Example Personal Statements
Internal Medicine Residency Personal Statement My strong desire to improve people’s lives led me into medicine at the five-year M.D. program at International Medical University, one of the nation’s most prestigious medical institutions. During...
Orthopedics Residency Personal Statement “My wife wore out my hips,” the elderly man stated with a mischievous grin while his wife rolled her eyes. Later that week I had the opportunity to assist in...
I peered through my living room window at the street crowded with tanks and marching soldiers. A storm of light slashed across the night’s sky’s shock waves from distant explosions shattered a deceptive silence,...
In the summer of 2002, I visited my country of birth, African Nation, for the first time in 12 years. I discovered was a war ravaged country with shelled out homes, extreme poverty and...
In an old cottage on an isolated island with one of my home care patients, with tears in her eyes she blessed me saying, “I have nothing valuable to give you, doctor, but please...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
