Career plan - by 2030, I will be a renowned Medically Scientist, locally and internationally

my plans and goals for the future

My profession as a Medical Laboratory Scientist has a toll in saving lives. The scope of my career span through programmes that captures infectious disease(s) prevention and treatment. Currently, I am a volunteer laboratory scientist with the HIV/AIDS ART clinic with the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia. In this clinic, I involve in laboratory investigations pertaining to issues of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis testing and counseling. My immediate plan is to continue in my chosen career as a Medical Laboratory scientist where I make the difference in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in my immediate environment. This is in line with one of the objectives of the activities of the UK government in developing country which is targeted at prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and tackling neglected tropical disease through an integrated approach.

On return from the UK, I will be a good ambassador of Chevening and will bring with me, the UK experience and expertise I have learned in the field of Molecular Biology and Biomedical Sciences to initiate and aid ongoing research on TB, HIV/AIDS. I will seek collaborations with National Agency for the control of AIDS (NACA) and Other NGOs to identify grey areas bordering issues affecting the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases and seek appropriate solutions to them in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). I will push for the proposal to encourage molecular screening for HIV suspected patients and in the molecular screening of Bloods for transfusion in Blood banks of our tertiary Hospital.

In order to bring the incidence of infectious disease to the minimum level, I will participate in Medically conferences and seminar, make presentations, and publications to further strengthen my network and improve on my professional development both locally and internationally; organize outreaches to sensitize and impact positively on the life our people living in rural areas.

By 2023, I will have my research group where I can transfer the knowledge gained; as I hope to mentor young Medical laboratory scientist and researchers in the field of Molecular Biology and Diagnostic Medicine. I will engage the youth in my immediate community by creating advocacy groups, we will carry out campaigns and enlightenment on prevention, voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/AIDs, TB, Malaria and other infectious diseases through successful partnership with NACA, MAPs, and other relevant agencies

By 2030, I will be a renowned Medically Scientist, locally and internationally with many of my research work been read globally and having significant improvement in the general health status of people living in Nigeria and the African Continent at large.

Okorie, your essay is good but comes out lacking in some parts and overdoing it in other sections. For starters, since this is a post study plan, you do not need to explain what your current profession is and how you function in this capacity. Just go directly to the post study discussion for your essay opening paragraph.

With regards to the second paragraph, it will be difficult for you to prove that you will be a good Chevening ambassador if you do not have any post study plans to help promote the scholarship program through a collaborative effort with a UK based organization in your country. You have a very specific plan regarding your work plans when you return to your home country, I am sure the UK has some ongoing medical projects or programs ongoing in your country. It would be best if you consider how the UK projects may help you promote yourself as a professional and as a Chevening scholar. That is a required element of the prompt so you have to provide that. Look into it. Ask the hospital to share some programs that they know about with you that you can consider for presenting in this essay.

Now, the 2023 plan really sounds like an exaggeration. You cannot achieve this plan within only 4-5 years. You also, will need a PhD, at the very least in order to get this group started. So you should be discussing advanced education plans by that year instead.

@andy121223
Hi. I'm afraid you misused the word 'toll" in your opening sentence. The reason is following.

"toll" in this sense means "the adverse effect of something", as in:
-> 'the environmental toll of the policy has been high'
-> 'Exacting treatment regimes take a dreadful toll on their bodies and their psychological well-being.'
reference: en.oxforddictionaries/definition/toll

You didn't mean your profession have adverse effects on saving lives., did you? If so, you should have written "my profession as...have positive effects on saving lives".

Okory, your post study plan seems convincing. However, you should give an additional explanation in some points to make it sounds better.

I'll start with this point,
where I make the difference in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in my immediate environment.
you should elaborate this point. with your job as a medical laboratory scientist what kind of action which you can do to make the difference. Because, in my opinion your job will not allow to have frequents immediate contact with the people living with HIV/AIDS

You should pinpoint The UK organization which currently work on the issue in your country and say that with you gaining your master degree in UK will give you access to collaborate with those organization. I suggest you this, because as the contributor said in my essay, the weakness of the post study plan usually comes from the oversight on the part of the applicant regarding UK based activities in our home country. So you have to gather some more detailed information related to this field.

thank You all for your contribution. I am grateful. I will take note of the corrections

Hi Okorie,
I don't think your third paragraph makes any significant impact on your essay of Career Plan. In my opinion, even without joining in Chevening scholarship you can do these activities with your knowledge you gain from local universities.

However, your fouth paragraph has a potential to be developed better because it is beneficial for your community. If perhaps you check in the UK programmes held in your country, you can find some ideas to relate your ideas below to their programmes which will make your essay more convincing. Explaining it in a more detailed way will help make your essay stronger.