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I'm currently trying to right our my personal statement. My thesis for my personal statement is the idea of "continuity." I worked as an EMT in the clinical setting, but every time we had to drop off a patient, I wanted to know why that patient was suffering and what their treatment plan would look like. I'd also like to include the concept of continuity in academia. For example, as an undergrad taking my first cell biology class I was incredibly amazed by the way cancer develops. This pushed me to shadow oncologists, and even pushed me to do a research internship at University of Pennsylvania, where I abstracted data of pediatric AML patients. I think this example of continuity outside of the clinical world is a good one. Obviously, at this point, I haven't decided that I would like to go oncology as a specialty. I'm still open to a myriad of fields. I'm nervous that this example will make it look like I have a predisposition to that field, which I am told that it is not a good idea to express an interest in a certain field before medical school. Does this sound like something I should include or skip altogether?
