These are the following questions that need to be answered with the provided character (with spaces) limit. I have provided
notes with each question that give some direction on what to write about.
1. What experience have you had that has given you insight into the patients you hope to eventually serve? (1550 characters)
-working with Dr. Garg in a city where the population is underserved shed light on how chronic cardiac issues can be expensive
-I learned that chronic illness treatment requires constant check-ups/operations to ensure the longevity of a patient
-this interested me in treating patients with chronic illnesses because I want to help patients live a long and healthy life
2. Tell us about a time you went into a situation completely unprepared. (1550 characters)
-I was a BoyScout and our troop went on a trip to Philmont
-We prepared for months, hiking, carrying our packs, and exercising
-I was completely unprepared for a bullying incident that occurred with our troop that could have sent us back home
-We were not prepared for conflict management and had to work together to figure things out in New Mexico
3. Discuss a time in your life that demonstrated your resilience. (1550 characters)
-I demonstrated resilience by purusing a career in medicine
-I had many options for a career but thought my health prevented me from pursuing a career with a long education
-I decided to go with my heart and passion and still decided to pursue medicine
4. In 1990, Salovey and Mayer defined emotional intelligence (EI) as “the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions”. The components of EI include self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Briefly describe one example of a time you harnessed your EI to resolve a difficult situation, AND one example of a time your failure to use your EI compounded a difficult situation. What did you learn about yourself in each of these situations? (2050 characters)
-As we were crusing through the streets of Los Cabos on scooters my aunt fell off and scraped her leg
-Using EI, I was aware of the crowd of people starting to gather and helped her move to a spot away from everyone to get breathing room and where I could treat her
-This involved being stern and telling people to move out of the way to make sure my aunt wasn’t stuck on the street and in more danger
-I succesfully treated her and assured her that everything was alright because I could tell she was very embarrassed
-A time when I used EI and resulted in a difficult situation was my ability to accept defeat gracefully when playing tennis tournaments
-My parents were often aggravated that I lost being invested in my tennis career resulting in disagreements and misconceptions
-As a result having EI and being able to utilize my failures to my advantage while my parents felt annoyed about my losses made the situation more difficult
5. Give an example of personal feedback in the last few years that was difficult to receive. How did you respond? (1550 characters)
-After preparing and taking my first MCAT exam I was under the impression I gave all I had and that was the best I could do
-My score was not as per my standard and I got a lot of feedback from my parents, instructors, and tutors that was hard to swallow
-The dread of starting over again overwhelmed me, but by creating a plan of action and utilizing all feedback effectively I was able to improve my score the second time taking it
6. Please discuss how your personal experience demonstrates the ability to overcome adversity and contributes to diversity in the provision of healthcare. Please include any insight into the diversity that you would bring to OHSU School of Medicine and the profession of medicine in the context of OHSU’s definition of diversity: Diversity at OHSU requires creating and sustaining a community of inclusion. We honor, respect, embrace and value the unique contributions and perspectives of all employees, patients, students, volunteers and our local and global communities. Diversity may include age, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. We respect diversity of thought, ideas and more. Diversity maximizes our true potential for creativity, innovation, quality patient care, educational excellence and outstanding service. (1550 characters)
-COVID-19 pandemic was an adversity for me because few of my family members in India caught COVID and my grandmother passed away during the pandemic, while we were landlocked at home
-Enduring through this tough period, communicating through video call, and not being able to be present for our grandmother’s funeral made things difficult
-Growing up in a school where there are so many different ethnicities and cultures has given me so many different perspectives
-Being the child of immigrant parents help me understand their perspective as immigrants in a new country while still learning
about my perspective as a first-generation born American
-Capturing different cultural tendencies has significantly helped me in medicine, knowing how to interact respectfully with different people
-Being open-minded and willing to hear others’ views has helped me achieve a diverse set of thinking
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