SMSC Lugano 2022

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”, “selfperception”, “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 imagine, 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 workshops 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 meaning of “consciousness”.

For the very first time the SMSC will take place in Switzerland’s “Sonnenstube”, in Ticino. Since September 2020 the first generation of medical students started their master’s at the “Università della Svizzera italiana” in Lugano. For all of us, this was an adventurous new start. We hope to bring the enthusiasm and the positive attitude of the students into this SMSC and share it with you.

The aim is to have an SMSC in person and where better to enjoy a “gelato” or take a swim in the lake after the presentations than on the sunny side of Switzerland ;) You will for sure get to know a bit of this beautiful city and learn some Italian. The organising committee is already working hard to make this SMSC an unforgettable experience for everybody. Our goal is to raise awareness, not only on “typical” medical topics such as neurology, but also on a lot of others that you maybe never associated to medicine. Climate change, body awareness, conscious approaches to diagnostics and therapeutics and much more, are important topics for us as future doctors.

The SMSC will take place in Lugano from the 8th to the 10th of April 2022. Check out our video on youtube and follow @swimsa.ch on Instagram and Facebook. More updates will follow soon, so stay tuned! We can’t wait to welcome you to Lugano.

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