Check out this article highlighting Michael Cadegan’s experience as an HRI intern:
Michael Cadegan (centre) with Pre-Med Society secretary Erika Kinach (left) and society events coordinator Jenna Coles
Evenings after work, Michael Cadegan would pile into a van with medical students studying in Cape Town, South Africa, and drive into the townships to help set up a mobile medical clinic.
As a volunteer with SHAWCO, he was able to shadow the med students, who were delivering primary health care treatment, and even help with some tasks.
“That was incredibly rewarding as well,” Mr. Cadegan says on the venture, one of many incredible experiences he gained as part of a six-month CIDA-funded internship in South Africa, the 2012 StFX biology and human kinetics graduate told members of StFX’s Pre-Med Society when he was back on campus in January 2013 as a guest of the society.
“It was absolutely amazing. I gained such amazing professional experiences …
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Published on Thursday January 24, 2013