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and raised in the bay area, 5th generation
raised by a buddhist mother
- compassion, empathy, providing for others
viola since I was 10
- taught me lessons in leadership, teamwork, and
collaboration
College
- biopsychology
working at restaurant through college
- time management
- wanted to be working with people
started working in medicine
- tied together science, working with people, and providing
for others
worked with a PA
- collaboration with physician
- supporting role + independence
- moved to bay area
- closer to family
- oral surgery for 3 years
- work with patients from start to finish
- initial consult, pre-op, 1st assist in sx, post-op
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- excited to take the next step to also be involved in their
diagnosis and treatment planning
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first interaction with a PA, saw how closely he worked with
the physician but had autonomy to treat and diagnose.
Teamwork
- Me: always part of a close knit team
- orchestras, restaurants, clinics
- always integral within the team viola vs violin, PA vs
physician
- PA: allow me to be integral part of a healthcare team
- SMU: Jocelyn talking about how she couldn't have gotten
through school without her classmates. With the simulation
lab really work on collaborative problem solving and
collaborative treatment.
Lifelong learner
- Me:
- constantly learning things whether it's teaching myself to
cross stitch during the pandemic or always asking the
surgeon questions when I see new things in surgery
- Buddhist mind
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- PA:
- Being able to switch specialties will allow me to ensure that
I am constantly learning and will never fully be a master
because I can always go deeper in my own specialty, or start
learning more about another specialty
Helping those in need
- Me:
- Buddhist upbringing, always a part of my life and ideals
- PA:
- As a PA, I like that if I want to devote myself to primary care
I can, but I also know that I can pursue it on a volunteer basis
at underserved clinics should my specialty be something else.
PAs fill gaps in healthcare that traditional medical system
does not reach. As a PA you can go where you're most
needed, like in the pandemic.
- SMU: SMU focuses on community outreach both globally
and locally. Saw disparities on SA and India, admire SMU
ability to help people on a global level - medical service trips
to Panama and Mexican border. Also SMU makes a difference
locally providing healthcare to local underserved as well as
doing outreach to underserved high schools to introduce high
schoolers to career in healthcare.
Medical service educates students on global health and empo