Family Medicine Personal Statement – A Complete Guide 2023

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Step 1: Start early with your writing

Step 2: Read the University Guidelines

Step 3: Brainstorm your ideas

Step 4: Highlight your passion for Family Medicine

Step 5: Elaborate on your medical experience

Step 6: Proofread your Document and Seek Feedback

Working for the past 5 years as a Psychiatrist, and interacting with people from several age groups, backgrounds, and genders, I felt a need to shift my specialization in Psychiatry to Family Medicine so that I can take care of people’s physical distress along with mental illness as well. My father was a Family Physician who has a working experience of 30 years. Throughout my life I have seen how he interacts with people with great care and compassion. His work life has motivated and inspired me to take up medicine for my higher studies. Though I was equally interested in both Family Medicine and Psychiatric Medicine, I chose Psychiatry 7 years back to satiate my thirst to know more about the human mind and its intricacies. But now I feel the time has arrived to be trained as a Family Physician so that I can follow the footsteps of my father in this profession. I believe that the Family Medicine is one among those specialties which will exposes me to broad range of pathology and diseases. I am sure under this specialty I would be able to form deep sense of connections with my patients of different age group, and with right kind of knowledge and training, I can provide them with continuous care and treatment.

Biology has always interested me. I was always curious to know more about the human body and mind. My inquisitive behavior helped me to study my portions well and score good grades in Biology during my school days. I have always wondered about the functioning of the human body and how organized it is. So I choose medical studies to satiate my curiosity and know more about the human body. I enjoyed my medical school education as it was the perfect grooming ground for me to understand my real interest and aspirations. I then realized that I was equally interested in both Family Medicine and Psychiatric Medicine as well.

During my tenure as a Psychiatrist, I have also been primary care Physician to several patients in my neighborhood. Even when people consulted me for mental illnesses, they used to seek my advice for several other physical medical conditions as well. I love the idea that as a Family Physician one gets the exposure to treat people from newborn to aged and also one will get to understand several medical conditions. I realized that as a Family Physician one gets to interact with people from different strata of society and get to reach and interact with more people.

I am sure my interpersonal skills and empathetic behavior will help me with my interaction with patients. I believe that with the right training from your well regarded Residency, I can polish my existing skills and abilities. I am sure my Psychiatric Medicine experience also will come in handy to understand the real cause of people’s physical and medical conditions as well. I hope under the training of your Family Physicians, I can receive training to become a great Family Physician like my father. I am sure my dedication and diligence along with strong work ethics will help me treat my patients well and cure them better and make me a great Family Physician.

I have wondered how a single doctor could treat the members of my entire family. He is the first one to turn up when I am ill or my grandmother is not well. When I had a fever, I was taken to him; when my sister had a fracture in leg, she was taken to his clinic. My father consults him for his allergy and my grandfather sees him for his diabetes. So during my teenage days I used to wonderhow a single doctor could tend to several diseases of people coming under different age groups. As a higher secondary student, I got the answer that there is a specialization called Family Medicine which focuses on treating people of different age groups, having different diseases.

Dr. James was our Family Physician for decades. I liked his professionalism and interactions with patients. I was influenced with his way of treatment and how he eased a patient’s mind. So when I made up my mind to be a Doctor, I decided to become a Doctor like Dr. James, who is much loved by his patients. So Family Medicine attracted me and I decided to choose it as my specialization.

I know to be a successful Family Physician, one has to have very good interpersonal skills, communications skills, and the patience and love to treat people of every age group, and the most important thing would be that the majority of my patients would be from the same family. So I decided to build my listening skills, interpersonal skills and communications skills to better interact with my patients and provide them with adequate care and medications. So I voluntarily became part of many associations and clubs to enhance my core skills and hone my abilities.

One day as part of a medical camp conducted by my medical school in a rural area, I came in contact with an old lady suffering from various aches and medical conditions. On interacting with her I came to a conclusion she may be suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis. On deep examination and various medical tests,my doubt was confirmed and she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. As it was in its natal stage, timely medication helped to improve her condition and I was relieved that I could treat her with the right medications as I listened to each and every detailof her medical condition.

I am sure my passion for family medicine will help me to connect with patients, and my professionalism and work ethics will help me to undergo my training in a fruitful manner. I believe with the right training from your excellent Residency program, I can hone my skills and one day become a Family Physician like Mr. James. I am interested to practice in rural communities where there is lack of access to primary health care facilities and I am sure with my true vision and passion, I can improve health care facilities in selected rural villages near to my home town. I hope that with my training from your prestigious Residency I can treat the patients and educate people with right kind of medical information to avoid diseases in their near future. I am sure with my right knowledge and leadership skills; I can one day become people’s doctor.