Review the physician assistant (P.A.) program at the UC Davis using this link first: Describe how your life experiences contribute to the social, intellectual, or cultural diversity within a campus community and your chosen field.

Review the physician assistant (P.A.) program at the UC Davis using this link first:

https://health.ucdavis.edu/nursing/academics/programs/mhs-pa.html

These are the instruction and the guidelines for the personal statement:

The University of California Davis, a public institution, is committed to supporting the diversity of the graduate student body and promoting equal opportunity in higher education. This commitment furthers the educational mission to serve the increasingly diverse population and educational needs of California and the nation. Both the Vice Provost of Graduate Education/Dean of Graduate Studies and the University of California affirm that diversity is critical to promoting lively intellectual exchange and the variety of ideas and perspectives essential to advancing higher education and research. Our graduate students contribute to the global pool of future scholars and academic leaders, thus high value is placed on achieving a diverse graduate student body to support the University of California’s academic excellence. We invite you to include in this statement how you may contribute to the diversification of graduate education and the UC Davis community.

The purpose of this essay is to get know you as an individual and potential graduate student. Describe how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. You may include any educational, familial, cultural, economic, or social experiences, challenges, community service, outreach activities, residency and citizenship, first-generation college status, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey; how your life experiences contribute to the social, intellectual, or cultural diversity within a campus community and your chosen field; or how you might serve educationally underrepresented and underserved segments of society with your graduate education.

About me:

OBJECTIVE:

Medical doctor with over 17 years of healthcare experience seeks admission into UC Davis Physician Assistant program to utilize my skills, clinical knowledge, and passion to empower and educate the underserved populations and provide high quality patient care.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Medical Assistant/EKG Technician, At Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood, NJ Interact with patients to obtain pertinent health history and updating of electronic medical record. Obtain vital signs. Perform EKGs. Sterilize and disinfect equipment and prepare examination rooms.	March 2018-present
Phlebotomy Technician/EKG Technician, medical offices Jersey City and Bayonne, NJ Determined the best method for drawing blood dependent on patient. Collected blood samples from requested patients. Centrifuge samples to obtain results. Obtain vital signs. Perform EKGs.	September 2015-March 2018
General Pediatrician (M.D.), Matay General Hospital Matay, ElMina, Egypt Examine, diagnose, and treat sick children and infants. Assess and record health and normal physical development of newborns and children. Patient education to parents and families regarding normal health maintenance, prognosis, and treatment.	October 2006-August 2015
General Practitioner (M.D.), Bani Mazar General Hospital Bani Mazr, ElMina, Egypt Examine, diagnose, and treat ill patients. Refer patients to appropriate specialists and follow-up for continuity of care. Provide patient education for appropriate health maintenance and overall health.	April 2004-October 2006

EDUCATION:

New Jersey City University Bachelor of Arts (BA-Biology) Cumulative GPA: 3.87	September 2016-May 2019
Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt Diploma in Pediatrics	September 2007-September 2009
Faculty of Medicine ElMina University	September 1995-December 2002
ElMina, Egypt Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

 

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES:
Phlebotomy Technician certification EKG Technician certification Diploma in Pediatrics Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery	October 2015 September 2015 October 2009 December 2002
Bachelor of Arts (BA-Biology)                        May 2019

Regarding the community service:

To Whom It May Concern:

Mr. Shenouda Ibrahim has been volunteering at our church community since February 2018, during Sundays, with an average of 5 to 6 hours per week. Mr. Ibrahim has been completed more than 250 hours up to-day. These volunteering services include, but not limited to, welcoming members and visitors, handing out bulletins, assisting people with special needs like wheelchair and stroller, transporting supplies from storage area as needed, checking the restrooms in between the services to ensure that they are neat and clean, assist church’s members and visitors to find parking spots, organizing and setting-up children’s classroom, assisting with weekly children’s lessons and cleaning and sanitizing the children’s toys and equipment.

Mr. Ibrahim has good communication and coordination skills.                                                                                      I believe that Shenouda would be a great asset to any team

 

Regarding the underserved areas:

Back in Egypt, I worked as a medical doctor (2004-2015) in very poor villages, poor people without insurance coverage, and with low socio-economic status.