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Am I just wrong for medical school? lol. This essay is making me question how I've lived my life because so much of it has felt like me just trying to get by to the next step.
All I have so far are...
Idea 1
Growing up Asian in a broken violent home, doctors did not take it seriously when I told them as a youth that we (me and my brother) weren't safe at home. Then later, being treated differently by doctors because of the stigma that comes with abuse (like youre compromised).
I've learned that you lose the individual when you make assumptions about them based on their race or diagnosis without getting to know them first. I realized how ignorant I was too, to people that were different to me that I had never met yet. It made me more humble because I realized how little I knew.
That humility helped me connect more easily with the children, youth, and adults I have served as a mentor and teacher as I saw every interaction as a chance to learn, rather than judge, having known how it feels to be judged and seen how much you lose when you judge.
^ I dont know if this is a little too edgy though, especially given that im asian and my parents were high income. Feel a little too entitled writing about this. Why i definitely wouldn't write about feeling like i didn't fit in given how i didn't fit into a common box growing up and coming from where i did.
Idea 2
Because of the injuries I sustained, I have been a patient for a long time. These experiences have shown me how exhausting it is to be a patient, how scary it can be, and how much power we give to our doctors whose few words can make all the difference in our day, month, even year. And having dealt with the insanity of health insurance and doctor bills, and collections when I didn't have enough, I realized that there is more to just treating your patients than just giving them the right drugs, procedure, or diagnosis.
The biggest differences doctors have made for me have not been the surgeries but when they paid attention to what made my condition so hard for me and made a plan taking that into account too. So, when I volunteered at a hospice and hospital, I recognized a lot of what the people in the waiting rooms and office were feeling, based on what I saw, their impatience, frustration, and pain, even their fear.
My experiences have helped me pay attention to things I normally wouldn't and helped me empathize with patients I wouldn't have otherwise, which has helped me be more understanding and kind to people whose suffering I understand.
I know everyone has been a patient though....
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For the adversity essay, I figured I would talk about how these made certain aspects of life difficult, also being in pain all the time since I was in high school and how that changed how I look at things, but for diversity, this is all I've got. Am i doing this wrong?
Would love any input from any of you guys! especially @LizzyM @Goro @gyngyn @Catalystik @gonnif
All I have so far are...
Idea 1
Growing up Asian in a broken violent home, doctors did not take it seriously when I told them as a youth that we (me and my brother) weren't safe at home. Then later, being treated differently by doctors because of the stigma that comes with abuse (like youre compromised).
I've learned that you lose the individual when you make assumptions about them based on their race or diagnosis without getting to know them first. I realized how ignorant I was too, to people that were different to me that I had never met yet. It made me more humble because I realized how little I knew.
That humility helped me connect more easily with the children, youth, and adults I have served as a mentor and teacher as I saw every interaction as a chance to learn, rather than judge, having known how it feels to be judged and seen how much you lose when you judge.
^ I dont know if this is a little too edgy though, especially given that im asian and my parents were high income. Feel a little too entitled writing about this. Why i definitely wouldn't write about feeling like i didn't fit in given how i didn't fit into a common box growing up and coming from where i did.
Idea 2
Because of the injuries I sustained, I have been a patient for a long time. These experiences have shown me how exhausting it is to be a patient, how scary it can be, and how much power we give to our doctors whose few words can make all the difference in our day, month, even year. And having dealt with the insanity of health insurance and doctor bills, and collections when I didn't have enough, I realized that there is more to just treating your patients than just giving them the right drugs, procedure, or diagnosis.
The biggest differences doctors have made for me have not been the surgeries but when they paid attention to what made my condition so hard for me and made a plan taking that into account too. So, when I volunteered at a hospice and hospital, I recognized a lot of what the people in the waiting rooms and office were feeling, based on what I saw, their impatience, frustration, and pain, even their fear.
My experiences have helped me pay attention to things I normally wouldn't and helped me empathize with patients I wouldn't have otherwise, which has helped me be more understanding and kind to people whose suffering I understand.
I know everyone has been a patient though....
__________________________________________
For the adversity essay, I figured I would talk about how these made certain aspects of life difficult, also being in pain all the time since I was in high school and how that changed how I look at things, but for diversity, this is all I've got. Am i doing this wrong?
Would love any input from any of you guys! especially @LizzyM @Goro @gyngyn @Catalystik @gonnif
