“Today will always be yesterday’s tomorrow” is one of my grandparents most impactful sayings, reiterated frequently when anyone needlessly worried. Having watched them age I realize life is too short. I can do nothing to arrest the aging, but I can study pronounced lifestyle changes to maintain their quality of life. Yale’s fostering of clinical research’s importance is the specific reason I am applying to Yale’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program. My intent is to become a 1) proficient geriatrician researcher, 2) clinician, and 3) administrator focused on unraveling the nature of practical treatments to create more definitive guides for the elderly to overcome their challenges and achieve their health goals. The most appealing aspects of …show more content…
More clinical research is needed to provide pertinent, efficacious medical treatment information for the elderly, long under studied. I want to research and test more treatments for faltering minds and aging bodies, to explore the minds’ puzzling reasons for reacting to different motivations, medications, and exercises so people can remain productive. I have always believed we need to treat all patients holistically. I know if patients are not doing well - not just physically, but mentally, socially, psychologically, and spiritually, the healing process can be slower and more complicated. While shadowing I have seen countless demonstrations of how sufficiently answering the questions asked altered emotions, and affirmation of spirituality can and does affect the body. As a Yale trained PA I will have a practical geriatric foundation to be far more attentive to the multiple needs of an aging