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Tip # 1 : Don’t Talk About the Value You Place On Education.

Everyone in medicine obviously values education a great deal. You don’t need to emphasize this or think you’re the only one in the world who values a good education. It really doesn’t matter now if your parents were tough on you or if they pushed you to excel. That is irrelevant now that you are about to be a resident.

I hid behind my mother and asked myself, “Do I dare look again?” In all of my six years, I had never seen such an unusual looking person. In front of me stood a lady with white hair and ghostly pale skin flecked with scattered brown spots. Why did she look like that? If she was truly my mom’s sister, why wasn’t she brown like everyone else in the family? Years later, I learned that my aunt had vitiligo affecting her entire body. Unfortunately, I learned that prejudice is a common reaction to physical afflictions, and I regretted that as a small child I had been so frightened of her based solely on her appearance.

I cherished every moment of medical school, from studying basic science to attending clinical rotations. During this time, I came across a wide variety of patients from different stages and aspects of life. Finding that managing health care for different age groups is challenging and intellectually appealing I knew I would enjoy family medicine. I was amazed to utilize a broad knowledge base- to make patients better. [Read more →]

“Doctor, is it benign or malignant?” I asked while lying on the examining table waiting restlessly for the result of my breast ultrasound. The radiologist gazed into those ambiguous echoes on the monitor for a couple of minutes, and eventually she said: “Well, to me, it looks like a benign lesion”. “But…” she continued, “We have to rely on the pathologic diagnosis”. Fortunately, a core biopsy demonstrated a fibroadenoma, and I was flooded with ultimate relief when I heard the biopsy result. This is the unique beauty of pathology as a medical specialty; it is the most powerful weapon to reach an accurate diagnosis, and it gives you a conclusion.

Throughout my years in medical school, I have noticed some interesting parallels between chess, my childhood passion, and the practice of medicine. Chess is beautifully artistic, yet remarkably precise in its strategic demands. This balance is also an integral part of practicing medicine that a career in radiology can provide. Having to use my mind’s eye to craft an intricate game plan is also similar to approaching a radiographic study: systematic, but with a keen sense of curiosity. The actual “practice” of each may be different, but these similarities have contributed to my desire to pursue a career in radiology. By becoming a radiologist, I hope to become a valuable resource and positively influence the healthcare of all of my future patients.

I began my medical career in internal medicine in China where I worked as a junior physician after graduation for three years. During the three-year hospital experience I worked with a variety of patients with a wide range of conditions and gained tremendous clinical experience involved in every aspect of managing patients. However, I saw an increasing need for nutrition education in the management of my patients with diabetes and hyperlipidemia, but felt frustrated by the lack of nutrition education in medical school. I developed a desire to pursue advanced training in applied nutrition as I believed this would give me a significant strength as a physician. [Read more →]