The Warsaw International Medical Congress (WIMC) is an international conference for students, doctoral students and doctors, organised annually by the Student Scientific Society of the Medical University of Warsaw. Its 13th edition gathered participants from 23 countries: Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Nepal, Lithuania, Latvia, Algeria, Egypt, the Czech Republic, Germany, Georgia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Scotland, Iran, England, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria and Romania. They presented over 370 papers, with almost 30 sessions over three conference days.
As every year, members of the Intercentre Student Scientific Society at the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing (IFPS) and the Medical University of Warsaw, supervised by Dr hab. Piotr H. Skarżyński, MD, PhD, MSc, formed the largest group of ENT-session speakers. They shared research experience gained in numerous interdisciplinary IFPS projects.
Anna Suska presented findings on the incidence of the gusher phenomenon during cochlear implantation in children. Karolina Penar presented the world’s first prospective study of preoperative tinnitus in patients using a Bonebridge bone-conduction implant. Wojciech Pinkas also discussed tinnitus, presenting research among auditory brainstem implant users under IFPS care and showing a substantial reduction through auditory rehabilitation with the device.
Konrad Bukato reported similar conclusions from cases involving the CODACS middle ear implant. Karolina Bieńkowska discussed smell disorders in patients with nasal polyps and their association with reduced quality of life. Kamila Renke presented hearing screening results for children aged 6 and 7 in the Małopolskie region, part of a nationwide campaign for early detection of hearing disorders that can impair school communication and development.
The society’s commitment was recognised by a jury including representatives of the Medical University of Warsaw’s Department of Otolaryngology, the Clinical Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology and Paediatrics at the Independent Public Children’s Clinical Hospital in Warsaw, IFPS, and the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology at the University Children’s Hospital in Lublin. At the prestigious plenary session, Kamila Renke received first prize for her screening study.
Second prize in that session went to Wojciech Pinkas for his paper on tinnitus in auditory brainstem implant users.
A new feature of the 13th WIMC was a scientific debate on doctors’ influence on air quality in Poland. Participants could complement theory with workshops led by members and supervisors of student societies at the Medical University of Warsaw, choosing from 43 workshops held over two days.
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