Foreword Message President, Omar Chircop The Malta Medical Students’ Association is there to support students in all their skills and talents and bring them out in a practical way. Minima Medica is a perfect example of this. It is a platform that allows our members to write scientific articles as a way of showcasing the importance of research, give an opportunity to our members to work in research and be a learning tool that teaches students both the common and uncommon diagnoses that we will encounter as future doctors. It is with great pride and joy that during my term as president we are launching the sixth edition of Minima Medicamenta again after several years of not being published. Minima is the product of a lot of preparation, hard work and a collaborative team effort. Congratulations to everyone involved, the writers, media team, the publishers and the whole SCOME team. These past years MMSA has been working within the field of research, having organized three annual research conferences in a row, the publishing of Minima is a major step forward towards our efforts as a student organisation to inform students of how important research is and how as students we can do our own research. Looking forward to see MMSA keep on publishing Minima on a yearly basis with innovative initiatives in the field of research. I hope all readers both professors, clinicians and health science students enjoy this publication, find it an interesting read and aid their current studies and future work.
Omar Chircop MMSA President 2020
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