Waterloo Pharmacy students show resilience in the face of emergency
When Melinda Bai (PharmD ’24) and Shirley Ma (PharmD ’24) signed up to complete their co-op work terms in Edson, Alberta, they did not expect to undergo not only one, but two wildfire evacuations, flood warnings and tornado watches. This was a co-op experience like no other.
“The day before our work term started, we received news that the small town we were to work in evacuated the day before,” Bai says. “I was pretty nervous. We didn’t know anyone else, and we didn’t know what to expect.”
Bai and Ma spent a week in a hotel in Edmonton waiting for the wildfire evacuations to subside. Once the residents relocated into town, Bai and Ma began their work term.
This co-op work term was challenging in unexpected ways for Bai and Ma but everything they experienced and learned have prepared them for future emergency situations, giving them confidence in their future pharmacy careers.
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