Overview of Purpose of Training to be a Physician

OVERVIEW OF PURPOSE OF TRAINING TO BE A PHYSICIAN

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I am (name) :

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After graduation from medical school, I intend to practice my profession in (specify municipality/city/province) :

OVERVIEW OF PURPOSE OF TRAINING TO BE A PHYSICIAN

Reynaldo O. Joson, M.D.

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A physician will go to a community to practice his profession.

A physician will serve a community.

Physician's primary concern: health needs or problems of the community, family, and individuals

Physician's goals:

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Whether you are still a medical student or already a board-certified physician, you will go back to a community during and after training.

The community you will go back to may be a municipality, a city, a province, a region, a country, or the world.

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You go back to the community for two big reasons:

1. To practice your profession (to earn a living) and

2. To be of service to the community.

Whatever you do, in the end, it boils down to being of service to the community.

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As a medical student or as a board-certified physician, your primary duty is to serve the health needs and to solve the health problems of the community.

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The health needs and problems of the community are not limited to those of the community per se. They include those of the families and individuals living within the community.

Thus, as a medical student or as a board-certified physician, you are expected to know how to serve the health needs and how to solve the health problems of individuals, families, and communities.

The health of each part is dependent on the health of the other parts.

The health needs or problems of an individual may be affected by the health needs or problems of the family or the community.

Likewise, the health needs or problems of the family and the community may be affected by the health needs or problems of an individual.

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Your goal in serving the health needs and solving the health problems of community is to develop a healthy community with healthy families and healthy individuals who can live a socially and economically productive life on earth.

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