20 years later, the first Somali refugee doctor trained in Canada sets her sights on happier patients

.gcs-btyb { float:right; background-color:#eeeeee; color:#404040; max-width:260px; padding:1.5rem 1rem; font-family:'GMsanC-Regular'; line-height:1.4; font-size:0.95em; box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px -10% 2em 2em; } p.gcs-btyb-tag { font-family:'GMsanC-Bold'; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold; font-size:0.75em; margin-bottom:0.5em; } .gcs-btyb a:link, .gcs-btyb a:hover, .gcs-btyb a:visited { color:#404040; } img.gcs-client-logo { width:90px; display:block; margin: 0 auto; } @media only screen and (max-width: 800px) { .gcs-btyb { margin: 0 0px 2em 2em; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 500px) { .gcs-btyb { display: block; float: none; max-width: none; margin: 1rem auto 0px auto; } } The Globe’s Erin Anderssen has been following the story of Fahima Osman for more than 20 years as the former Somali refugee built a career in medicine. After this latest instalment, read more below from 2003, 2004 and 2013. When Fahima Osman mentors aspiring medical students in Canada’s Somali community, her advice is the same: Get to know yourself until you find the gift you were meant to give to the world. “Then chase it,” she tells them, “but be smart about it.”