Essays on Physician

Introduction It is broadly recognized that the hardest step of becoming a practicing physician is the residency. While working their way through the residency, resident doctors must learn to adapt to a drastically different lifestyle from the one they know – an experience which puts…

etc. to support themselves. Many of them end up changing their profession entirely due to these reasons. Another major contributor to the physician shortage in Canada is the migration of doctors to other countries, especially the U.S., which seems to have easy going policies and…

The first home visit I had with my patient was an eye opening opportunity. It was one that was in stark contrast to what I had imagined before going over. This patient had palindromic rheumatism that affects different joints in his body, whenever he gets…

The allure of the philosophy behind the American dream is the promise that hard work can solve all problems. With endless opportunity, it just takes a person willing to push forward to achieve their destiny, to make the most of whatever is given to them….

The role of a Physician assistant is very important today in the medical field. An especially intriguing prospect of this profession is the variety of opportunities available. My professional career as a physician assistant has enabled me to gain vast experience in evaluation of patients,…

When I was a sophomore in high school, my dad came home one day injured from playing pick-up soccer, his bicep had shifted out of place. My mom and I urged him to go to the doctor, but he refused. Flash forward over six years…

In 1834, physicist and inventor Jacob Perkins built the first practical refrigeration machine after the idea was conceived by Ollie Evans in 1805. This machine used ether as the refrigerant in a vapor-compression cycle. Being one of the first refrigerants used, dimethyl ether was highly…