sparky7189
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Hi, I know there are a lot of posts about diversity secondary ideas and I have looked through a lot of them but I'm really stuck on what I could do for my own. I came up with two things that I could potentially write about but I wanted some advice on whether they work well or do I need to continue thinking. Thank you!
prompt: How will your own experiences allow you to contribute to the diversity of the student body and to provide equitable and inclusive care to your future patients?
1) Wanted to write about my extended family how food is a big part of the culture, valuing eating high fat diet, etc. My extended family mostly lives in very rural villages overseas and these places have very low health literacy/knowledge about preventative care, etc. Pretty much I realized over time from visiting them vs my time in the states a lot of their lifestyle choices aren't healthy. A lot of them had developed chronic diseases due to poor health literacy/diet and had some relatives pass away due to them. Being the only health literate person in my family, I would often urge them on diet changes, explaining why they needed to take the med that they take, etc. This played a part in my interest in preventative care and I actually majored in nutritional sciences because I was interested in diet on health. Gave me insights into impact of health literacy (something I observed a lot when I was shadowing in the pediatric diabetes clinic).
2) Super passionate about music so all throughout college I volunteered as a piano teacher teaching students from underserved school districts that do not have the resources for arts/humanities programs. Wanted to talk about how when I first started teaching, the teaching methods (how I learned as a kid) that I implemented on my students didn't work (kids ignored me, were frustrated, etc). Actually felt like just quitting it after the first couple of lessons but I decided to continue. I learned to instead to observe how each student learns the best and tailor lessons towards that (ex: had a neurodivergent student who enjoyed movement (climbing, rolling, etc during traditional lessons) so I incorporated movement based learning into lessons, etc). Wanted to mention how these insights would help me when I do the same for patients (personalized care, etc)
prompt: How will your own experiences allow you to contribute to the diversity of the student body and to provide equitable and inclusive care to your future patients?
1) Wanted to write about my extended family how food is a big part of the culture, valuing eating high fat diet, etc. My extended family mostly lives in very rural villages overseas and these places have very low health literacy/knowledge about preventative care, etc. Pretty much I realized over time from visiting them vs my time in the states a lot of their lifestyle choices aren't healthy. A lot of them had developed chronic diseases due to poor health literacy/diet and had some relatives pass away due to them. Being the only health literate person in my family, I would often urge them on diet changes, explaining why they needed to take the med that they take, etc. This played a part in my interest in preventative care and I actually majored in nutritional sciences because I was interested in diet on health. Gave me insights into impact of health literacy (something I observed a lot when I was shadowing in the pediatric diabetes clinic).
2) Super passionate about music so all throughout college I volunteered as a piano teacher teaching students from underserved school districts that do not have the resources for arts/humanities programs. Wanted to talk about how when I first started teaching, the teaching methods (how I learned as a kid) that I implemented on my students didn't work (kids ignored me, were frustrated, etc). Actually felt like just quitting it after the first couple of lessons but I decided to continue. I learned to instead to observe how each student learns the best and tailor lessons towards that (ex: had a neurodivergent student who enjoyed movement (climbing, rolling, etc during traditional lessons) so I incorporated movement based learning into lessons, etc). Wanted to mention how these insights would help me when I do the same for patients (personalized care, etc)
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