Connection between tutoring and medicine

[mango6110]

I have some ideas but I wanted to get some advice on how I can relate tutoring to medicine....I have spent much of my time tutoring and I wanted to tie that into why i want to become a doctor....other than the sole reason of helping....I was thinking of how as a tutor you have the ability to raise someones self esteem which aids in their success, and how was a physician raising someones self esteem can increase their chances of recovery....is this a long stretch....do u guys have any other ideas? Please help 😕

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[Just Applied]

You can describe tutoring as a EC which gave you leadership skills which you can use in your profession as a physician.

 

[sfbear]

A lot of medicine involves explaining complicated things in understandable terms to the patient - and not be condescending or arrogant while doing it. A doctor I know described medicine as the purest form of teaching (esp. primary care) b/c you have to teach your patients and you have to teach yourself. I think tutoring is very relevant.

 

[SFAJess]

Hey there...I did the same thing. I led study groups for a program called Supplemental Instruction and I wrote about it in my PS. I talked about how physicians first make their patients feel more at ease and attempt to make them feel more confident before jumping right into a visit. I explained that when I shadowed two doctors the things that they did to do this. Then I went on to say what I did in my study groups with anxious students...I don't think it's a far stretch at all. In both situations, you are dealing with anxious people, you are explaining something that they are not completely familiar with and you are there to help them understand. I think it's a great idea....just keep the brainstorming up and maybe you can come up with a specific example.

 

[brynn7]

A lot of medicine involves explaining complicated things in understandable terms to the patient - and not be condescending or arrogant while doing it. A doctor I know described medicine as the purest form of teaching (esp. primary care) b/c you have to teach your patients and you have to teach yourself. I think tutoring is very relevant.

good point! 👍

 

[All-Star14]

A lot of medicine involves explaining complicated things in understandable terms to the patient - and not be condescending or arrogant while doing it. A doctor I know described medicine as the purest form of teaching (esp. primary care) b/c you have to teach your patients and you have to teach yourself. I think tutoring is very relevant.

Very good point.

 

[deuist]

mango6110, you could also talk about how doctors need to be teachers in addition to healers. What good is a treatment unless you can explain it to your patients?

 

[All-Star14]

Your classes in med school (beyond first two years) will be taught by MDs. 😉

 

[aparecida]

You also have to listen closely to someone you're tutoring and tailor your teaching to their needs and problems. This is closely related to medicine where you have to ask the patient a lot of questions to figure out what problems they may have (even if they don't come right out and say that, for example, their back hurts).