Med student Qassim Tejpar in rural Alberta

Qassim Tejpar always wanted to become a doctor.

“I was interested in it as a child,” he explained, adding medical shows on TLC especially sparked his interest.

For Everett Zdrill, it was the challenge of doing “something hard, something different”, and a way to combine his love of science and desire to work with people.

Tejpar and Zdrill are in Edson as part of the Integrated Community Clerkship Program, a provincial voluntary initiative for third- and fourth-year medical students which involves them practicing under a physician in a rural area for nine months. In Edson, Dr. Jo Ann Robinson and Dr. Brian Willis are the mentors.

via Med students shadow docs – Edson Leader – Alberta, CA.