My Motivation to Helping Others

Since I was a child, I always wanted to help people and serve others. I would always participate in community service events and volunteer to do selfless service. The interest of medicine came to mind when I started to learn more about the profession. Medicine is a career driven by service. The physician must put others first. However, it is an occupation that allows an individual to be a life long learner. Becoming a doctor is not only about being intelligent and having achieved expertise in the field. Without a sincere genuine drive to make a difference in another’s life and the courage to stand in front of uncertainty are traits that are very important when being a physician.

I have personally felt that many of my own experiences have inspired me to become a physician. I was in first grade when I had first broken my leg and stayed at the hospital due to the result of the injury. I always met with the doctors and nurses who took care of me. The doctors always made me feel comfortable. They supported me through out the challenging time I had recovering from my injury. The personal connection the physicians made with me allowed me to feel that I was important rather than just being considered as another random patient. This experience truly inspired me to pursuit medicine, because I truly want to become someone who can change peoples lives and provide care for individuals that need medical assistance. Since my injury I have come a long way, now in college I am prepping myself to become a physician. I am mentally and emotionally driven to becoming a physician and am ready to pursue my dream.

Volunteering in my local community and working as a coach are experiences that have also lead me to pursue my goal as becoming a physician. These certain events in my life have taught me values that are very important in medicine. My experiences have allowed me to develop great communicating skills, professionalism, teamwork and leadership. As I know that these skills are very important for one to posses. With great skills that I have adopted via the work I have done, has increased my own confidence. I feel that working as a coach allowed me to develop skills such as making quick decisions and having solutions for any problems my team had. It allowed me to deal with situations that no one else had answers for. I felt proud seeing my team grow and prosper during the years I coached because I knew that I had influenced and inspired my team in a positive way. I want to become a physician to assist people in a positive way and make a significant difference in their lives. I feel an internal genuine drive to assist and create positive differences in individuals. I believe this same drive will truly help me to pursue medicine.

My family has always motivated me to reach my goals in life. My upbringing as a child was tough because being a first generation Canadian wasn’t easy. My parents had to work very hard to allow me to have a brighter future. I didn’t have the same luxury as other people might have had and my parents had to work very hard to raise me as a child. With both my parents working over time to provide me a better future, I knew as a young child that I wanted to become someone that would be able to have the same work ethic as my parents did. I look at my parent’s achievements and their genuine drive that has allowed me to be in the position I am. Every single day I am motivated to make my parents proud. I know that if I keep working hard and strive for greatness I will become a physician and complete my ultimate dream. My parents have truly inspired me to fulfill my dreams and have encouraged me to never give up when trying to achieve a dream that is truly dear to my heart.

I am truly inspired and motivated to go into medicine. I do believe that my life experiences have prepped me and driven me to complete my dream. I am grateful to have had developed skills that I know will truly assist me with my journey on becoming a practicing physician. It is true inspiration, motivation and courage that I posses, which will allow me to become a physician. I am working tremendously hard in college and have been taking courses in which I know shall assist me in medical school. The skills, educational credits and my sincere drive I consist as a individual will truly help me to complete my goal as becoming a physician.

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