Targi Kół Naukowych (Students’ Scientific Groups’ Fair) is SSS JUMCs’ new initiative which aims to present the offer of all of the Students’ Scientific Groups associated within SSS JUMC on all Faculties of JUMC during the given academic year. During this event winners of the competition for the Best Students’ Scientific Group for the previous academic year are also being announced and awarded.

REPORT FROM THIS YEAR’S EDITION

On 21^st of October, 2022 Targi Kół Naukowych (Students’ Scientific Groups’ Fair), a new initiative and a first event organized by the new Board of SSS JUMC, took place. Through this occasion students were introduced to the offer of the Students’ Scientific Groups (SSG) associated within the SSS JUMC during this academic year. More than 30 SSGs’ prepared their stands to present their past achievements and plans for future endeavors. The Fair has met with a hugely positive response from the students of JUMC – more than 300 of them confirmed their participation in the event.

The official part of the Fair has been opened with the lecture given by prof. Mateusz Koziej, MD, PhD titled “How to start scientific career?”. Subsequently, winners of the competition for the Best Students’ Scientific Group for academic year of 2021/2022 and 2020/2021 were announced (official awards ceremony for the previous edition of the competition has been canceled due to the epidemiological restrictions). Distinctions for Tutors and Chairmans of the SSGs’ from Medical Faculty, Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy were presented by prof. Tomasz Brzozowski, MD, PhD, Head of Chair of Physiology, and longtime Tutor of SSS JUMC. Full list of awarded SGGs’ is avalaible here. Vice-Rector’s for Medical College Award for the Best Scientist at the Faculty of Health Sciences has been given to Jadwiga Surówka – the distinction was presented by Vice-Rector’s Representative for Education prof. Agnieszka Pac, PhD. To end the event, a discussion between the representatives of the awarded SSGs’ on students’ scientific research was held.

The same day the booklet gathering information about all existing SSGs’ associated within SSS JUMC at all Faculties was published.

Thanks to Izabela Łysoń, 4^th year medical student, we present the photo gallery from the Fair.