Internist Personal Statement
To be a part of an endless journey is always exciting, even more so when you learn, improvise and update yourself.
The Human body is a complex system,by understanding the physiology and with the right interventions we can make an impact on their lives and that’s the kind of positive outcome I would like to achieve as an Internist. I believe that the specialty of Internal Medicine is the most challenging specialty. Daily challenges include, but is not limited to, communicating with the patients and making sure that they understand the underlying problem, educating the family so they can get a good support. I always believed that eliminating the cause will prevent an incident and the interesting part of being an Internist is to not only pinpoint …show more content…
Family members would often call me with questions regarding their health. During my Internship as part of medical school, a 50-year-old presented to the clinic with numbness of his legs. His initial lab works showed increased blood sugar levels and increased hba1c levels and after doing an EKG I was able to confirm that he had suffered from a silent Myocardial Infarction. He was later started on appropriate treatment and when I met him later for outpatient follow-up, the whole family reported to be indebted to me for diagnosing a hidden problem. This really overwhelmed me and made me realize the kind of satisfaction I was able to provide a family by being an Internist. This also proved me that I had the thought process to untie the complexity involved and come up with a broad differential diagnosis. Taking up challenges is one of my attributes and I feel an Internist faces unique Intellectual challenges on a daily basis. From my experience, I can say that even a small change in someone’s life will make a difference, like when I was talking to my Aunt who is a diabetic, was complaining of muscle pain and after diagnosing her condition as medication-induced, I witnessed how peaceful she was after eliminating the
The Human body is a complex system,by understanding the physiology and with the right interventions we can make an impact on their lives and that’s the kind of positive outcome I would like to achieve as an Internist. I believe that the specialty of Internal Medicine is the most challenging specialty. Daily challenges include, but is not limited to, communicating with the patients and making sure that they understand the underlying problem, educating the family so they can get a good support. I always believed that eliminating the cause will prevent an incident and the interesting part of being an Internist is to not only pinpoint …show more content…
Family members would often call me with questions regarding their health. During my Internship as part of medical school, a 50-year-old presented to the clinic with numbness of his legs. His initial lab works showed increased blood sugar levels and increased hba1c levels and after doing an EKG I was able to confirm that he had suffered from a silent Myocardial Infarction. He was later started on appropriate treatment and when I met him later for outpatient follow-up, the whole family reported to be indebted to me for diagnosing a hidden problem. This really overwhelmed me and made me realize the kind of satisfaction I was able to provide a family by being an Internist. This also proved me that I had the thought process to untie the complexity involved and come up with a broad differential diagnosis. Taking up challenges is one of my attributes and I feel an Internist faces unique Intellectual challenges on a daily basis. From my experience, I can say that even a small change in someone’s life will make a difference, like when I was talking to my Aunt who is a diabetic, was complaining of muscle pain and after diagnosing her condition as medication-induced, I witnessed how peaceful she was after eliminating the