By OBAKENG MAJE
North West University (NWU) student, Tebogo Monogo was over the moon after being announced as the winner of the Next Generation of Brave competition recently. The competition was facilitated by Adcock Ingram OTC in partnership with News24.
Monogo who is a second-year pharmacy student and also holds a BSc degree from the NWU, won the Readers’ Choice Award after receiving 2 300 of the total of 10 450 votes. She was mentored by Dr Stephan Steyn, a senior lecturer in pharmacology at the NWU.
“This means a lot to me and it is not only because of the sponsorship I received but also because Adcock Ingram gave all current and aspiring healthcare workers the chance to be celebrated during an extremely difficult and trying year.
“Celebrating our profession and the work we do uplift our spirits and make it worthwhile for putting ourselves out there. This motivates me and I am looking forward to my professional years,” she said.
The readers’ choice winner was chosen by the most reader’s votes, while the judges’ choice winner was selected anonymously by the panel of judges. Meanwhile, the PhD candidate Veneshley Samuels from the University of Cape Town won the Judges’ Choice Award.
This programme aims to assist healthcare students financially, to provide them with mentorship from academia and industry, and subsequently promote their career development within the healthcare sector. With so many inspirational featured stories of brave young students and professionals in the healthcare industry, it came down to the readers’ and judges’ votes to pick the winners.
The two winners each receive a R25 000 scholarship to further their studies. Their mentors will also be walking away with an all-expenses-paid trip to an overseas medical conference of their choice, and the opportunity to pay-it-forward by donating R25 000 to a registered NPO charity of their choice.
*Article adapted from News24
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