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Hello, my name is Amanda Mooneyham. I'm a returning fourth-year at UC Davis School
of Medicine, and you may recognize me from another video that we had done where I had
used captioning in the O.R. from one of my third-year rotations.
And so I'd like to do an update with you. That surgical rotation was fantastic. I had
a great time. I learned a lot. It was very hands-on for me and I think that
I got the most out of the experience because of the captioning.
Another update is I started a little bit of my fourth year and I returned to another surgery
rotation with plastic surgery. That is incredible. And I used interpreters in that setting, instead
of captioning, just to compare it. You know they've both worked very well for
me. For the last year I enrolled in a master's
of public health program at UC Davis and I met a whole bunch of new classmates who are
phenomenal with a big interest in medicine and public health.
I chose to enroll in the public health program because I wanted to learn how to be more effective
in the community, not just in my clinic setting itself, but beyond that.
It's so important to treat somebody not as an individual, but in the context in their
environment. I just graduated with a master's of public
health last weekend and I am going to be graduating with a medical degree in 2014.
My plan is to apply for family medicine and I'm hoping to do something in an unopposed
program where I can get the most hands on experience as I can.
Well, since I was in the MPH program I had a little bit more free time than in medical
school, so I did some traveling. I went to Germany for the first World Championship
for the Deaf for alpine ski racing. I did a medical mission trip in Honduras,
and I climbed Mt. Rainier last summer. Well, this summer I'm going back to medical
school, so I'll be trying out rehab and burn surgery, both of which were on my bucket list
of things I wanted to do in medical school. Medicine definitely has been a calling for
me, and I'm so grateful to be a part of this institution and part of this culture. It's
really been amazing. I absolutely encourage any deaf, blind, disabled,
anybody with a disability to apply for medical school. There really should be no limitations.
Just even based on my experience you have a real opportunity to be a leader in medicine.