focus: Complementary and integrative medicine
SMSC LUGANO 2022: IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP! Text: Alessandra Pfister | University of Lugano Let’s not just live but live consciously! “Being present”, “self-perception”, “environmental awareness”, “GCS of 15” and many others, were the answers we received when we asked people what comes to their mind about the topic of the upcoming SMSC in April 2022. Can you already guess the topic, after reading this short introduction? As you maybe can imagi ne, it’s a very broad topic and that’s exactly what we want to take advantage in the SMSC of April 2022., offering a wide variety of different works hops and lectures. “Consciousness – It’s time to wake up!”, is the topic we want to discuss with you during this weekend. Maybe you will get to know a completely new perspective on the mea ning of “consciousness”. Our goal is to raise awareness, not only on “typi cal” medical topics such as neurology, but also on For the very first time the SMSC will take place a lot of others that you maybe never associated in Switzerland’s “Sonnenstube”, in Ticino. Since to medicine. Climate change, body awareness, September 2020 the first generation of medical conscious approaches to diagnostics and thera students started their master’s at the “Università peutics and much more, are important topics for della Svizzera italiana” in Lugano. For all of us, this us as future doctors. was an adventurous new start. We hope to bring the enthusiasm and the positive attitude of the The SMSC will take place in Lugano from the 8th students into this SMSC and share it with you. to the 10th of April 2022. Check out our video on youtube and follow @swimsa.ch on Instagram The aim is to have an SMSC in person and where and Facebook. More updates will follow soon, so better to enjoy a “gelato” or take a swim in the lake stay tuned! after the presentations than on the sunny side of We can’t wait to welcome you to Lugano. Switzerland ;) You will for sure get to know a bit of this beautiful city and learn some Italian. The Your SMSC OC organising committee is already working hard to make this SMSC an unforgettable experience for everybody. swimsa
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