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Statement of Educational Goals

I am a fourth year medical student at the American University of Beirut. I am


currently in the final stages of attaining my MD. These last months will be crucial to
my formation as doctor. It is in these last months that I will get a final exposure to
the many fields of medicine. It is also now that we get the chance to sample
education at an institution other than the one we will be training at.
Duke is a school that does not need introduction. Everybody knows how good
Duke is. I would find it invaluable to have the chance of rotating at Duke for 4 or 8
weeks. If I get the chance to visit and be a part of this great institution, education
will be my main concern.
While I am working with the residents and fellows at Duke, I will be exposed
to the lifestyle of a doctor in training. By being part of their team I will learn how to
juggle the stressing work hours, the huge study load and maintaining a passion for
medicine. The resident is an invaluable educator, for he/she is the closest to my age
and way of thinking. They are the only people in medicine who can teach you the
small logistics and technicalities of the practice.
Working with the faculty at Duke would serve as a great tool to learn from
world renowned clinician/scientists. Ive heard positive feedback from people who
have previously been to Duke as residents or visiting students. Hopefully, I can get
the same learning experience when it comes to observing the attending and
discussing the various aspects of medicine. By working under the supervision of the
attending, I will be able to learn about diagnosis, management, and patient-doctor
relationship. Having that experience away from my home school and especially at
Duke would add another layer to my learning experience.
I am set for a career in orthopaedic surgery. So I have applied for an elective
in orthopaedic surgery starting January 11 till February 7 of 2016 at Duke. This
would help enlarge my limited fund of knowledge in orthopaedics. I will be able to
act as a sub-intern taking history, performing a physical exam, and hopefully
learning some minor procedures and observing in the OR. I will be a visiting student
at one of the oldest orthopaedic surgery schools in the world.
However; due to the limitations inherent in our schedules and curricula as
medical students, we often dont spend enough time in the fields we love. Ive only
had 3 weeks of orthopaedic surgery at AUB and never been a part of the cardiology,
infectious diseases, or the RAD-ONC team. Through this elective experience I also
hope to get exposure to fields other than orthopaedics which also interest me. As
such, I will either further stress my dedication to orthopaedics or question it after
rotating through different clerkships either in the January 11 till February 7 period or
the one right after (February 8 till March 5 2016).
Thank you,
Micheal Raad
American University of Beirut - Faculty of Medicine - Med IV

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