2022 News
Surgical insights
Joves per la Medicina - Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera
11/2022
Last year, in collaboration with the General Surgery Department at El Hospital del Mar, some members participated in the “Joves per la Medicina” program, offering high school students first-hand experiences in various medical career paths. The program included activities like teaching suture skills, setting up laparoscopic equipment, and giving students a glimpse into the OR. The experience was highly positive, with the General Surgery Department receiving the highest satisfaction rating (99%) compared to other departments. The society looks forward to continuing this partnership and is proud to host another session on November 26, 2022.
"Art and Medicine" by neurology resident Silvia Susí
06/2022
On Tuesday 7th of June the neurology resident Silvia Susín gave a very interesting conference about art and medicine. She showed us her study technique through infographies.
The alumni that assisted at this conference had the opportunity to realize an infography about colangitis. Silvia explained a lot of tips to have a good result, and it was very helpful. Infographies help students to have a visual idea of a disease, and it’s easier to study it and to visualize its symptoms and signs.
Silvia made us see that visual arts help us to improve our knowledge and our capacity to make a good diagnosis, and that’s why we are so grateful to her for showing us this passion, which mixes art and medicine.
In conclusion the experience was very instructive and positive for the students, who learned a new and totally different procedure. As a society, we consider that it would be interesting to introduce this technique in medical schools, because it can help to turn out more effective physicians
6th Doctor as Humanist Symposium - Porto
05/2022
Last May, members of our surgical society had the chance to go to the 6th Doctor as Humanist Symposium held in Porto. During the stay, they had the chance to make fruitful contributions to the different topics that were discussed. They also were given the opportunity to give short oral communications about issues related to the humanistic part of medicine. Emma talked about the relationship between opera and neuroscience, Alex shed light on one of the biggest problems within healthcare professionals: mental health issues and Pelayo’s talk gave reason to why art could help train better surgeons.
Apart to each of the individual works, all AQG members, including Miriam, Erasmus student from the Varese University in Italy, presented a white paper on a research project which had the objective of investigating background music’s impact on suturing skills performance. This work won them the surgical innovation challenge award, giving them the opportunity to become affiliate members of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg and four spots for their basic suturing workshop.
Antoni Gimbernat Conference at the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia by Dr. Joan Sala i Pedrós
04/2022
On April 19, 2022, Dr. Joan Sala i Pedrós gave a major conference at the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia. The academy was created in 1770 and has welcomed many important figures in the history of medicine for decades. The building itself is spectacular: the lighting, the architecture, and the ambiance it exudes make it the ideal setting for any prestigious medical conference.
Dr. Joan Sala i Pedrós offered us an account of the life of Antoni Gimbernat and helped us to appreciate how Gimbernat understood medicine and the world and recognize the impact of his legacy. It was a very surprising and enjoyable evening!
Antoni Gimbernat gives our association its name, so understanding his values and his way of seeing medicine helped us and motivated us to continue our work as an association.
Talk about neck Surgery by Dr. Jacinto Garcia Lorenzo
05/2022
On Thursday 3rd of March Dr. Jacinto Garcia Lorenzo gave a delightful talk about neck surgery. Dr. Garcia is the Head of Otolaryngology Service At Hospital del Mar (Barcelona). He graduated in medicine and statistics for health science by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Moreover, he has a master’s degree in voice pathology. Not only has he been working in this field more than 10 years, but also he is specialized in open surgery as well as in modern transoral endoscopy techniques. Also, the use of robotic surgery is one of his most experienced fields.
Dr. Garcia’s talk gave us a realistic view about neck surgery by means of real clinical cases videos and pictures. Explanation and interaction with attendants going over every patient case were the key to make the talk extremely appealing. Finding out the final decisions made in every case let us amazed.
When the conference seemed to be just about typical neck surgery, Dr. Garcia also stunned us with videos about neck ganglion emptying and neck tumors treated with innovative techniques!
The conference was a great learning experience for us!
CASCADE study - Collaboration with STARSurg and EuroSurg
01/2022
Happy new year 2022! We hope you had a lovely holiday period! We are begining this new year with the announcing of a new research opportunity in which we will be collaborating with STARSurg UK and EuroSurg: the CASCADE study, an audit to assess the cardiovascular outcomes after major abdominal surgery in multiple European and UK centres.
A total of 12 members of our association will have the opportunity to work as data collectors from our hospital alongside with Consultant doctors from the General and Digestive Surgery Service, Dr Marta Jiménez-Toscano and Dr Silvia Salvans.
Moreover, one of our Board Team Member, Pelayo Aguilera, has been elected to be in the national comittee of EuroSurg. Congratulations Pelayo!