Each spring, OAFP asks fourth-year Ohio medical students to submit their personal statements that were written for application to family medicine residency programs.

"As a family physician, I will have the skills necessary to treat disease and will also consider the holistic needs of my patients - physically, socially and spiritually. Being a family physician will give me the opportunity to spend my life serving others, which is my greatest goal..." read more »

"I want to be a family physician in order to provide that personal medical home to a specific community, whether that community is an underserved population here in the United States or elsewhere in the worldwide community..." read more »

"In health care there are many problems left to be solved and unmet needs. My experience has shown me that with the support of others I am able to successfully face these challenges..." read more »

"I am excited by the challenge family medicine provides, requiring me to be knowledgeable in most aspects of medicine..." read more »

"Family medicine is the perfect specialty for me. Primary care will allow me to take care of the whole person, or family, which is very important to me. It will allow me to keep a wide perspective on health problems encountered by everyday people..." read more »

"I appreciate that the practice of family medicine realizes the complex social interactions as well as the physical manifestations of disease affecting each individual patient. My long-term goal has always been to return to my hometown to serve the local rural population..." read more »

"I see that family medicine is the perfect place for me. I enjoy the diversity of the patients and the challenge of undifferentiated medicine. I am committed to the concept of longitudinal care, and I look forward to rich long-term relationships with my patients..." read more »