Loma Linda Scholarship Essay

Mother Teresa once said, "We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love." An institution such as Loma Linda, acknowledges the natural limitations of medicine and places a great emphasis on the integration of spiritual, ethical and relational issues from a Christian perspective into the practice of medicine. I believe these aspects of my educational development are crucial to my ability to serve in the capacity in which God has called me to be of service to others. The emphasis placed on the spiritual, ethical and relational development will make me a more wholesome physician, one that gives patients a greater spiritual hope, beyond the mere healing of physical