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Introduction
My name is Sarah Riley and I am a senior health science
major at Clemson with a concentration in pre-professional
health
I am graduating in December
My ONET profile had top scores in social, investigative, and
conventional respectively
Social and investigative combine to create a great career in
the health field, specifically medicine
Goal: to go to medical school and become a doctor
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History of Medicine
Medicine has been dated back to 8000BC starting with
prehistoric medicine
The Stone Age helped people identify which plants to eat,
and in the process also found some of the healing effects as
well
This is called Herbal Medicine and is the earliest known
form of medicine
The earliest surgeries have been dated back to 2000BC
Hippocratic Oath was developed in the 4th
century BC
Formed by Hippocrates who is also called the father of medicine
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The dream:
To be a pediatric intensivist
They serve and care for critically ill children in a hospital setting
Usually these are the kids with the most serious injuries or
complications and many specialties are usually consulted
The intensivist serves as the coordinating physician for all the
different specialties and doctors the child will need to see
It is a highly specialized career and so they are usually only
found in major hospital or Children's hospitals
The average salary is $208.515
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Why I am qualified:
This is the perfect career that combines both social and
investigative aspects
I get to work with children which I am passionate about and have
great experience working with them from being a camp counselor
to a YoungLife leader
I love the excitement of the intensive care unit and I am good
under pressure
I have a passion for medicine and anatomy and studying how the
body works
I love working with people and I really deeply care about them; I
would get to help patients and families by not only saving their life
but also having an important counseling aspect as well
Having been a lifeguard trained in CPR and first aid, I feel I am
good under pressure and can utilize my skills to help save lives
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Medical School
I am re-taking the MCAT in July
I plan to apply early acceptance to University of South
Carolina at Greenville Medical School
I have taken all the necessary classes
There is no minimum GPA or MCAT score and they really
emphasize the whole person
I am hoping to do my internship at GHS to help me get my
foot in the door even more
I have already been on a tour and sat down with the financial
aid director to talk about various payment options
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Back-up plan:
I plan to take the Spring semester off if I don’t get into
medical school and apply for graduate school
I would apply for Vanderbilt graduate school to get a Masters
in Public Health
The deadline for that application is in March so I will need to
take the GRE in December (after I have already heard about
medical school)
There is also an online program at East Tennessee University
that is online that I could start in the fall of 2016 as well
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References:
"Greenville+medical+school - Google Search."
Greenville+medical+school - Google Search. N.p., n.d.Web.
18 May 2015.
"HISTORY OF MEDICINE." HISTORY OF MEDICINE. N.p., n.d.
Web. 18 May 2015.
N.p., n.d.Web.
"Salary: Pediatric Intensivist." Glassdoor. N.p., n.d.Web. 18
May 2015.