Medical School Essays: Beyond the MCAT - Timing & Content

Question
Hi Robert
I hope I'm finding you in the best of health.I have one final question that will make up my decision about Medical school:
Besides the MCats, Are there any other times where I would have to write an essay?When?Are they "medical" essays or real "English" essays like the Mcats?

Is it natural for me to feel like I have nothing to write about on the essay.(I just started college)(I looked inside the Kaplan book on Amazon.com and saw that those questions are really difficult to write an essay about(for me).Like,"The best kind of education encourages students to question authority.")Do you think I would have more to write about once I finish college.Are there any courses that help people brainstorm what to write about on a specific topic?(kaplan,college,any?)
Thank you so much for your help and insight into Medical school

Answer
Not that I know of for plain medical school.  We didn't have to write essays for the MCATS, but med schools are now looking for more complete people to be doctors, just not us bookworms that can recite facts, I guess.  But, if you wind up getting a masters in public health or doing research along with regular med school you will have papers, but med school, after you are in, is learning the body, initially normals in the first year, abnormals/disease states second year, then 3&4 putting the info together with actual patients.   I always thought Kaplan was a wonderful system that helped me a lot with my mcats, but that was sometime back in 1981 or so.  So the mcats are different, but Kaplan has always been a very upstanding prep system.