On Thursday night I attended Dr. Nancy Snydermen speech about media and health and what it is like to be a medical viagra cialis online pharmacy pharmacy and work as a journalist as well (She was the distinguished speaker for the 19th annual Jessica Savitch distinguished journalism lecture series). Dr. Nancy Snyderman gave information that was beneficial to two types of people: the journalist/broadcasters and the biologist/scientist. It was interesting to see a mix of both of these things and it was even more interesting to hear Dr. Nancy Snyderman explain how she got to that position and the type of issues and circumstances she finds her self in as a medical doctor and a medical reporter.
Dr. Snyderman started of her speech explaining how she always knew she always wanted to be a medical doctor since she was three years old. Throughout the years she pursed her medical dream by attending the University of Nebraska medical school. Afterward she specialized in ear, nose and throat surgery. She explained, however that her local news recorded her a few times for the nightly news, and the producer told her that she was pretty good at explaining things. So she decided that she would pitch the idea of becoming a medical reporter to ABC and its affiliates news. In the end she worked for ABC as a correspondent for 17 years. She was featured on 20/20, Primetime, and Good Morning America (I have watched several episodes of these shows were she was on an episode). Following her career at she discussed her move to MSNBC. She discussed some of the aspects of her job and how competition was more prevalent in some settings and not in others. She explained how sometimes her medical career and her reporting career came into conflict with each other. She used the example of the Haiti disaster. She had to put her doctor “hat” on although she was there for a reporting job form MSNBC she did not let that stop her for utilizing her medical skills. In fact she had to amputate a young mans arm because she knew that was the best thing for him. She saves lives and she reports and sometimes she has to do both. She ended her speech explaining how she still works for the staff of University of Pennsylvania ears, nose, and throat department. She closed it explaining how we can all really live any dream we want as long as we put our mind to it.
This week I focused on the audience’s response to the performers. The audience seemed so compelled by her speech and her work. They were so interested. The line for questions was extremely long and we had to cut it short. Which indicated to me that the audience really loved her and her message. Her visual aids were so emotional and personal and it really showed us that she loved her job. It made her presentation even more relatable.
I really enjoyed this speech. It has really changed me views about my career yes. I still want to be a medical doctor, but Dr. Nancy Snyderman just opened up a new field and aspect that I never thought about. This event really addresses our goals of becoming a more active Ithaca college member. I would absolutely recommend this event to other people it was so informative, yet very compelling.
