From an early age I was interested in science and how this world works, and as I try to understand the human body complexity, I find myself increasingly fascinated by how the various parts of the body are able to work together to produce this great system which we call life. Besides loving science, the art of using our knowledge in helping people, improving their life and relieving their problems made medicine as my dream career. When I began the clinical part of my studying I found myself enjoying each of my rotations, but particularly enjoyed taking care of patients’ core medical problems, and I saw how medicine is great with its Patient interaction, diagnosis challenges, and being able to witness improvement in patients’ conditions. All …show more content…
Having an opportunity to do my elective in one of the oldest and most prestigious hospital in my country gave me a good grasp on the day-to-day responsibilities of physicians and the balance between behavior and poise in the wards, as well as the compassion and sympathy that are involved in working with the patients and their families.
One of the great activities of my clinical years was being a part of volunteering team with a common goal of helping poor people and cancer patients which made me see the humane part of our job and that medicine is a message not only a job. I truly enjoy speaking with patients on a one to one basis about their problems, and found that this was valuable time spent not only on the human level but also in terms of arriving at the proper diagnosis more quickly.
Throughout my school study period, I have always worked to the best of my ability. Consequently, I have received awards for academic attainment as being one of the top ten of my class. I presented many seminars as a part of our curriculum, and as a fourth-year student I tutored first- and second-year medical students in the basic sciences. All of which had added benefit for me by reinforcing information in my mind and improving my lecture presentation