Charles to Study Medicine in Australia

Chester Charles, a kicker on the Shaw football team, has been selected to participate in the International Mission on Medicine in Australia from May 15 to 26, 2004 . Charles will join eighty other college and university students from throughout the United States interested in medical careers for a culturally enriching experience designed to add to each participant’s personal knowledge, as well as academic and pre-professional profiles. 

Charles will visit the extraordinary cities of Sydney and Cairns and the distinguished halls of The University of Sydney School of Medicine and James Cook University.  Through observation and dialogues with medical staff, participants will also gain perspective on how western doctors administer care to Australia’s many ethnic groups.

 “As students like Chester Charles progress in their studies, it becomes increasingly important to gain a full perspective on how medicine is practiced in the United States and abroad,” said John Hines, executive director of Envision Institute, the organization that sponsors the International Missions. “The International Mission on Medicine joins the efforts of colleges and universities in offering experiential education that complements and enhances a college education.”

The program curriculum will introduce its participants to the pharmacology of the Aboriginal people and will provide a glimpse into current medical research being conducted at the Great Barrier Reef.

By focusing on education in which participants learn by doing, Envision Institute provides the skills and resources needed to succeed in our constantly changing world and gives its participants the opportunity to gain a tremendous head start on their career aspirations.

"I ma honored and privileged to be going to Australia," said Charles a sophomore from Baton Rouge, LA.  "It will give me a chance to see how they fight diseases in Australia."