Another favorite secondary question revolves around long-term goals (ie. what you want to be when you grow up).
- Are there any areas of medicine that are of particular interest to you? If so, please comment.
- In a brief paragraph, please describe how you would want to be remembered at the end of your life.
- What do you see as the most likely practice scenario for your future medical career?
a. Choose the single answer that best describes your career goals.
1. Private Practice: Individual patient care in a private solo or group setting. May include opportunities to do voluntary teaching or clinical research.
2. Health Policy: Work for organizations that develop plans for health care services to populations.
3. Academic Medicine: University-based practice combining research, teaching and patient care.
4. Public Health: Implementing programs in health promotion and disease prevention for communities, not individuals.
5. Health Care Administration: Manager of health care facility or system.
b. Why do you feel you are particularly suited for this practice scenario? What knowledge, skills and attitudes have you developed that have prepared you for this career path? Please limit your answer to 1,000 characters including spaces.
Though you are certainly not expected to have picked out your specialty and fellowship before even entering medical school, admissions committees like know where you are leaning. Do you see yourself working as a general surgeon at a large academic center? Or perhaps you’d like to run a small, rural family medicine clinic? Or maybe you want to be a Navy flight doctor. The sky is the limit. But be sure to be honest and ready to back up your dream job.
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