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Girls in STEM
Buket Karakaş
Prof . Dr . Özlem Alkan
Başkent University , Department of Radiology
Özlem ALKAN was one of the last guest of STEM webinar . She recognized herself and explained her profession to our students . Our students asked questions about Medicine Faculty and her profession . Here is part of his speech . Thanks to Dr Özlem Alkan .
" My name is Özlem Alkan and I am 45 years old . I am from Sivas ( It is in the east of Turkey ) I am married and have 2 daughters aged 11 and 15 . I work in Başkent University Medical School in Adana in Neuroradiology Department . I decided to be a doctor when I was in High School . I and my best friend were dreaming to be doctor . I studied the first two years of Primary School in the village where my parents worked as teachers . My mother was my first teacher and in the village I studied with first , second and third grades so the conditions in village were not easy . After a while , we moved to Sivas and I continued my education there . ( I mean the rest of the Primary School , Middle School and High School ) I passed the university exam and was accepted to Ankara Medicine School . Studying in Ankara University of Medicine was so proud but difficult . Only half of the school was able to graduate and the rest must have extended the time . After I had graduated from the university , I was accepted to radiology department in Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir ( it is in the west of Turkey ) I worked as an Assistant doctor and it was nice but hard . I became specialist doctor in 2002 and started to work in Adana in Neuroradiology Department .