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20OB/Gyn Personal Statement
The experience will eternally remain burned into my memory. It was an April
afternoon, bright and crisp, and I eagerly started my first day on an ob/gyn service. I was
informed by an attending that there was an impending delivery, so I hurried as fast as my
feet would take me to the third floor. I attempted, on my journey, to mentally review the
cardinal movements of labor, but I only heard the steady gallop of my heart in my ears. I
got into the room, introduced myself, and immediately gowned and gloved. There was
initially a great deal to take in, from the waveforms on the monitors, to the facial
expressions of the expectant mother, to the swift actions of my experienced attending. It
was pure excitement. I continued to watch the physician as she masterfully orchestrated
what she had likely done thousands of times previously. She assessed and she acted. As
the contractions progressed and the intervals shortened, I observed the mystery unfold.
The baby’s head crowned and the sounds of the restless mother and the encouraging
nurses filled the room. After a few fleeting minutes, there was a new voice in our
company. From that day, I was immersed in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
I know that the field is not always this bright. An inspiring pathology professor
from my school often said, “It’s not all peaches and ice cream.” I learned this quickly on
my rotation. I witnessed women with post-pardum hemorrhage, gynecologic
malignancies, and dangerous fetal heart tones. I found that managing patients in these
critical situations could be equally challenging and rewarding. The first surgically
managed ectopic pregnancy that I witnessed involved a woman who had come
exceedingly close to rupture. The operation was arduous but inspiring, since the
gynecologists were able to preserve the life and fertility of this young patient.
The very nature of the training of an ob/gyn complements my interests and
background. In the years between completing my undergraduate studies and starting
medical school, I wore many hats within medicine. I worked as a cardiac pacemaker
technician, physical therapy aide, dermatology technician and researcher. These varied
fields appealed to my different interests and all required distinct skill sets. Through
treating vitiligo, degenerative joint disease, AV heart block, and countless other
pathologies, I learned that I want to do something that is both dynamic and diverse.
The same can be said about my chosen specialty. As surgeons, primary care
providers, and critical care physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists are trained to
address a myriad of concerns within women’s health. This facet of the field is one of the
most appealing to me. The thought that a typical day could contain a hysterectomy in the
OR, a pap smear in the outpatient clinic, and a c-section in labor and delivery is enticing
and exciting.
Prevention and patient education are facets of medicine that are also appealing to
me. At a time when a significant portion of the women throughout my rotations are obese
and have poor health choices, I perceive a responsibility to get involved. As a first year in
medical school, I started a Nutrition and Medicine Club to address food choices of those
in my community as well as to educate future physicians about how to advocate healthy
eating. One project involved going to a local Salvation Army center for homeless teens
and holding classes on nutrition. As primary care doctors for women, ob/gyns have the
role of teaching patients not only how to manage disease, but also how to prevent it.
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