Kyler Bless

Foundations of Public Health

11/15/2021
Assignment 4
Philosophy Statement
Health has always been a very interesting topic to me. Science was always my best
subject growing up because everything about the human body and the health of people would
fascinate me. I always spent time watching TV shows about medical things like Grey’s Anatomy
or Chicago Med. What I’m trying to say is that the topic of health has always been a huge
interest to me and naturally it is the path I chose for my career. I looked at many possibilities like
doctor, nurse, athletic trainer, and many more. Public Health really came into my interest when
COVID started and I started learning all about that. I found it very interesting and I wanted to
learn more about public health in general. Public Health is not my career choice. I have chosen
Physical Therapy as my career choice. However, I chose Public Health for my major because I
wanted to learn about public health, and it could still get me into PT school. Although it’s not my
main choice for a career, I still chose it for a reason which is I wanted to learn about Public
Health.
The population I want to serve is kids. I want to be a Physical Therapist and work in
pediatrics. Kids have always been a huge part of my life because my mom is a Pre-K teacher.
Therefore, I’ve always grown up surrounded by kids and I have learned to be very good with
them. Considering I want to be a Physical Therapist, the health topic I want to improve would be
recovery. I want to improve people’s recovery from injury and get them to a pain free state. I just
want to help people get back to their normal lives and enjoy themselves without small pains. I
chose this health career and these goals because I’ve always loved helping people. I’ve always
been a person to enjoy assisting others and seeing the smile on their face. So, naturally, I chose
being a physical therapist because I get to help people and make them happy.
Choosing to be a physical therapist brought me into the Public Health major because I
can get into the program with this major. However, I chose Public Health because it interests me
and I want to learn more. This major is very important to me because I think it is a very
important part of society. We need specialists in public health for situations just like this past
year. COVID was a perfect example of why public health workers are so vital to society. So this
major is very important to me because if physical therapy doesn’t work out, this would be my
next choice. Topics such as the CHES or behavioral theories are very interesting to me because I
think they are very important to the health of a population.
My short term plan is that I will graduate with a degree in Public Health in the summer of
2022 and I will attend PTA school to become a Physical Therapist Assistant. I will graduate with
that degree in 2024 and start my career to better the health of individuals. I will benefit society
with my goals by entering a field where all I do is help people and make people smile. I think my
goals are very positive and offer many benefits to individuals and society as a whole.