With an aim to raise awareness and funds for children in the Ivory Coast of Africa, provide an educational and engaging event, all while attempting to reconnect teachers and medical students in the post-pandemic era - MedHumPécs brought forth a new medical game concept penned, “Guess the Diagnosis!”.
For hundreds of years, doctors have been reigning above a sea of knowledge about the human mind and body. Challenging that authority is arguably the biggest technological invention of the 21st century, the internet, where information about any disease or disorder is readily available, at any time, to anyone. Now that a non-professional can easily gauge their way to a diagnosis, it has consequently become an ongoing competition between the professional and the amateur as to who holds the rightful crown of medical knowledge. Is the internet on its course of substituting trained professional medical doctors? Putting it into a test is precisely how “Guess the Diagnosis!” was conceived.
Held on November 12th, in the new medical campus of the University of Pécs, the medical game show entailed a series of rounds where participating medical students and faculty members were challenged against one another, in a race to correctly guess the most number of diagnoses to prevail. The catch? The young medical students were allowed to use the internet to aid them, while the trained medical professionals could only rely on their respective team members. The participants were faced with a myriad of medical cases, ranging from anatomical to infectious, general medicine, and neurological studies. The event created an exciting atmosphere, as the audience could participate and put their medical knowledge into test as well and win prizes.
The fundraiser event was more than graciously supported, guided and facilitated by the University leadership and faculty member Dr. Katalin Eklicsne Lepenye (Dept. of Language for Biomedical Purposes), led by 6th year medical student, Aisha Khan (Leader of MedHumPécs) and her team from the Pécs division of MedHum (Medical Student's Humanitarian Organization).
MedHum is a non-profit Norwegian humanitarian organization run solely by medical students. Their current goal is to raise awareness and funds for underprivileged children in the Ivory Coast of Africa, that will help provide better hygiene, sanitary conditions, and most importantly - access to clean water.
Their ongoing campaign in collaboration with UNICEF, #dontwastemyhealth (#dinsøppelminhelse in Norwegian), is a sustainable project that aims to tackle mankind's biggest enemy - plastic waste, start conversations about a greener and sustainable future, while also improving the health and survivability of children in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast of Africa).
The organized program was highly appreciated and advocated by both students and respected faculty members; Dr. Andrea Tamás, (Dept. of Anatomy), Dr. Livia Vida (Dept. of Pathology), Dr. Béla Katjár (Dept. of Pathology), Dr. Mártha Balaskó (Inst. for Translational Med.), Dr. Alexandra Tészás (Dept. of Pediatrics), Dr. Eszter Sélley (2nd Dept. of Internal Med. and Nephrological Center), Agnes Pál (Dept. of Microbiology), Gabor Horvath (Dept. of Pediatrics) and Dr. Caleb Ibitamuno (Dept. of Surgical Research and Techniques).
The week prior to the fundraiser event, on November 3rd, a “Cookies for a Cause” was organized by the MedHumPécs team, welcoming all students and faculty members of the University of Pécs. Another successful event indeed, it provided an opportunity for everybody to win prizes, buy baked goods and hot cocoa, donate and get better acquainted with MedHum’s campaign and their upcoming event.
With the tremendous endorsement and positive feedback on successful fundraiser events, the team of MedHumPécs optimistically looks towards a more refined annual program that they wish to set off as a tradition at the Medical University. MedHum aims to inspire medical students to take a stance for humanitarian work, to provide encouragement to attain the right skills and attitudes that would aid students to function confidently as future doctors.
Photo:
Brandon Beck
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“Cookies for a Cause” - fundraiser event
“Guess the Diagnosis!”: an interactive Medical event for Charity
