Hello Everyone!
I was hoping for some insight regarding the diversity prompt and have looked through many threads and the SDN Secondary prompt website. There is considerable nuance there seems for this, and just wanted to run by the ideas with you before proceeding to get some advice or avenues of thinking. The prompt is as follows: If there is an important aspect of your personal background or identity not addressed elsewhere in the application that may illuminate how you could contribute to the medical school and that you would like to share with the Committee, we invite you to do so here. Examples might include significant challenges in access to education, unusual socioeconomic factors, or other aspects of your personal or family background to place your prior academic achievements in context or provide further information about your motivation for a career in medicine or the perspectives you might bring to the medical school community.
1. Most of my experiences revolve around community outreach through education across various demographics, and the reason it is such an important part of me and my activities and what I hope to achieve is because my dad grew up very poor in India and did not have the opportunities to pursue education he was passionate about. He taught me how to love and appreciate learning, sharing insights about his life growing up which provided me perspective on education and how it should be treated as a right over privilege. This has been my mission to provide students in rural/underserved communities the opportunity to learn through different avenue and provide them exposure to what is out there for them that may not be accessible, and provide them with resources to help in reducing financial constraints on further education.
2. As either a patient and/or employee, I have been able to be a part of healthcare systems from Canada, USA, and India that exposed me to differing healthcare structures, aims, and approach to medicine that have helped me to understand healthcare better as a whole. It helped me understand how patients' views of medicine in one area are particular because of what they have been exposed to growing up, or where their expectations lie as part of seeking care from physicians. Overall contributed to how holistic medicine is approached differently in different countries and how that can be implemented at a specific place (crudely put).
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I hope I provided enough context. Thank you!
I was hoping for some insight regarding the diversity prompt and have looked through many threads and the SDN Secondary prompt website. There is considerable nuance there seems for this, and just wanted to run by the ideas with you before proceeding to get some advice or avenues of thinking. The prompt is as follows: If there is an important aspect of your personal background or identity not addressed elsewhere in the application that may illuminate how you could contribute to the medical school and that you would like to share with the Committee, we invite you to do so here. Examples might include significant challenges in access to education, unusual socioeconomic factors, or other aspects of your personal or family background to place your prior academic achievements in context or provide further information about your motivation for a career in medicine or the perspectives you might bring to the medical school community.
1. Most of my experiences revolve around community outreach through education across various demographics, and the reason it is such an important part of me and my activities and what I hope to achieve is because my dad grew up very poor in India and did not have the opportunities to pursue education he was passionate about. He taught me how to love and appreciate learning, sharing insights about his life growing up which provided me perspective on education and how it should be treated as a right over privilege. This has been my mission to provide students in rural/underserved communities the opportunity to learn through different avenue and provide them exposure to what is out there for them that may not be accessible, and provide them with resources to help in reducing financial constraints on further education.
2. As either a patient and/or employee, I have been able to be a part of healthcare systems from Canada, USA, and India that exposed me to differing healthcare structures, aims, and approach to medicine that have helped me to understand healthcare better as a whole. It helped me understand how patients' views of medicine in one area are particular because of what they have been exposed to growing up, or where their expectations lie as part of seeking care from physicians. Overall contributed to how holistic medicine is approached differently in different countries and how that can be implemented at a specific place (crudely put).
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I hope I provided enough context. Thank you!
