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Malawi Experience SCOPE in Barcelona General Assembly August Meeting International Language Club Human brain is the innervated universe Surgical suturing workshops Simulation Congress

2IFMSA Lublin & English Division

Content:(Liu Wei - Chen)

(Magdalena Adamczyk)

(Aleksandra Szczepanek)Simulation Congress

Content editors:

Ting-I HuangLiu Wei - Chen

Magdalena AdamczykMaria Gołębiowska

Mohammad Suleman RajaAleksandra Szczepanek

Our Team:Editor in Chief: Maria GołębiowskaDesign: Ilona Wałęcak, Łukasz Łepik

Malawi Experience

SCOPE in Barcelona

(Maria Gołębiowska)General Assembly August Meeting

(Mohammad Suleman Raja) International Language Club

(Huang Ting-I)Surgical suturing workshops

Human brain is the innervated universe (Maria Gołębiowska)

Layout: Ilona Wałęcak

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Yeh HsinHung

IFMSA Lublin & English Division

Message from Editor in Chief

We are back, Dear Readers!

After a great welcome from our academic society we decided to release shortly after the premiere issue this second one, as the thank you for all our enthusiasts who are willing to write, read and explore the IFMSA world :)

February means winter in Poland, and because of Polish freezing weather we would like to share with you our summer memories. In this issue you will �nd the articles about Malawi experience of our new member – Amber Liu, who was HIV peer educator two years ago. Then you will �nd the memories of Magda Adamczyk, our 4th year medical student, who went for the professional exchange to Barcelona previous year. We have also the report on General Assembly August Meeting in Taiwan – the internation-al meeting of medical students from all over the world.

This year, the amount of English Division students who got the chance to go for the exchange is amaz-ing! Our volunteers and coordinators are visiting Turkey, Tunisia, Japan, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Catalo-nia, Brasil and Denmark this year – it will be worth waiting for their articles on the research and clinical work they accomplished this summer!

How to prepare for the exchange? Visa, vaccines, paperwork... But what is more important, The Language! Learning foreign languages allows us to get more of the cultural and historical aspects of our exchanges. IFMSA helps in this as well – Mohammad Suleman Raja told us about International Language Club, during which we can learn languages from our colleagues!

We are really looking forward to summer, aren't we? But in the meantime, we need to remember about gaining more are more knowledge in medicine. That is why in this issue we would like to introduce you to the workshops of English Division Lublin – surgical suturing ( by our Basic and Advanced Surgical Suturing Coordinator Evelyn Huang) and EEG and EEG-biofeedback workshops. If you want to be surgeons or neurologists in the future – these projects are de�nitely for you! :)

Next semester we are also preparing for the Simulation Congress, which is happening in Lublin for the third time! You can check out report on the last edition of the Congress from Ola Szczepanek, who was in the Organizing Committee of the conference!

Maria Gołębiowska

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I’ve been to Malawi for my summer internship in 2012 and participated in several programs, the HIV/AIDS supervision program with UN volunteers, international student volunteer program, being a novitiate in Muzzu Central Hospital and industrial factory walkthrough for occupational health program. The HIV/AIDS supervision program is mainly the biggest part of my whole summer. It was a good way to see how WHO try to control the HIV/ AIDS preva-lence in the real aspect. I followed a group of UN doctors to several rural places in the north-ern Malawi. There were not a lot of hospital or clinics. Therefore, our main targets were focus-ing on local health centers. This program was basically supervising the ART, antiretroviral therapy, and also strengthening the local health care system though the health worker or nurses. What we had to do is checking all the register books and the ARV, antiretroviral, drugs, making a database for each year and analyzing it.

Everyday, we had to wake up early in the morning drove at least two hours sometimes �ve hours to the sites. Since the computers were not really common in each health center, every data of each patient was recorded in paperwork. In hence, we had to check each data and re-register them. This always took us two to three hours for checking one health center. While we did the database, the UN doctors always needed to correct the register papers and ensure that the local health workers or nurses know everything in the right way. For example, they recommended pregnant women to go to local health center or hospital to deliver their children rather then in their home, in order to lower down the probability of transmission of HIV from mother to children, the PMTCT, Prevent-ing Mother to Child Transmission through giving medication to reduce the virus number from the risk of parental transmission. There was an inter-esting mistake got corrected in which took us a while to deal with the un-match numbers from the register books. One woman got the ART, how-ever she delivered twins. That means that there were two children, not only one child, got treat-ed. Another interesting things always happened everyday in our supervision is that, we always found out that some drugs had been already expired due to non-organizing pharmacy system in the center.

It was not easy to do the supervision program not only about the technical problems, but also the inconvenience to reach the rural places and the di�erent life style. In the rural sites, there is no bathroom for you to go only the bushes. Flattened tired happened three times a week. We even met a broken bridge and had to drive direct-ly through the creek. There were sometimes no speci�c roads to go just go into the bushes in the right directions. We also took a seven hours to an island by a small police boat, which could easily been capsized.

I always thought, “Reading is useless without action.” However, after actions, they made me want to know more. People always thought that being a volunteer or doing some programs could make some change for Africa. In fact, they also changed me a lot. After this, I realized that how

Malavi Experience

Aug 10, 2012 Operation theatre of Mzuzzu Central hospital

those databases of WHO or any surveys coming out are not only just the numbers, and �nally knew how much e�ort they need to pay on just for one project at one small region. This is Global Health!

Amber Liu

July 11, 2012 Checking data

IFMSA Lublin & English Division4

I’ve been to Malawi for my summer internship in 2012 and participated in several programs, the HIV/AIDS supervision program with UN volunteers, international student volunteer program, being a novitiate in Muzzu Central Hospital and industrial factory walkthrough for occupational health program. The HIV/AIDS supervision program is mainly the biggest part of my whole summer. It was a good way to see how WHO try to control the HIV/ AIDS preva-lence in the real aspect. I followed a group of UN doctors to several rural places in the north-ern Malawi. There were not a lot of hospital or clinics. Therefore, our main targets were focus-ing on local health centers. This program was basically supervising the ART, antiretroviral therapy, and also strengthening the local health care system though the health worker or nurses. What we had to do is checking all the register books and the ARV, antiretroviral, drugs, making a database for each year and analyzing it.

Everyday, we had to wake up early in the morning drove at least two hours sometimes �ve hours to the sites. Since the computers were not really common in each health center, every data of each patient was recorded in paperwork. In hence, we had to check each data and re-register them. This always took us two to three hours for checking one health center. While we did the database, the UN doctors always needed to correct the register papers and ensure that the local health workers or nurses know everything in the right way. For example, they recommended pregnant women to go to local health center or hospital to deliver their children rather then in their home, in order to lower down the probability of transmission of HIV from mother to children, the PMTCT, Prevent-ing Mother to Child Transmission through giving medication to reduce the virus number from the risk of parental transmission. There was an inter-esting mistake got corrected in which took us a while to deal with the un-match numbers from the register books. One woman got the ART, how-ever she delivered twins. That means that there were two children, not only one child, got treat-ed. Another interesting things always happened everyday in our supervision is that, we always found out that some drugs had been already expired due to non-organizing pharmacy system in the center.

It was not easy to do the supervision program not only about the technical problems, but also the inconvenience to reach the rural places and the di�erent life style. In the rural sites, there is no bathroom for you to go only the bushes. Flattened tired happened three times a week. We even met a broken bridge and had to drive direct-ly through the creek. There were sometimes no speci�c roads to go just go into the bushes in the right directions. We also took a seven hours to an island by a small police boat, which could easily been capsized.

I always thought, “Reading is useless without action.” However, after actions, they made me want to know more. People always thought that being a volunteer or doing some programs could make some change for Africa. In fact, they also changed me a lot. After this, I realized that how

July 28, 2012 Ward in St. Peter Hospital

July 25, 2012

Saved By the Ball Project (SBP) for This is youth group

formed to sensitize the youth in HIV & AIDS awareness

through sporting activities.those databases of WHO or any surveys coming out are not only just the numbers, and �nally knew how much e�ort they need to pay on just for one project at one small region. This is Global Health!

Amber Liu


SCOPE in Barcelona

Having spent whole July in one of Europe's most-vibrant cities, I can honestly say – it was a hell of an adventure!

Although I had visited Catalonia's capital city threetimes before, those week-long trips only whetted my appetite. I knew I longed for a longer stay, and a ZZ�rst-hand experience of living it the Catalan way. Hence, I felt no hesitation while applying for SCOPE Professional Exchange in July 2014. And believe me, those days were unforget-table!

IFMSA Poland, thanks to its bilateral agreement with AECS Catalonia, o�ers a few contracts in July and August as part of both SCOPE and SCORE programmes. Being an active member of IMFSA allowed me to gain enough points just within a year since my �rst „Teddy bear hospital” :) Need any more moti-vation to work for IFMSA? Keep on reading, I'm just getting started! :)Whether it’s getting lost in the curvy labyrinth of the Barri Gòtic, admiring panoramic views at the castle of Montjuïc, or exploring other corners of Catalonia–Barcelona is a place that everyone should consider visiting–the longer, the better. So, what is it that left me enchanted and wanting for more?

Barcelona I love you, but I need to come back

(sung to the melody of LCD Soundsystem's „New York I love you, but you're bringing me down”)

1. The people.Never had I thought that within a month one can establish so many new bonds and friend-ships as I did in July. I had a crazy opportuninty to live in a huge apartment with twelve (!) other SCOPE and SCORE exchangers and be a part of a total melting pot (especially seen at the kitch-en..). Imagine a mixture of totally di�erent charac-ters, cultures, customs, all topped in cheap (but still delicious!) sangria, and served with pan con tomate... At �rst glance, it seems too heavy to digest, but as you get to experience more and more of it, you actually wholeheartedly enjoy it. I shared a room with girls of Taiwanese, Canadian, Finnish and Hungarian nationalities, with whom – thank you, Facebook! - I still stay in touch. I learnt how to make a perfect guacamole thanks to my new Mexican friend; how to play ukulele – thank you, Rod from Canada!, how to get through all the weird exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art – gracias, Miguel! We shared so many laughs, trips, memories togeth-er, partied till sunrises and took way too many sel�es.. I hope that one day we reconcile somewhere, preferably Barcelona, and make new memories of this vibrant place.


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2. The internship.While applying for the exchange, I chose Neo-natology and Pediatric Surgery as desired departments. Thanks to Chief of Pediatrics, professor Rodrigo, I was able to do rotations at both departments, for two weeks each. What helped me most was intermediate knowledge of Spanish – it was easier to communicate with other doctors and patients, since not all of them spoke English.

Interestingly, Spanish is not the �rst o�cial language in Barcelona.Barcelona is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, where Catalan is the �rst language. Sure, doctors were happy to speak Spanish with me (no one expected me to speak Catalan), but when gathered together, they would often innately speak Catalan (in fact, it’s been fascinating to observe how people here switch between these two languages, but perhaps that’s a subject for another article!).

The hospital practice taught me a lot. I was allowed to observe rare operations on new-borns, assist the doctors on the urgencies and learn the basics of medical Spanish. I remain grateful for all the time they spent with me and all the pediatric intricacies I was explained to.The only disadvantage of my internship was the distance between the apartment and the hospital. It took me more than an hour to arrive to the hospital. Waking up at 7 am seemed pretty disheartening... but in the end, the prac-tice was worth it!

3. The architecture.Famous for its one-of-a-kind architecture, and particularly the contributions of Gaudi and the modernisme movement, BCN casts its spell at anyone who decides to take a stroll.Even though it is always recommended to start a visit with Barcelona's most famous street - the pedestrianised spine of the city known as “Las Ramblas”, I wouldn't name it pleasant.

Yes, it winds its way from the heart of the city at Plaza Cataluña down to the old harbour, where you can enjoy dozens of street entertainers, pet stalls and �ower sellers while enjoying some of the city’s �nest pastry shops. But to me, „Rambla” seems overcrowded, too noisy and too dirty to be on top of the must-see list. It gets even worse at night, with all the club promoters and nagging sellers.. Try losing yourself in narrow, winding streets of the Gothic Quarter, climbing up the Tibidabo mountain, looking the famous Parc Guell's lizard in the eye or simply enjoying the view of the city seen from Montjuic – the city has so much to o�er, you won't be missing the Rambla!

4. The food. F-O-O-D. Freakingly, overwhelmingly, ostentatiously delicious!

Talking about food? Be sure to bring a hearty appetite to the city, because here you can have whatever your tastebuds crave!

Feeling like trying real tapas and drinking delicious, sweet and -oh so unbelievably- cheap homemade wine? Visit „El Raval”, the district with the widest variety of bars and restaurants.I could de�nitely write a separate article, or even a book!, about my love of tapas – tradi-tional Spanish appetizers, usually served with cerveza or sangria. They come in so many types, sizes, tastes, colours, smells, that undoubtedly you will never get enough of trying them.


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Be sure to tick bacalao, paella, and manchego cheese o� your food bucket list (come on, I bet you have one!), for those are typical Catalan tapas. Indulge youself in as many types of wine as you can (without falling headlong on nearest street), give the �nest olive oils a try and if you feel like you've had to much, take a leap into the blue waters of Mediterranean Sea. And, above all, don't think too much about the calo-ries – you're on the vacations, for God's sake! :)

5. Laid-back approach towards life, love, and...schedulesBarcelona is a city that never ceases to enter-tain. At the time when parties in Poland usually come to an end, those in Barcelona are just getting started. You can enter most of the clubs for free until 2 am (!), and get home long after the sun rises above the horizon. The schedule in Catalonia, much like in other parts of Spain, is completely di�erent from other parts of the world. However, it’s not too hard to get used to, as long as your stomach is OK with eating four-course meal at 10 PM.. On the other hand...Living in a melting pot comes with both advan-tages and disadvantages.

As I've stated above, Barcelona attracts people of all kinds, and as a city buzzing with tourists, it attracts thieves aswell. What one should bear in mind while visiting BCN is the never-ending possibility of getting robbed. Be careful!

My memories of Barcelona had remained unspoilt until the very moment when I got robbed while enjoying the Magic Fountains spectacle at Plaza Espanya. Even though I knew this particular tourist attraction is spiked with pickpocketers and extra-safety was needed, I unfortunately was robbed of my wallet with ID, credit cards, and a picture of my boyfriend as a kid (he was the cutest 5-year old!). Thankfully, I left my passport at the apartment, so I didn't

need to inform the Embassy about my loss.Some of my �atmates were robbed aswell, and it happened in various places: at the beach, in the club, in the subway..

To conclude, my Catalan adventure left me inspired and full of positive energy for the rest of the year. As I look back, I can't help but wonder: is it my place on Earth, or should I keep on looking?This year, thanks to IFMSA, I will give other countries a chance. I hope that memories, friendships and medical experience will be as salient, strong and unique as those made in Barcelona.

Magdalena Adamczyk


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„Unity is a vision. it must have been a process of learning - to see.“

Medical faculty is the faculty one of the kind, which should be united despite cultural and national borders in order to acheive the all-im-portant goal - saving human life. That iswhy medical students, future rescuers of the �ame of existence, should have the mostin�uential voice in changing the world. But only mutual respect and understanding can lead us to reach the mountain tops of our aims.This unusual union of all students takes place twice a year, during the General Assembly – meeting of 120 organizations from 108 coun-tries which are members of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations - IFMSA, which includes IFMSA-Poland.

In August 2014 for my achievements at the national and local arena in the actions taken in the IFMSA-Poland I was awarded a place on the Delegation of our organization during the Gen-eral Assembly August 63 Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, where I was an active participant in the most important international meeting of our Federation.

General Assembly is a week meeting of medical students who among international Special Guests - Rectors, Professors, Directors, and Alumni Experts debate the key issues relating to medical studies, directions for future physi-cians, the destiny of our societies, and how to help the communities most in need of medical assistance.

Delegates of the General Assembly have also the opportunity to participate in the pre-Gen-eral Assembly, 4-day intensive courses in the �eld of global surgery, disaster risk manage-ment, climate change, mental health, market-ing. I was quali�ed for training Experienced Trainers Training - Course of marketing, fund-raising and strategic planning, led by the most experienced trainers of our Federation, min. Gerrit Hogeman - NORE Portugal, Alber-to Abreu da Silva - President of ANEM/PorM-SIC and the Regional Assistant of Europe IFMSA 2014/2015, Marie Hauerslev - VPE for IMCC Denmark and European VPE for the term 2014/2015, Thanassis Vaiopoulos - Presi-dent of HelMSIC Greece.

During the four days of workshops we worked on theoretic basis of trainings carried out by us in the future and soft skills of the trainers, f.ex. facilitation skills, active listening, public speaking, which play a very important role in the e�cient conducting of training and international meetings.

General Assembly August Meeting

Delivering a training in Fundraising and �nancial management


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The course ended with a certi�cate of the Trainer of the Federation. I had the opportu-nity to test my trainer's skills immediately after completion of the training, leading the training "Fundraising and �nancial manage-ment" during the General Assembly for medi-cal students from all around the world.

General Assembly Opening Ceremony was held at the Grand Hotel Taipei - one of the tallest and most beautiful buildings of Chinese architecture in the world, which has hosted many distinguished dignitaries from around the world during o�cial visits to the Republic of China - Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan. The ceremony began with a minute of silence for the victims of the plane crash on the island of Peng-Hu and victims of the explosion of the gas network in Kaoshiung - two tragic accidents that occurred in July 2014. Then, delegates had the honor to listen to the speech of the President of Taiwan, Mr. Ma Ying-Chiu, who wants to greet attendees and special guests. In his speech the President emphasized the role of medical students and physicians in shaping the future of our world as ambassa-dors of ideas promoted within the Federation in our homelands. We listened to the welcom-ing speech of the President of IFMSA,Josko Mise.

Josko pointed out the huge responsibility of our organization in the active transformation of the problems of the modern world, which can have a huge impact on modern life and heritage of our descendants.

During the General Assembly, each delegate participates in a session of the Standing Com-mittee, in which he or she is active the most on local and national level. During the session of the Standing Committee of Medical Edu-cation I participated in lectures held by special guests – students from Parliament of Medical Universities in Taiwan. They initiated a national debate on the changes in the economic system in the country, which has been voted by the government, but they were not discussed in a public forum. The debate turned into a number of protests across the country, the most numerous activ-ists of the movement who cared about future of the country were medical students. The session also discussed issues of globalization of health, student participation in confer-ences world's leading experts on the future of medical education, scienti�c work of our Federation in the �eld of the Bologna Process, policy statements.

Each General Assembly is also excited about the international elections. In August, were elected Presidents of the Regions, Directors of the Standing Committee as well as for O�cers for Organizations (WHO, UNESCO, Students Organizations).

With Prof. Pan Fu Kao, Dean of Medical Faculty Chung Shan Medical University

With Alberto Abreu da Silva, Regional Assistant for Europe


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Respite from the intense work of Taiwanese art workshops were prepared by the organiz-ing committee. Taiwanese are a nation proud of its history and tradition, which they wanted to present to our international community. In the workshops, delegates could learn Chinese calligraphy, creating a Taiwanese amulets, aboriginal dance of the island,

Chinese medicine and see a performance of �ghting dragons and martial dance of the Gods - Generals.General Assembly is an extraordinary event so that I was not only acquainted with interna-tional projects of our Federation, but most of all I met amazing organization leaders - medi-cal students from around the world who want to participate actively in shaping the future of not only medicine, but also of public health, human rights and the ideology of sustainable development, the importance of which should continually emphasize and promote within our local activities, according to the maxim:

"Think globally, act locally".

Maria GołębiowskaWith my Favourite God, San Tai-Zi


International Language Club has been my �rst project in Ifmsa as a coordinator. It’s complete-ly a di�erent feeling full of spark and amaze-ment. As the name suggest the project is about the beauty of multinational languages and about the wide and rich cultures around the globe. In this project, participants have opportunity to describe about their country and help other individuals to learn some beautiful languages and places to visit in a very a�ectionate envi-ronment. Although the project is in its emergence, but we had opportunity to visualize alluring cultures of Norway, Poland and Thailand. While learning the languages of the above men-tioned countries, the most di�cult was Thai but luckily we were informed most of the Thai population can speak English. So don’t scare to visit. Week before Christmas, we are going to see the beauty of Spanish language and tradi-tions. Moreover we will discuss how Christmas is celebrated in di�erent countries. You will be amazed to know how this eve varies from culture to culture.

International Language Club

In future, we are coming to know in detail about the Lublin and the places which we must visit to make our stay and studies here more graceful. So better not miss the chance. Not only this project allows Ifmsa members to gain points which are bene�cial for exchange but also opens wide gates of knowledge and better understanding of world and the di�erent languages widely spoken. The project is open for all the students of MUL and is not restricted to our members only, so it opens wide gates of com-munication for all the students of the univer-sity. The project is held every Saturday 06.00-07.00 pm in Ifmsa o�ce which is locat-ed in Chodzki 9/9.

For now I can just say, so far so good. It is just a glimpse of what we do in Ifmsa, if you want to adore yourself, so sign up asap and be part of our Ifmsa family. Hope to see you around. Mohammad Raja Suleman


“Human brain is the innervated universe."

This otherworldly mystery of the human race for centuries plagued researchers continually seeking explanations of phe-nomena taking place in it, and the extraor-dinary complexity of thought processes. The human mind conceals endless possibili-ties of what we can achieve visually enjoy the experience of human genius. Is the cradle of all civilizations, art and science, combines rationalism and emotionalism, continually strives for excellence colonizing hitherto unknown unexplored territories of knowledge and experience. Merges id, ego and superego, focusing on the current need for taking into account the heritage of our ancestors. Collects every moment of our lives, looking ahead, anticipating the conse-quences of present actions.

Human brain is the innervated universe

This almost unearthly mystery - limitless possibili-ties of the human mind, participants of Know Your Brain- EEG-biofeedback Workshop ", organized by the Department of IFMSA-Poland Lublin and Psychological Development Centre" Profectus ", decided to explore.


So what should be done to fully exploit the potential hidden within us?


Can we in�uence the e�ciency of our brain?

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How can we consciously interact with and teach our

neurons to improve their performance?

These questions were answered by Mr Michael Niewiadomy, neurotherapeutist, specialist of EEG-biofeedback. Mgr Michael Niewiadomy boasts a towering number - at this point, more than 10 000 therapy sessions using EEG-biofeedback.

During the workshop, we learned about the neurophysiological basics of biofeedback activities, conducting therapy sessions. The most interesting part of the workshop were case reports, during which we met and ther-apeutic medicinal use of the method. EEG biofeedback is an element of psychological treatment combined with pharmacological therapy used for the treatment of disorders associated with hyperactivity, inadequate or pathological activity of neuronal activity that result in abnormal brain wave emission. EEG biofeedback therapy was applied in min-utes. ADHD, depression, addiction, insom-nia, chronic stress, improve concentration and the ability of patients with mental retar-dation.

Nowadays, the therapy can be used not only for patient with clinically diagnosed disease, but also anyone who wants to improve their memorization skills and ability to concentrate. For the �rst time EEG biofeedback was used for this purpose in soldiers-pilots nowadays use session businessmen, professors, lawyers, doctors, athletes, students before the exam-ination session. During the practical part, students could prac-tice check own skills and at try a training with biofeedback methods.To fully understand the rules of EEG-biofeed-back, participants had to go before a two-step workshops on electroencephalography and elektrocortycography in the Department of Neurology USD in Lublin and practical classes were conducted by Kinga Charanicz - Baran - electroencephalography technician and mgr. Bozena Mitura.

Maria Gołębiowska

It’s my pleasure being the coordinator of surgical sutur-ing workshop and till now we had 5 basic surgical suturing workshops and 2 advanced surgical suturing workshops. In the very beginning, I didn’t expect there were so many students want to learn and express intense interest on surgical suturing.

During the basic surgical suturing workshop, I taught the participants some basic concepts of suturings and knots, including how to unpack the sterilized material to operators, names of instruments, di�erent instruments and usages, how to hold these instrument right. And for the knots and sutur-ing part,I presented 3 ways of knot-ting, eg. one-handed knot, two- handed knot, instrumental knot, and many di�erent suturing method, eg. simple interrupted, continuous (locking & unlocking), mattress (vertical & horizontal), subcutaneous, and explain when and where to use these knots and suturing, what’s the bene�ts and disadvantages of these di�erent suturing. All the practice were on pig knuckles , chicken wings.

First series surgical suturing workshops in IFMSA- Poland – Lublin English division


photographies: Yen HsinHung

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For having the advanced surgical suturing work-shop, the idea came from the passion of partici-pants, because everyone was so concentrated on practicing and I saw the ambition therefore I decided to teach more and arise more interest on surgery. But before the advanced suturing work-shop, we met di�culties and nearly gave up, because in Taiwan , it’s very easy to �nd vessels and intestines from pig to serve as the materials for practicing suturing because they are always in our dishes.

In Poland, it’s a totally di�erent story. Our Vice- president Maria, drove through whole Lublin and neighbor towns, searched and asked every possible butcher’s shops , we still can’t �nd any vessels and intes-tines.

Fortunately, and thanks to Maria, right before the workshops, we got a heart and lungs with about 10cm vessels.Although 10cm vessels were not enough for everyone but at least we had something real to

present and try on.


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During the advanced surgical suturing workshop, I presented the concepts about anastomosis (end-end , side-side, and end-side), and some applications of modern techniques such as stapler and angioplasty for stent-ing. We practiced these anasto-mosis suturing methods on plas-tic tubes and real vessels.

Luckily, after these workshops, I got positive feedbacks from the participants. Thank you for your coming, I also learned a lot from you. Next year, I de�nitely will do my best like this year. Wish every-one keep the passion, and ful�ll the dream of being an excellent surgeon. We are already on the way!

ps. Exciting news~ �nally Maria found the place to get vessels, that means su�cient and better materials for workshops later next year. See you soon~~~

Evelyn Huang

Simulation Congress

During 3rd-5th of April 2014 in the Medical University of Lublin was organised a confer-ence called: 2nd Congress of Medical Simula-tion for Students and Young Doctors, 52nd Student Scienti�c Association Conference, 3rd Clinical Cases Conference, 1st Medical Imaging and IT in Medicine Meeting.It was a huge event gathering almost 200 people from all over the world, during which participants joined the SIMwars, the medical simulation workshops and presented some of their research results during the scienti�c sessions.The Conference started on Thursday, with the ‘Run for health’ action. Participants had to run few laps near the medical dormitories, the more they run, the more money was raised and given for the charity. There were about 50 runners accompanied even by the Dean of I Faculty of Medicine and with Dentistry Divi-sion, prof. Ryszard Maciejewski.

After the charity run, there was held an opening lecture ‘To sim or not to sim’ by the special guest, prof. Michael Czekajlo from Virginia Commonwealth University, there were also presented lectures by Łukasz Gąsiorowski M.D. from Poznan Univeristy of Medical Sciences, by Grzegorz Cebula M.D. Ph.D. and by Kamil Torres M.D. When the opening ceremony was �nished, it was the time for students to present their work during scienti�c sessions: Clinical Cases Session and the Medical Imaging and Iin Medicine.

In the evening, there was organized for the 3rd time Anatomy Made Ridiculously Funny Show by IFMSA-Lublin members. It’s a very popular among MUL students event, during which there are shown some sketches and parodies connected with our University. Scenario and direction were prepared by the 6th year student, Karol Rawicz – Pruszyński. The audience of Collegium Maius was all full. The money from the tickets were given to the Univeristy Children Hospital to buy some new toys for it’s young patients.

Friday started with the Basic Sciences Session and the PhD session, but right after that, there was something for which everybody was waiting: the Simulation Battle, organized in Collegium Maius. Three groups were struggling to be the best in rescuing patients (professional phantoms) in life-threatening situations. At the end there were organized workshops for the participant like: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Airway Management, BLS, Battle�eld Medicine – Tactical Medicine, Breast Ultrasound, CT workshops any many other.

During the sessions there was organized a Charity Sale of cakes prepared by the sta� and the students of the Medical University of Lublin and cooperating institutions . Income from the sale of goodies was used to build a terrace for small patients from the Department of Hematology , Oncology and Transplanta-tion Pediatric II Department of University Chil-dren HospitalSunday was the last day of the Conference. It ended up with the closing ceremony during which there were selected the winners of each scienti�c sessions.


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Finally there was a detailed summary of the whole congress. We hope that in future there will be more such events organized by our University, as it was a great opportunity to learn more during the workshops, to present our research works and to help others participating in the charity actions.

Aleksandra Szczepanek

During 3rd-5th of April 2014 in the Medical University of Lublin was organised a confer-ence called: 2nd Congress of Medical Simula-tion for Students and Young Doctors, 52nd Student Scienti�c Association Conference, 3rd Clinical Cases Conference, 1st Medical Imaging and IT in Medicine Meeting.It was a huge event gathering almost 200 people from all over the world, during which participants joined the SIMwars, the medical simulation workshops and presented some of their research results during the scienti�c sessions.The Conference started on Thursday, with the ‘Run for health’ action. Participants had to run few laps near the medical dormitories, the more they run, the more money was raised and given for the charity. There were about 50 runners accompanied even by the Dean of I Faculty of Medicine and with Dentistry Divi-sion, prof. Ryszard Maciejewski.

After the charity run, there was held an opening lecture ‘To sim or not to sim’ by the special guest, prof. Michael Czekajlo from Virginia Commonwealth University, there were also presented lectures by Łukasz Gąsiorowski M.D. from Poznan Univeristy of Medical Sciences, by Grzegorz Cebula M.D. Ph.D. and by Kamil Torres M.D. When the opening ceremony was �nished, it was the time for students to present their work during scienti�c sessions: Clinical Cases Session and the Medical Imaging and Iin Medicine.

In the evening, there was organized for the 3rd time Anatomy Made Ridiculously Funny Show by IFMSA-Lublin members. It’s a very popular among MUL students event, during which there are shown some sketches and parodies connected with our University. Scenario and direction were prepared by the 6th year student, Karol Rawicz – Pruszyński. The audience of Collegium Maius was all full. The money from the tickets were given to the Univeristy Children Hospital to buy some new toys for it’s young patients.

Friday started with the Basic Sciences Session and the PhD session, but right after that, there was something for which everybody was waiting: the Simulation Battle, organized in Collegium Maius. Three groups were struggling to be the best in rescuing patients (professional phantoms) in life-threatening situations. At the end there were organized workshops for the participant like: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Airway Management, BLS, Battle�eld Medicine – Tactical Medicine, Breast Ultrasound, CT workshops any many other.

During the sessions there was organized a Charity Sale of cakes prepared by the sta� and the students of the Medical University of Lublin and cooperating institutions . Income from the sale of goodies was used to build a terrace for small patients from the Department of Hematology , Oncology and Transplanta-tion Pediatric II Department of University Chil-dren HospitalSunday was the last day of the Conference. It ended up with the closing ceremony during which there were selected the winners of each scienti�c sessions.


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Finally there was a detailed summary of the whole congress. We hope that in future there will be more such events organized by our University, as it was a great opportunity to learn more during the workshops, to present our research works and to help others participating in the charity actions.



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Mohammad Raji Suleman Ilona Wałęcak

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