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Building Bionic Limbs Inspires a Transition to Medicine - McNiel-Inyani Keri - TrailBlazers Episode 6


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McNiel-Inyani Keri comes on the podcast to highlight his exciting journey from designing bionic limbs during his Master's as a Mechanical Engineer at the University of Alberta to choosing Medicine at the University of Calgary where he's currently studying. Inyani focuses on where he went to figure out his "why" at each step of his journey which highlight by trying many different options to discover what he loved.  


Inyani touches on the aspect of his Master's group and other areas where he mentions that it's not "what you do, but who you do it with" that's the most important. Within this Master's group he mentions that the guidance of his supervisors to ask questions such as "why is this relevant?" helped guide research to making it have a big impact for society.  


Inyani touches on a story about how he drove around Alberta for 24 hours to hand out resumes to almost 300 companies, while only receiving one call back. The main takeaway is as long as you try, something will always come through!  Join us on listening to Inyani's exciting path so far and hear where he's planning to take his med education afterwards!  


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/bionic-limbs-researcher-edmonton-alberta-1.4573930 


https://trailblazerspod.com/ 


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