Why Do I Want To Study Medicine?

Parents often ask their children what they want to be when they grow up. My very first answer
2 to this question was a doctor, at the age of 7. At that time all I knew was that the healers
3 in the white coats made my pains go away and since then I've been amazed.
4 Why, you may ask, would I want to study medicine? Well during my O-level studies, my school
5 had a field trip to the St Matthews School of Medicine. They took us up to the lab that housed
6 the plasticized cadavers. We were allowed to touch them and feel them in our hands. All parts
7 of the inside of the human body were right there for us to see. It was surreal. To go from an
8 idea of practicing medicine, to seeing the actual preserved parts
During my
11 GCSE's, due to a timetable mishap, we didn't have a scheduled class for biology. This was
12 extremely frustrating for the students and the teachers believe me. Nonetheless, our very
13 determined biology teacher dedicated his Friday evenings even Saturdays to teach the biology
14 class. This selfless act made us very grateful to our teacher and it was here that I developed
15 my love for biology.
16 During my secondary school years I was selected to be a senior prefect. This helped to instill
17 responsibility and diversity as we had a range of differing roles. Whilst I faced many
18 challenges such as differing opinion of my peers, I was able to develop as a person and
19 learned to stay calm even in hectic conditions.
20 Alongside sciences I also studied Businesses. My decisions to study medicine was not so
21 concrete when I was choosing subjects, so naturally, I gave myself options. My accounts
22 teacher had encouraged me to join the business club and whilst and I was a bit skeptical, I
23 joined. As a member of this club I was in charge of writing up minutes of the meeting
I was happy for the experience as I was exposed to aspects such as patient
31 care which is helpful in the field of medicine
32 The highlight of my school career was graduation 2013. I was awarded the outstanding science
33 student award and named student of the year which entitled me to a two year scholarship to
34 fund further education. It was very self-satisfying that my passion for sciences turned into a
35 scholarship and I would say that this is one of my greatest achievements.
36 I've recently finished my A-level studies in Trinidad. During these two years, I developed my
37 knowledge in science and how science works. This further supported my decision to pursue a
38 career in medicine. My results reflect my discipline and persistence towards my studies.
39 So far I've only touched briefly on my passions. I want to devote my life to helping other
40 people, to give up my time in order to give others more time, to wake up each morning with a
41 purpose, knowing that I have to ability to change lives, to fix what is broken and