For as long as I can remember, I was always interested in watching “doctor shows.” I watched shows like House, M.D., Scrubs, and E.R. Being young, only four or five, I could not really follow what was going on in these shows. The doctors and nurses would use language I had never heard before, but I still continued to watch the shows and make up my own story line. As I grew up, I still continued to love the medical field and watched the same TV series over and over. I took several health science classes in high school, but still could not completely understand what the doctors were saying. I wanted to further my knowledge of medical terminology and the medical field, so I began to do some research on what was available in the community. Last summer, the Medical Explorations program at UT furthered my literacy in medical terminology.…