Sunday, February 28, 2016

My Field of Study

In this post, I will write about my field of study.
 
Pixabay, "Doctor." Public Domain.
Students in my program (physiology) learn everything there is to know about how the human body works. The department of physiology prepares students for careers in the medical field; it is the only undergraduate major offered through the College of Medicine.

People who get degrees in this field usually go on to graduate school. Potential graduate schools can typically vary from physical therapy, physician’s assistant, and medical school.

I was drawn into this field because I have always been interested in science classes, and I aspire to become a surgical physician’s assistant in my future. I have a passion to help people and human anatomy fascinates me. In order to achieve my goals as a PA, the requirements to be accepted into PA school were most closely related to the graduation requirements of the physiology major.

Three of the leaders involved in Physiology in 2016:

Bishop is a medical oncologist at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He led a clinic that allows patients to receive treatment and return daily to their families and the comforts of home.  He believes that when you are up and moving around, the lungs are more expanded, the oxygenation is better, and organs perform better. His dedication to his research on the prevention and treatment of relapse after stem cell transplantation inspires me because not only does he serve as an amazing doctor, but also as a remarkable mentor.

Albain is a medical oncologist at Loyola University Health System. She has led a ton of studies in the fight against lung and breast cancer. She has been doing research to prove that many breast cancer patients can avoid chemotherapy. She claims that this research will help cut a lot of the debilitating side effects that couldn’t be controlled before. She is interesting to me because her findings make a huge difference in the lives of cancer patients.

Argo is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. He works with high school athletes as well as college athletes. He currently sees patients at a bunch of different locations all over the country. He inspires me because I have interests in sports medicine and his success has motivated me to take more interest in this field of medicine.

Three leading academic journals:

The journal publishes peer-reviewed descriptions of innovations that improve teaching in the classroom and lab, essays on education, and review articles based on our current understanding of physiological mechanisms. It was published on the Amercican Physiological Society website and can be found at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library.

The journal was published for the American Cancer Society, and provides peer-reviewed publications containing solicited review articles of interest to health care professionals interested in best practices for cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment.


The American Psychological Association publishes this journal bimonthly. It was published form 1921-1982 and includes articles that focus on experiments done on rats to determine more about memory functioning and physiology.

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