EDUCATION. On Wednesday, there was a buzz in the air as people mingled once again when semester 10 medical students presented their degree projects in the form of posters. Large numbers both of students and supervisors joined in throughout the day.
The day kicked off with a speech from Lars Börjesson, coordinator for the medicine program. He used his speech to emphasize the importance of assessing information and the importance of science in medical education.
Inger Gjertsson, course director for semester 10 of the medicine program, notes that the quality of the posters was very high: “It was a great day. It was fun to meet all the students, something we have not been able to do for a long time because of the pandemic. The students also enjoyed meeting each other and seeing each other’s work after so many had to work independently during the semester.”
Spark interest
One of the students with a poster was Raju Jaiswal, whose degree project is about a rather new method of measuring osteoporosis and how it can be used to predict fractures.
“We were surprised by our results because they contradict a previous study. It’s great that we found a connection where we didn’t think there would be any,” says Raju, whose interest in research was sparked while working on his thesis. “When I was new to the medicine program, I was often a bit nervous about having to do the degree project, but now I am actually considering continuing to do research even after I graduate as a doctor.”
Awards given to four posters
A total of 118 posters were submitted for the exhibition. Four awards were given in connection with the exhibition, with the Gothenburg Society of Medicine (GLS), the teachers and the students each naming one prizewinner. In addition, an award was given for the best poster on global health.
- The Teachers’ Award: Charlotta Forsström: Early intestinal colonization with Gram-negative bacteria in relation to necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis in preterm infants (preliminary title)
- The GLS Award: Diana Jahjai: Retrospective review of cranioplasty operations following trauma (preliminary title)
- Global health: Kristina Söderbäck: Factors contributing to low utilization of postpartum family planning in Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar (preliminary title)
- The Students’ Award: John Kihl: Differences in volunteer responder response-time in case of cardiac arrest, associated to socioeconomic status (preliminary title)
BY: ELIN LINDSTRÖM
