A Career In Medicine: Personal Statement
Providing care has always been at the forefront of my mind, and being an inquisitive thinker, a career in medicine allows me to integrate these features I excel at. I would enjoy translating theoretical knowledge to clinical practice. Life-long learning in a diverse and dynamic environment which no other career can offer suits my personality. I would find intellectually rewarding the assembly of all the jigsaw pieces together – history taking, applying cutting-edge scientific innovation to real-life clinical scenarios, and analysing research findings to determine a diagnosis. The medical ethos is also very attractive to me. A career in medicine would enable me to contribute to the patient’s journey from illness to recovery. The challenge to
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I am currently undertaking an EPQ to investigate the role gene expression profiling would play in the prognosis of cancer as a result of my interest in genetics.
Relocating to foreign countries at a young age, the integration into the English education system was only made seamless by my adaptability and diligence. I owe my matured appreciation for cultural differences to having had to overcome the cultural barriers. These qualities would equip me to become a doctor. I also developed a trait for learning other languages after being made aware of the primacy of communication.
Achieving the highest marks in my year for German, I was selected for a student-exchange programme where my team-working and communication skills were honed by working with those from diverse cultural backgrounds. Outside my academia, I play tennis and have been teaching myself guitar where dedication has led me to improvements. Inside school, I run a science club for Key stage 3 pupils weekly which would prepare me to take on one of the roles of being a doctor - teaching. Fundraising to raise mental health awareness with YoungMinds charity has further enhanced my public relation and organisational skills. In Year 12, I was chosen as my year representative to the School forum which has allowed me to mature my own ethical and moral values as well as broadening others’. I have completed the Gold DofE expedition where my assertiveness saw us through
I am currently undertaking an EPQ to investigate the role gene expression profiling would play in the prognosis of cancer as a result of my interest in genetics.
Relocating to foreign countries at a young age, the integration into the English education system was only made seamless by my adaptability and diligence. I owe my matured appreciation for cultural differences to having had to overcome the cultural barriers. These qualities would equip me to become a doctor. I also developed a trait for learning other languages after being made aware of the primacy of communication.
Achieving the highest marks in my year for German, I was selected for a student-exchange programme where my team-working and communication skills were honed by working with those from diverse cultural backgrounds. Outside my academia, I play tennis and have been teaching myself guitar where dedication has led me to improvements. Inside school, I run a science club for Key stage 3 pupils weekly which would prepare me to take on one of the roles of being a doctor - teaching. Fundraising to raise mental health awareness with YoungMinds charity has further enhanced my public relation and organisational skills. In Year 12, I was chosen as my year representative to the School forum which has allowed me to mature my own ethical and moral values as well as broadening others’. I have completed the Gold DofE expedition where my assertiveness saw us through