Undergraduate / Medical ophthalmic assistant; Personal Statement-Why becoming a PA? [8]

Hello, I am going to apply for PA school this year. Please help me with my PS. Any adivice would be very appreciated. Thank you!

As I progress in maturity. especially through these years of studying and working in healthcare field, I realized that anything worth doing at all is worht doing well. Responsibity of one of the most important characteristics a healthcare worker should have. This motto has motivated me to do my jobs above and beyond.

It was a typical day in our ophthalmology practice, a 70-year-old female, Maria, sitting in the wheelchair with excruciating pain in her lower back. The pain was so intense that she could not even be transferred to the exam chair to do refraction. What even worse was that Maria could not ve seen for her pain because her doctor's schedule was full for the next two weeks.

I kept seeing and hearing cases like Maria's thoughout my job duties as a medical ophthalmic assistant. I found this job rewarding but wanted to become part of the healthcare team that could help patients like Maria. This convinced me that I was ready to expand my medical knowledge. With experience of working with physician assistant in different specialties dutring my clinical rotation for the medical assistant program and my understanding of PA profession, my goal soon becomes clear and I strongly believ this is a right fit for me: enter into the medical profession as a physician assistant.

My starting background is a bachelor's degree in Chinese language and literature(with very low GPA I have to point this out because I really did not and still don't have the sense of literature. I wonder how could I expalin this in the essay?????). With that I have had a successful career as an English-Chinese interpreter and have utilized my bilingual skill at work in both China and the U.S. I believe communication skill is key to being a good healthcare provider. With excellent academic performance (overall GPA 3.96 )on my medical assistant program and pre-requisite science courses I have shown to have a strong competence of learning science. I also tutored Chemistry and Biology in the college.

My continued enthusiasm in medical field is a big plus to succeed. I am fascinated by microscopic observation of human blood cells and the cells of many other different types of human tissues, figuring out the relationship between cellular morphology and its function. studying bacterial sensitivety and resistance to antibiotics, the testing Rh factor of different blood types, assisting bone marrow biopsy, and so many other things that helped me better understand human body and human diseases. It was the academic knowledge that made me be aware of infection control, affection of systemic diseases on vision, and reactions between systemic and ocular medications when working on the patients.

During my PA shadowing in primary care, orthopedics, and general surgery, I foucused on the role of PAs in healthcare team and how patients reacted to PAs. PA may perform comprehensive exam, order and interpret diagnostic test, assist surgery, share pre and post-operation treatments with physicians and under physician's supervision. I realized that patients have strong faith in a knowledgeable and professional PA. I like the fact that a PA establishes rapport with different generations of the same family just like a doctor does and the fact that a PA can technically work independently while still be a team player. This affirmed my desire to become a PA even further.

I am ready to purse my career goal now : enter into the medical profession as a physician assistant. I am confident that I will be a very competitive PA student and will eventually become a competent PA in the near future. The only thing I need now is an interview opportunity. Give me this opportunity, and you will ve convinced!

OK, so the above is my first craft. I need to point out one thing is my learning habit played a big role in my success as an interpreter. For students who are not majored in English. it is very difficult to get enough learning material because English major students have four years' English class and non-English students have only two years. The way I learned English was using internet chatroom(10 years ago the chatroom was so much different than now), part time tutoring foreigners Chinese and Chinese English. volunteering to be an interpreter for businessmen, travelers, students etc. during summer and winter holiday. By the time of graduation, my spoken English was in a far higher level than those students who were majored in English, and my first job offer was a full time interpreter. Where should I add this in the essay?

Any advice is totally fine. I appreciate your reading my parrinate?interesting? or boring PS?