Graduation what after?

After my graduation, I was very happy because I finished my three years of study in Biomedical Laboratory Technology with straight A’s but I had to make a decisive choice. Which one of my choices will be handy to have a better life?

Choice 1 : Internship.

Choice 2 : Work.

Choice 3 : University.

Internship.

The post-school internship would be very interesting, as it gives me more opportunities to attend the job market and see the work in practice. I thought it will be afoot in the door for my field of study. Where do I have to do my internship?

Choice 1 : At a private clinic.

Choice 2 : At a hospital.

Work.

After having spent several interviews, I had the choice to work in two big places. Will the choice of work be a dead-end job and I will not be able to advance in knowledge?

Choice 1 : Research Center.

Choice 2 : University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM hospitals).

University.

As I was a person who likes to evolve to enrich his knowledge in the field of Biology, so I was perplexed between:

Choice 1 : Masters in Microbiology and Immunology at UDM.

Choice 2 : Bachelor of Biology.

Internship at a private clinic.

I was very excited to have found an internship quickly compared to my colleagues who are doing the same internship search.

Choice 1 : Work for one month and I heat it.

Choice 2 : I had a car accident on the first day of my internship.

Internship at a big hospital.

The internship in a hospital laboratory is very interesting because I will have the possibility of handling several biological specimens.

Choice 1 : Very interesting work at the lab I learned to use many kinds of laboratory devices.

Choice 2 : My internship request was refused.

Research Center.

Working in the research lab has been my dream since I was a little girl who loves science. Finally, I got the opportunity to make at least one of my little dreams come true.

Choice 1 : Research work on insects.

Choice 2 : A group work on the new variants of the COVID-19 virus.

University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM hospitals).

I passed through a stressful period and I worked hard to get a foot in the door in the world of care health. I had to find a job because bills overwhelmed me. Finally, one of my requests was accepted to work in a hospital in Montreal. I got a job at CHUM hospital but I had to make a choice between two places.

Choice 1 : Work at FLEURY Hospital.

Choice 2 : Work at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.

Masters in Microbiology and Immunology at UDM.

My request for the Master was refused, but the department of microbiology and immunology suggested that I do first a preparatory year and then integrates the Master.

Choice 1 : I accepted the preparatory year.

Choice 2 : I refused the preparatory year.

Bachelor of Biology.

I chose to go back to university and do biology. I had an interview with a professor in the biology department, and he accepted me without delay. On my first day at university, I met this professor, and he was nice and gentle mean. After two or three days of working together at the lab, he flirted with everything I do. That wasn’t a big deal in the beginning because everyone can flirt. But when he flirted every day with no stop, I asked him not to do. I said it was misconduct and unacceptable behavior because he looks like a perpetrator to me. He was angry and at this moment the sexual harassment started. As a recipient, I felt dread of everything. I was dreading to stay alone with him in the lab and I tried to deter him in several ways, but he didn’t stop. I did a complaint against him at the head of the department and I chose to change university.

Choice 1 : End of the story

Work at FLEURY Hospital.

I chose FLEURY hospital. I had a good feeling to start work in my field of study as a Lab Technologist. The work was connected to what I learned all these years. It was time to practice my knowledge and skills, and I will earn a wage for the job. That wage will be a premium wage for me. To know how to do the work correctly, the manager put me on OJT for three days. That task was given to an older co-worker but unfortunately, this person was a new worker. This person didn’t know ins-and-outs of this job. Me, as a trainee I had to be very concentrated to understand and the job in the right way later. The error is serious in this kind of job. It wasn't easy to be a trainee with a trainer who was new. I had some drawbacks during the OJT. The training was missing much information and the trainer had biases concerning women who wear a headscarf, for her these women are not up to scientific work. On the fourth day, I had to work alone in this area, and the trainer was absent that day, and from the beginning, I had a problem. The trainer forgets to give me the pass code of the database. After one month of working alone, I became a brilliant worker and my managers congratulated me on the quality of my work and my initiatives to improve it.

Choice 1 : End of the story

Work at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.

When I started at this new job, I was pretty sure work with a big group will not be simple. I knew that I would be with that person who will hinder the productivity of the group or undermine our work. Last Sunday, While I was working, one of my colleagues Manama undermined me, just because she didn't like me as a Muslim. This same person was my trainer, and she was withholding information about work for every day of the training. Another trainee was getting sucked up by other coworkers. More often than not I make the effort to do my work, I wonder why I even bothered certain people. I did my best all the time to do work correctly, but she was hindering my work, but no one hindered her. This coworker engaged in Office politics to ruin my reputation in eyes of my boss. When I became a trainer in my turn, I never withhold information from the new trainee. Undermining people was the worst thing a saw at work. My experience at this job gave me the opportunity to learn how to react in front of different personalities of colleagues. Get sucked up in work is not acceptable for me now. Finally, the boss called Manama and talked to her to change her attitude and her payment was withheld until the work was completed.

Choice 1 : End of the story

Research work on insects.

On the first day in the laboratory I started my on-the-job training it was very interesting to see all the species of an insect where the researchers worked on them for research in the field of ecology.

Choice 1 : Boring job.

Choice 2 : I broke the vial of insects.

A group work on the new variants of the COVID-19 virus.

After the arrival of COVID-19 the virus does not stop from this mutant so Canada has chosen to work on the subjects of the variants. I was one of the technologists chosen to work on his subjects.

Choice 1 : Work on a new vaccine.

Choice 2 : I handled a covid-19 culture without the mask.

I was a trainee for one month and I heated it.

The clinic doesn't have many patients and the manager order me to clean rooms there. It was maddening to accept that. It was not the purpose of the internship to do the housework. So, I left the internship then I applied to the university.

Choice 1 : Go to university

I had a car accident on the first day of my internship.

Before I even started, I lost my dream to be a lab technologist. That accident abolished my dream of working in this field.

Choice 1 : End of the story

A very interesting internship at the lab.

One of my professors who worked at a hospital laboratory proposed to help me. he was the manager in a laboratory. He gave me a project to validate a new laboratory technique. The experience came in handy because I had a good opportunity to put my knowledge into practice. As an intern, once I learned the ropes at this internship, I became very good at any work I do. I learned to use many kinds of laboratory devices. That experience was invaluable in that place. After this experience, I had to find a job because bills overwhelmed me, and sadly interns don’t get a wage from internships. Finally, one of my requests was accepted to work in a hospital in Montreal. I was on the job training for a week, and that helped, it was a drove test to familiarize myself with the work environment.

Choice 1 : End of the story

My internship request was refused.

Unfortunately, my request was not answered positively, because human resources asked me to wait for the employees to return from their vacation. They don't have a person to train new trainees but the human resources of the hospital asked me to wait until the end of the vacation period. I was on their waiting list to do the internship, but they never called me.

Choice 1 : End of the story

Boring job.

After 6 months of work, it becomes redundant work, and there was nothing new. I had to repeat the same thing every day on the same insect. That job was my only income to pay my bills. I had to put aside my feelings about it and do overtime work for several months.

Choice 1 : End of the story

I broke the vial of insects.

One day in the morning I arrived late for work so, I returned to the lab quickly to make up for the delay that I had done and prepared the insects, and injected the research product into the vial of the insects. I had bad time management that day, for this I had to do the Work faster than I dropped the Vial and the insects bit me.

Choice 1 : I had a serious unknown illness.

Choice 2 : Caution during handling

Work on a new vaccine.

It was a good opportunity to learn about these new diseases and to help all humanity to pass through these hard years of the pandemic.

Choice 1 : End of the story

Work on covid-19 culture without a mask.

That day, I had several specimens to prepare for the Research Center Professor, so I touched positive viral culture specimens without putting on the mask as recommended by public health. Because of my misconduct by don't wear the mask, I was infected by the new variant of the COVID-19 and I got a big health problem for many years. But after five years of illness, I was able to return to my job and to realize other dreams which are to buy a house with an engagement in a mortgage with the bank.

Choice 1 : End of the story

I accepted the preparatory year.

This opportunity gave me more chances to continue and do the doctorate in Virology.

Choice 1 : I was infected by HIV.

Choice 2 : I worked on the HIV and I found a solution to eradicate this virus.

I refused the preparatory year.

I didn't agree to degrade myself because I already have a bachelor's degree in Microbiology. For this I decided, never to go back to university.

Choice 1 : End of the story

I was infected by HIV.

To finalize my doctorate in virology I chose the subject of HIV, but unfortunately, during my manipulations, I was infected by the virus, and I am no longer with you now in this world.

Choice 1 : End of the story

A solution to eradicate this virus.

I worked many years on HIV and I found a solution to eradicate completely this virus from the human body. This news has made the whole world talk, after several years research has yielded nothing to eradicate this deadly disease. Mankind can now rest from HIV. For this important work, I got a Nobel Prize.

Choice 1 : End of the story

I had a serious unknown illness.

A few days after my accident with the insects I have spots on my body and I had headaches, after several consultations with several doctors, no one has found what is my disease, so I stayed all my life at home without going out.

Choice 1 : End of the story

I was feeling good.

That day, I was very stressed because of insects bit, for this, I asked the manager to give me a leave of absence. I was thinking that could undermine years of my hard work. A few days later I forgot all the story and I tried to do the job with a little more of caution during handling insects.

Choice 1 : End of the story