VI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF STUDENTS IN PORTUGAL

VI International congress of medical students “Annual International Medical Students Meeting – AIMS Meeting” took place on 13-15, March, 2015 in the capital of Portugal – city Lisbon on the base of Medical faculty at Lisbon university and Central hospital in c. Lisbon.

During four days of the congress the following most famous professionals in the sphere of medicine read the lectures:

– Resident in gynecological division at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, (c. Gothenburg, Sweden) – MD PhD R.Akouri – “The uterus transplantation trial”;
– Resident in Center of plastic surgery and bionic medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, c. Chicago (USA) – MD PhD J.Souza – “Targeted muscle reinnervation”;
– Director in Cancer Stem Cell Center at McGowan Institute, c. Pittsburg (USA) – PhD E.Lagasse – “Lymph nodes as liver factories”;
– Founder and director in Division on gender researches at Pediatric hospital, c. Boston (USA) – MD N.Spack – “Transgender teens – is anatomy destiny?”;
– Head at transplantation division in UK National Clinic for Organ Donation and National Health Service Blood and Transplant (Great Britain) – MD D.Gardiner – “Ethics at the end of life”;
– Resident at Cardiovascular Science at the Excellency Centres for Vascular Science in Royal college, c. London (Great Britain) – MD PhD R.Gomes – “Mending a broken heart”;
– Resident in divisions of internal medicine, gastroenterology and infectious diseases at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) – MD PhD M.Grauer – “Advanced endoscopic imaging”;
– Professor in division of emergency aid at Medical university in c. Vienna (Austria) – MD MBA W.Behringer – “Therapeutic hypothermia – when to cool the patient”;
– Head in division of otorhinolaryngology at Egas Moniz Hospital, c. Lisbon (Portugal) MD PhD P.Escada – “The olfactory mucosa autografts and spinal cord injuries”.
In addition, the program was full of different master classes on instrumental methods of research, surgery, intensive care and emergency aid, biochemistry, etc. that enabled the future medical men to improve their theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

One of the most interesting theoretical classes was “Shock your brain” that was held by clinicians from neurosurgical and neuropsychiatry division. It was devoted to the newest methods for deep stimulation of brain that are used to treat Parkinson disease, idiopathic tremors and multilocular sclerosis. It is interesting that the use of this method in countries of Europe has the peculiarities in comparison with national one. It relates to the difference in legislative acts that govern the performance of this procedure.

Other people were interested in class on rendering the aid at emergencies in pediatrics. The participants had the excellent possibility to listen to the theoretical material about algorithm to render the emergency medical aid to children, to determine and to master the possibilities for protocols on rendering the aid of American and European form, and then two hours practical class on methods for performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on models of different types (“newborn”, “childish”, “school” age) was performed. It was pleasant that teachers with satisfaction performed the master classes in English if there were foreigners in the group of students (up to 12 persons). 22 works, which were presented by students from higher medical schools in Portugal, Poland, Czech, Romania, Slovakia, Norway and Italy, were selected for participation in scientific and clinical plenary meetings. The only participants in the conference from Ukraine were the students of the 3^rd medical faculty at O.O. Bohomolets National medical university Dolgopolova Oksana (5^th course) and Korniyko Yelizaveta (3^rd course) with the research on topic «Paroxysmal autonomic failure treatment effectiveness evaluation in children with thyroid gland pathology background”, which was held on the base of department of pediatrics No 4 (head at department – academician in NAMS of Ukraine, Doctor of Medicine, professor V.G. Maydannyk) and CCH No 6 in c. Kyiv under supervision of Doctor of Medicine, professor I.O. Mitiuriayeva. This work describes the issues about the newest methods for diagnostics and treatment of paroxysmal vegetative insufficiency at children on the background of thyroid pathology. The jury was interested in used methods for cardiointervalography and capillaroscopy and received results that disclose the new pathophysiological relations between the thyroid pathology and abnormality in regulation of autonomous nervous system.

Besides, they mentioned the necessity in further advanced study of this problem as the efficiency in application of medicine “Noofen”, proved during performance of research, if these pathological states are united, anticipates the improvement in quality of life at children that is the main purpose of performed work.
All events within the conference were organized at the highest level. The participants were delighted with saturation of timetable for conference thanks to this the time had passed quickly and interesting.
The brilliant cultural events – concerts, international meetings, excursion to the center of city Lisbon – were performed at the end of each day of conference for participants.

The participation of students from O.O. Bohomolets National medical university in international meetings and high assessment of their work is the achievement of the whole academic establishment, thus, we hope for fruitful work and wish further successes!