ipl-logo

Teen Healthcare Intern: A Personal Statement

538 Words3 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: An essay in community service

As I embark on my college education at the University of Southern California, majoring in Health and Human Sciences, I am driven by a deep-rooted commitment to utilizing my knowledge and experiences for the betterment of my community. Throughout my academic journey, I have consistently sought opportunities to serve and engage with diverse communities, while also recognizing the transformative power of language and accessibility. By combining my passion for healthcare, my ability to speak Spanish, and my dedication to community work, I am poised to make a lasting impact on underserved populations and bridge the gaps that hinder equitable healthcare access. From my formative years spent with my Spanish-speaking immigrant grandparents, I witnessed …show more content…

This experience has allowed me to amplify the voices of underserved individuals, forging connections and building trust within the community. By fostering an environment of compassion and understanding, I have witnessed firsthand the power of accessibility in healthcare. As a Teen Healthcare Intern, I have translated medical histories, facilitated doctor-patient interactions, and provided emotional support to patients, bridging the gap between language and quality care. My dream is to become an Endocrinologist, specializing in serving predominantly Latino communities. The prevalence of diabetes and other endocrine disorders among this demographic emphasizes the urgent need for culturally sensitive care. By combining my linguistic abilities and cultural background I aspire to develop innovative approaches that address the unique challenges faced by these communities. Throughout my high school years, I have actively engaged in various community initiatives. As a scholar-athlete, class president, and president of student-run clubs, I have learned the importance of leadership, teamwork, and

Show More
Related
540 Words | 3 Pages

Background statement: Heritage Valley Medical Center has had a wonderful reputation for providing excellent health care services to their community. Initially, their community was 80% Caucasian, 40% African American, and 5% Hispanic. However, in the last 5 years, the population has changed to more minorities and the whites have moved out to the suburbs. This caused the Center’s occupancy rate to go down 40% because many of their traditional, more affluent, private-pay patients had left the neighborhood. To bring in revenue, they campaigned to bring in more Medicaid patients.

Read More
437 Words | 2 Pages

I know VCOM is dedicated to creating an engaging learning environment to educate the next generation of doctors to provide care of the utmost quality. As someone who grew up in a medically-underserved county and desires to address the needs of my community, I can relate to the mission of VCOM to address the needs of medically-underserved populations When I shadowed Dr. Edwin Chan, we discussed potential research projects I could propose to the professors from the UF Department of Anthropology. We agreed I should propose research on the disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color in Alachua County. While the project unfortunately fell through when returning to UF, addressing these disparities remained a forefront concern which I seek to pursue in the future. I anticipate that VCOM, with a commitment to health equity and addressing the needs of underserved communities, will provide me the opportunity to pursue research assessing disparities in healthcare.

Read More
512 Words | 3 Pages

Rachel Pearson recounts many life stories in her memoir and reveals the unfortunate truth of how those without medical care go about accessing medical care. Sadly, many individuals that fall within racial minorities unfortunately live without insurance and are forced to seek care at alternative locations that lack professional doctors as a hospital would. Pearson’s storytelling highlights the connections and inherent differences in access to medical care between various races and classes. Through her multiple life stories, Pearson demonstrates the struggles faced by individuals in racial minorities and lower socioeconomic status in terms of accessing health care.

Read More
499 Words | 2 Pages

As a low-income, first-generation Mexican American/college graduate, my personal identities and experiences uniquely position me to contribute to RFU’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts (DEI). Through my journey, I have encountered various challenges and triumphs that have shaped my perspective and deepened my commitment to promoting DEI in healthcare and beyond. My lived experience growing up in an economically disadvantaged and medically underserved community has heightened my awareness of the healthcare disparities and inequities that exist, especially being raised in a traditional Hispanic household. It has fueled my passion to address these issues and advocate for accessible, culturally sensitive, and equitable healthcare.

Read More
874 Words | 4 Pages

For the purposes of this project we will focus on Latinos. In the United States, Latinos are one of the fastest growing minority groups. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001) has predicted that by the year 2050 Latinos will account for 25% of the total population. While Latinos as a whole have typically been underrepresented on college campuses, the number of Latinos in universities has recently grown and is expected to continue to increase (Gonzalez,

Read More
706 Words | 3 Pages

Many Hispanics are unable to obtain access to proper resources because of the language barriers that persist. As the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), we pose five solutions or policy implications that will be further explained in this issue

Read More
265 Words | 2 Pages

Internship Most physician assistant programs require anywhere between 500-1,000 hours of shadowing a physician assistant and direct patient contact. Direct patient contact can be considered to be working or volunteering as an EMT, Medical Assistant, Medical Scribe, Nurse, Nursing Assistant, etc. In order to fulfill these requirements, I will be taking a Nursing Assistant course over this summer to receive my certification to begin working towards the hours I will need to apply to a program. Once I am a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), I plan on shadowing physician assistants over the summer from different specialties.

Read More
496 Words | 2 Pages

In addition, I recently graduated from Lakewood High School, a school where most of the student body is white. There is a very small group of students that are usually left behind, the English as a Second Language. That 's why I decided to create a club that gives the ESL community a safe place to ensure their academic success. I also have a personal connection to women who suffer because of economic hardships. I decided to join the Girls Leadership Council, hosted by the Colorado Women 's Foundation.

Read More
801 Words | 4 Pages

Like the MEPN program, I’m committed to engaging, educating, and treating underserved communities alongside like-hearted healthcare professionals. My deep compassion, extensive work experiences, and honed leadership skills have uniquely equipped me to bring my own contributions to the richness of the MEPN program. It doesn’t stem solely from my upbringing but from my proactive determination to develop and transcend within my work and education. Additionally, I firmly believe that the art and science of quality and inclusive healthcare begin with understanding the challenges and needs of underserved populations.

Read More
145 Words | 1 Pages

One major problem I have encounter with the Hispanic population is how they distrust their medical provider if the provider is of a different race and does not speak their language and/or understand their culture. A large number of the patient’s we see only speaks Spanish and are from low socioeconomic status, some with little reading and writing comprehension. To complicated the situation they do not share with the medical staff or physician that they cannot read or write. Not being able to communicate makes it difficult to assess pain level; it can lead to the patient taking the medication incorrectly, and makes its difficult to build a relation with the physician. In a study done on 2014, the diabetic patient health outcome was improved

Read More
789 Words | 4 Pages

Through my stroke outreach experience, I saw how culturally competent care can address health disparities. At each site I visited, I engaged with community leaders to better understand the community’s needs. I hope to expand upon these experiences at ZSOM through the Free Clinic located in Queens, as it will allow me to utilize my familiarity with Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese to serve the growing Hispanic and Asian communities nearby. Through opportunities like these, I aim to understand how to communicate effectively with a variety of patients and deliver appropriate care. Integrating community health experience into my medical education will bring me one step closer to my goal of becoming a physician that caters to the unique needs of each patient.

Read More
1267 Words | 6 Pages

Healthcare providers must understand how health traditions and views impact health outcomes in African American communities. Each culture has different preferences for how they navigate healthcare systems, so it is imperative health providers are culturally competent in care for all cultures. Health literacy is a major factor in the African American community, which stems from multiple barriers to healthcare. Low health literacy in Black communities is rooted in historical power structures where discriminatory policies were present systems (Muvuka et al., 2020). When there are discriminatory policies and practices are in place, it hinders individuals from accessing skills and resources to understand health outcomes.

Read More
763 Words | 4 Pages

Second, Elizabeth is a first generation Mexican-American, give a birth to a first child in high school, may have inability to complete a proper education might have language barrier. The inability to speak English and unable to communicate effectively, and feeling embarrassed sometimes prevent her from communicating with her physician. HCP must give information and services in patients ' preferred language, including patient access to professional interpreters who have health-related dialect skills and familiar with patient’s cultural competence. The family unit and religion is culturally the most important to the Hispanic community.

Read More
463 Words | 2 Pages

Healthcare disparity can be explained as the gap created in the delivery of healthcare to communities which causes some communities to receive better healthcare than others. Some factors that can cause these disparities include race, socioeconomic status, location, and gender. Because of health care disparities, there are a lot of patients who are and will be at risk for many diseases such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension. These disparities negatively affect the overall cost of delivering quality healthcare and are issues that must be addressed by the people who know them best, the health care workers. Through the NURSE Corps Program I hope to help address these imbalances in underserved communities in various ways.

Read More
213 Words | 1 Pages

As a first generation American, I have seen my family, specifically my parents, face certain societal preclusions, namely language based discrimination. Being immigrants, my parents do not have traditional eastern American accents, and therefore have been presumed uneducated by many people they have encountered. This would often lead to my brothers and me handling conversations with financial and educational institutions, because, as semi-articulate teenagers, we would receive more respect and have more authority than our middle-aged parents. However, one of the few places that my parents have never faced this kind of discrimination is a hospital. When I was ten I had to tell my father that he needed his gallbladder removed.

Read More

More about Teen Healthcare Intern: A Personal Statement

Related Topics

Open Document