SELF AWARENESS Flashcards
Tell us a bit about yourself
My family and I immigrate to australia in 2015 from Muscat, oman, a country in the middle east
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What are your interests and hobbies?
good to mean team based or active hobbies
debating(participate in inter-house debating competitions)
swimming(recreational swimming)
badminton(played during school tournaments during years 9 and 10) and still continue to play during the weekends with my dad
played the flute in the school orchestra in my early high school ears(spring and winter concerts)
love to draw and create art and painting.
what have you learnt from your involvement in extra-curricular activities
- debating: I have learned the importance of teamwork through my experiences of participating in intercourse debating, I have learned the importance of teamwork, communication skills, and time management
- badminton: By being involved in school interhouse debating competition, I have learned the importance of teamwork, conflict resolution skills, and commitment to continuous improvement
- flute in the orchestra(concert): by being involved in preparing for winter and spring concerts, i was able to further develop my conscientiousness skills.
- drawing, and painting:/recreational swimming is one of the ways I manage stress, helps me to channel time away from work. I learned to cultivate these hobbies as a way to manage stress
You say you like sport. What does the way you play sport say about you?
- I am hardly competitive in the games i play, i enjoy the aspect of playign together as a team, and building friendly relationship than the competitive aspect. This is why i take loss in a particular badminton game lightheartedly because I see it as a opportunity of improvement.
- Being involved in badminton tournaments has helped me to build resilience and hone my skills to achieve my best in games, so I do not give up easily
- If i experience challenges when playing such as gettign easily tired when playing rounds, i try to improve to stamina and practice to overcome it
What is your most valued achievement
My most valued achievement is being accepted into my dream selective school, Nossal high school, a school that selects students academically.
I value this achievement as the acceptance is a reward for the hard I worked for it and the consistent amount of effort I had put, by keeping mysel motivated.
This achievement has also led me to make life long friendships and connections during my time at the school.
Who in your life has influenced you and how?
What are your strengths?
Not choose strengths that most people invited to interview will have
or strengths already covered in interview(listening or communication skills)
list three qualities
give examples (achievements or difficult circumstances that you have endured)
When deciding how to answer, think about why you are strong, have you always been that way, has it come naturally or have you had to work to perform in area
I have two strengths.
firstly I am a quick learner and am able to quickly understand and grasp things
pe: bind academy, when I initially joined as a tutor, I was completely new to the concept of tutoring and the NSW education system, I was able to quickly familiarize myself and able to deliver engaging lessons to students, my supervisor, head of the company lauded me for attribute for being a quick learner
upon reflection, the ability to be a quick learner will aid my medical studies, as it will allow me to efficiently learn the vast amount of information learned in medical school and later on as a doctor, where they constantly need to process scientific information and deliver best patient outcomes
Secondly, I can easily connect with people and have an interest in getting to know them recently in my neighborhood, I developed a friendship with a lady in her 60s with whom we regularly talk and exchange cultural similarities, we built a trusting relationship, where she was even comfortable enough to confide in a medical condition she holds.
upon reflection, the ability to connect with people is essential in the field of medicine, where doctors have to general willingness to get to know people and develop trusting relationships.
what do you think is your biggest flaw?
`1.STRESS management
2.in year 11 and 12
3.put a coping mechanism in place
4.meditating
5.take breaks
6.able to overcoe—impact for future
7. reflective journaling–self improvement
what would you most like to change about yourself?
if you could describe something that sets you apart from every other applicant, what should it be?
how would a friend/ family member describe you?
they would describe me as considerate and curious
-actively listen and provide
stress make sure have somone to talk nd suggest solutions–check in
curoito–love to learn how and why—-small details of a concept
what kind of friends do you have?
I have a diversity of friends from a range of cultural and religious backgrounds. Nearly and all of my friends have common interests ranging from favorite music bands to similar ambitions, that is enter into the medical profession.
do you think the medical course will help you improve yourself?
Yes, definitely, it will provide me a chance to expand my knowledge in areas of human health and illness,
further improve my communication skills, and obtain an insight into human nature, allowing me to learn to empathize more with others.
further, the bond medical course will also help me overcome my weakness of stress management in certain situations by exposing me to various clinical situations during medical school, that will let me build my emotional stability and coping skills.
do you participate in any extracurricular activities and if you do, how do you think this will benefit a future career in medicine?
1.teamwork-volunteer foraemeal
-work in a team food pcking event
-communication
-medicine-ability to work in a team important work with other allied health professionals
- leadership skills-tutorial leader
-coordinate
-motivation
-lead groups such as clinical research grups - ability to listen
-debating rounds
actively listen to other teams arguments
and improvise and accomodate
medicine-activtie listening)literacy, valued)
do you understand the difference between sympathy and empathy?
empathy means being able to put yourself in others’ shows and to imagine and understand how they are feeling at a given moment for example: by acknowledging the possible emotions that patients might be feeling
doctors should be able to empathize with patients to provide the best level of care possible to be compassionate towards a person in need.
Throughout my work as a current tutor, there have been many occasions where i had to empathize with students, like acknowledging emotions of frustration when they are struggling with a concept or question, and reassuring them they can do it if they calm think about think the different ways to solve it.
on the other hand, sympathy is an act of sharing those feelings with another for for exampe being a milar situation
