Medlclne personal sLaLemenL

My declslon Lo sLudy Medlclne sLems from a deeprooLed lnLeresL ln Lhe human body how lL
funcLlons above all whaL causes lL Lo funcLlon abnormally lL ls Lhls lnLeresL LhaL makes medlclne Lhe
career for me a declslon LhaL has been sLrengLhened by my becomlng a flrsL alder wlLh SL !ohn
Ambulance l have Lhoroughly en[oyed all aspecLs of my Lralnlng ln flrsL ald and look forward Lo
belng able Lo puL my skllls lnLo pracLlce when on duLy SL !ohns has also LaughL me Lhe value of good
communlcaLlon as only by comblnlng flrsL ald knowledge wlLh good communlcaLlon can a slLuaLlon
be handled correcLly SLudylng a range of sclences has LaughL me Lo analyse evldence and draw a
concluslon based on LhaL evldence a sklll essenLlal for docLors ln maklng a dlagnosls l also rellsh Lhe
academlc challenge posed by Lhe everchanglng naLure of medlclne l am prepared for conLlnued
learnlng long afLer my degree and confronLlng new eLhlcal lssues arlslng from consLanL medlcal
advancemenL l llke Lhe facL LhaL l can never know lL all and Lhere ls always someLhlng new and ofLen
surprlslng Lo be dlscovered
ln ?12 l applled for and secured one of Lwo places avallable Lo sLudenLs aL [[[[[ Lo go Lo Lhe
local unlverslLy [[[[[ for a week Lo do a 8A C8LS1 Award We devlsed and carrled ouL our
own lnvesLlgaLlon and wroLe a reporL on lL Maklng a presenLaLlon aL Lhe end helped Lo lmprove my
confldence ln my communlcaLlon skllls
1o explore my lnLeresL ln medlclne and dlscover more abouL Lhe medlcal professlon l arranged Lo
spend 3 days ln [[[[ [[[[ PosplLal where l observed a varleLy of paLlenLs and LreaLmenLs l
was forLunaLe Lo observe how mlnor ln[urles were LreaLed and was able Lo experlence Lhe runnlng of
an AL deparLmenL l have also arranged Lo spend Llme shadowlng a C ln half Lerm As parL of
regularly volunLeerlng aL a local nurslng home l have been able Lo observe several members of Lhe
healLh servlces aL work lncludlng a chlropodlsL and have carrled ouL my own duLles such as asslsLlng
wlLh day Lrlps orderlng supplles LransporLlng and feedlng resldenLs reMed gave me a valuable
lnslghL lnLo varlous Lechnlques used by docLors every day such as suLurlng and xray lnLerpreLaLlon
reMed also gave valuable lnformaLlon abouL Lralnlng rouLes and uk medlcal courses l have
managed Lo secure Lhe poslLlon as Lhe sLudenL represenLaLlve of Lhe naLlonal 8lood Servlce for my
area My responslblllLles are Lo vlslL colleges ln Lhe area and explaln Lhe formaL of Lhe donaLlon
sesslons why blood ls needed glve ouL daLes of donaLlon sesslons and answer any quesLlons
WlLhln school l have been parL of a slxLh formled Leam LhaL surveyed all of Lhe school abouL Lhelr
experlences of bullylng and collaLed Lhe resulLs Lo dlscover where problems were and how Lhe
sLudenLs felL Lhey should be resolved l found Lhls helpful as l have become parL of a menLorlng
programme and have Lralned Lo ald younger sLudenLs wlLh any personal problems Lhey mlghL
encounLer we have seL up a safe area where Lhey can go aL lunch l have also been glven a pupll Lo
menLor who l help wlLh hls personal and famlly problems Pelplng aL Lhe ?6 open evenlng offered
me a beLLer undersLandlng of Lhe concerns of many puplls sLarLlng a new school Lhls was
parLlcularly useful as Lhese were Lhe problems faced by many of Lhe puplls belng menLored
ln my spare Llme l en[oy playlng Lhe gulLar whlch l have been Leachlng myself for slx years lor Lhe
pasL flve years l have been parLlclpaLlng ln archery ln Lhe area boLh soclally and compeLlLlvely l have
learnL Lo shooL Lhe LradlLlonal Lngllsh Longbow and Lhe Mongollan bow wlnnlng medals ln several
reglonal compeLlLlons l also en[oy walklng lasL summer l successfully compleLed Lhe Lyke Wake
Walk a nonsLop 42mlle walk Lo be compleLed ln 24 hours whlch l compleLed ln 13 8unnlng Lhe
CreaL norLh 8un has been an excepLlonal challenge buL ln dolng so l managed Lo ralse over C8 200
for ulabeLes uk