect for people in the health-care profession. I, invariably wanted to be like him since my younger years; this motivated me to familiarize myself with the medical field and eventually to work in the health-care field. As I grew up, I understood that there were different branches of medicine and that my father needed help from various medical professionals as he dealt with patient care. The patients were sent for laboratory tests or to be seen

I can remember that my annual hospital visits as a kid were more fascinating, than scary, as these visits

During the 12th grade, I was to make a choice between Biology and Mathematics, this decision would eventually mean if I would pursue a career in health-care or otherwise. The choice was not was simple as I had guessed. I had always liked mathematics, I understood it well; and to give it up altogether was a difficult decision for me. Owing to the curiosity I had during my childhood, I chose to take up Biology and decided to be a doctor. I completed my pre-med and got accepted in a medical school in Weifang, China in 2005. As a medical student, I was exposed to the medical field in a new fashion; a clinical setting where the etiologies, epidemiology and prognoses of diseases were discussed. Ailments were looked at from biochemical and microbiological aspects, giving an insight into pathophysiology of numerous common condition. In the clinical years, I learned Chinese language in order to communicate better

After corresponding with various universities, I decided to start a Graduate Certificate program in public health in University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in August 2015. This program is a conglomeration of the five core branches that comprise of public health, which would help me decide the my concentration and showed the inter-relation between the various branches of public health. This program also helped me understand how behavioral sciences and preventive medicine can alter the incidences of diseases. Similarly, the relationship of environmental science and human health became clearer during my time in UNTHSC. Since the beginning of the program, I was drawn to Epidemiology course as it comprised of preventive medicine and statistics.My interest in epidemiology fetched me good grades in the subject. While social and preventive medicine was already introduced to me in medical school, I was intrigued to learn newer concepts pertaining to epidemiology. My interest in Epidemiology shaped up after I took the introductory class and helped me understand research methodology better. Understanding the research articles to distinguish the study designs and their biases were parts of numerous article critiques assigned during the