Why medicine

A career in medicine is something I have always been interested in even before my biomedical sciences degree. I had applied at before in year 13 and was unsuccessful and had the oppurtunity to study biomed. Within my degree I found myself drawn to all the medically related topics and modules, such as pharmacology, immmunology, human anatomy and cancer biology, which I have chosen to pursue in currently in my 3rd year..· Contact with people - what I want in my future career· Found volunteering at a hospice so rewarding and inspiring to see a patients condition improve with physiotherapy - but also gave me a reality check· Lifeguarding - life saving techniques· I want to develop the basic skills I have so far- uea is the perfect place· This further motivated me to want to study medicine and further develop this knowledge from my degree , applying the scientific knowledge to a much more clinical environment in which I am interested in.i really like the idea of learning something that im very interested and using it in my everyday life to help people and constantly learning and teaching. being given this opportunity for a prior degree, I am very sure I want to do medicine, I have matured as a person and been exposed to other medical science related careers and university life.· My time at university has really strengthened my desire to work with the public at close contact as I was involved in many societies and was a student ambassador I really enjoyed working with people and helping other giving my advice and managing events, and from seeing the multidisciplinary team and the research prospects that also come with medicine or teaching.· On top of that , I like the practical aspect of medicine combined with the intellectual knowledge, from working as a part time lifeguard for the past two years I have learnt so many different life saving techniques in different casualty situations and it has really motivated me to want to learn how to save lives further than emergency rescues of emergency first aid, and learn more about treatments of casualty on a more medical science basis. Also after volunteering physiotherapy one-to-one with my patient at St. josephs hospice I've come to understand the realities of a medical career, not everyone can be cured but there is so great reward seeing a patient getting better and stronger and more confident in themselves, really drawing me to this career.· I believe medicine will be a good challenging profession which will continuously allow me to develop myself