Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Specialization
🔷Free course offered by University of JOHNS HOPKINS
🔷This specialization combines the strength of 4 different neuroscience courses. They include Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging, Principals of fMRI1, Principals of fMRI2, and introduction to Neurohacking in R offered by the University of JOHNS HOPKINS.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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🔷Free course offered by University of JOHNS HOPKINS
🔷This specialization combines the strength of 4 different neuroscience courses. They include Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging, Principals of fMRI1, Principals of fMRI2, and introduction to Neurohacking in R offered by the University of JOHNS HOPKINS.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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🎙Docs Outside the Box Podcasts
🌀Dr. Nii Darko collected hundreds of stories from doctors who worked outside mainstream medicine. War medics, TV physicians, humanitarian workers and entrepreneurs. They were Docs Outside The Box.
🌀The must-listen podcast tells the tales of healthcare professionals doing extraordinary things - outside an exam room. Get inspired from professionals who take their medical degrees to another level.
📌See here for podcasts of Outside the Box
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🌀Dr. Nii Darko collected hundreds of stories from doctors who worked outside mainstream medicine. War medics, TV physicians, humanitarian workers and entrepreneurs. They were Docs Outside The Box.
🌀The must-listen podcast tells the tales of healthcare professionals doing extraordinary things - outside an exam room. Get inspired from professionals who take their medical degrees to another level.
📌See here for podcasts of Outside the Box
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Diabetes Research: The Next Generation
💢Free webinar offered by RCIScience
💢Sunday, November 28th
💢22:30–24:00 (Tehran time), 19:00-20:30 (GMT).
💢"Insulin to Innovation" presents the next generation of diabetes research, hosted by writer and podcast host Krista Lamb. Since its discovery, insulin has changed the lives of millions of people around the world. But there is still important diabetes research that needs to be done. Meet the rising stars of diabetes research from across Canada and discover how they’re changing the game.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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💢Free webinar offered by RCIScience
💢Sunday, November 28th
💢22:30–24:00 (Tehran time), 19:00-20:30 (GMT).
💢"Insulin to Innovation" presents the next generation of diabetes research, hosted by writer and podcast host Krista Lamb. Since its discovery, insulin has changed the lives of millions of people around the world. But there is still important diabetes research that needs to be done. Meet the rising stars of diabetes research from across Canada and discover how they’re changing the game.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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Why it is a good idea for medical students to have a LinkedIn profile?
🔹Low-threat, low-resource, high-yield action
It doesn’t take long (or cost you anything) to add your profile to LinkedIn nor does it “expose” you in the same way Facebook, Instagram, etc can. Connecting with ex-professors, teachers and other students around the globe can also lead to good opportunities too – especially in terms of projects and research.
🔹Networking for side-gigs/side-hustles
If you have a business along with your medical career, Being on LinkedIn can land quite a few clients this way (and others by redirecting them to your profile). It’s an excellent way to connect and make business connections
🔹Networking for shadowing opportunities and clinical experience
As many other physicians maintain a presence on the network, it can be a good idea to search locally and contact people about potential shadowing or work experience opportunities. Just check out this Reddit user, for example, who claims they were able to land research gigs in surgery by reaching out to people through LinkedIn.
🔹Set you up for future recruitment opportunities
Having a profile in place, listing your experience, and showcasing your achievements, can help other healthcare recruiters reach out to you. This can give you an edge over other less-marketing savvy med students soon after graduating.
📚Refernce
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🔹Low-threat, low-resource, high-yield action
It doesn’t take long (or cost you anything) to add your profile to LinkedIn nor does it “expose” you in the same way Facebook, Instagram, etc can. Connecting with ex-professors, teachers and other students around the globe can also lead to good opportunities too – especially in terms of projects and research.
🔹Networking for side-gigs/side-hustles
If you have a business along with your medical career, Being on LinkedIn can land quite a few clients this way (and others by redirecting them to your profile). It’s an excellent way to connect and make business connections
🔹Networking for shadowing opportunities and clinical experience
As many other physicians maintain a presence on the network, it can be a good idea to search locally and contact people about potential shadowing or work experience opportunities. Just check out this Reddit user, for example, who claims they were able to land research gigs in surgery by reaching out to people through LinkedIn.
🔹Set you up for future recruitment opportunities
Having a profile in place, listing your experience, and showcasing your achievements, can help other healthcare recruiters reach out to you. This can give you an edge over other less-marketing savvy med students soon after graduating.
📚Refernce
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Diabetes – the Essential Facts
♦️Free course offered by Offered By University of Copenhagen.
♦️This course will provide you with an introduction to the most recent research in the field of prevention and treatment of diabetes as well as a broader understanding of the situation in different communities, rich and poor, across the world, where diabetes threatens public health.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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♦️Free course offered by Offered By University of Copenhagen.
♦️This course will provide you with an introduction to the most recent research in the field of prevention and treatment of diabetes as well as a broader understanding of the situation in different communities, rich and poor, across the world, where diabetes threatens public health.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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The top 10 online resources for medical students
#part1
Here is our list of the top 10 online resources for medical students, in no particular order:
🌀1. Osmosis
Osmosis combines simple videos with fantastic explanations across a wide range of topics, with questions and study notes to help consolidate your knowledge at your own pace. Their platform is simple to use and very comprehensive, making them one of the best online medical learning platforms in the world.
🌀2. Passmedicine
If completing thousands of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) is your style of study, then Passmedicine is the platform for you! Filter your MCQs by specialty and work through as many questions as your brain desires.
🌀3. Amboss
Amboss provides a fantastic bank of MCQs as well as an interactive resource library. They aim to not only help you through med school, but also provide you with a useful tool when you are a practicing doctor. Plus, they link directly to Anki (one of our favourite study note tools) which is a nice touch!
🌀4. Med Master
Want to brush up on your ECG skills? Or learn how to interpret ABGs? Med Mastery provides great interactive courses which help fine tune your clinical skills. They are slightly more expensive than other resources, however they are pitched at the level of practicing doctors so the quality is exceptional.
🌀5. Dr. Najeeb Lectures
He has helped so many students through difficult concepts with his wacky and amazingly memorable drawings. Our favourite lectures include the coagulation cascade, glomerulonephritis and vasculitis. Unlimited access is usually very cheap when a promotion is on!
📚Reference
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#part1
Here is our list of the top 10 online resources for medical students, in no particular order:
🌀1. Osmosis
Osmosis combines simple videos with fantastic explanations across a wide range of topics, with questions and study notes to help consolidate your knowledge at your own pace. Their platform is simple to use and very comprehensive, making them one of the best online medical learning platforms in the world.
🌀2. Passmedicine
If completing thousands of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) is your style of study, then Passmedicine is the platform for you! Filter your MCQs by specialty and work through as many questions as your brain desires.
🌀3. Amboss
Amboss provides a fantastic bank of MCQs as well as an interactive resource library. They aim to not only help you through med school, but also provide you with a useful tool when you are a practicing doctor. Plus, they link directly to Anki (one of our favourite study note tools) which is a nice touch!
🌀4. Med Master
Want to brush up on your ECG skills? Or learn how to interpret ABGs? Med Mastery provides great interactive courses which help fine tune your clinical skills. They are slightly more expensive than other resources, however they are pitched at the level of practicing doctors so the quality is exceptional.
🌀5. Dr. Najeeb Lectures
He has helped so many students through difficult concepts with his wacky and amazingly memorable drawings. Our favourite lectures include the coagulation cascade, glomerulonephritis and vasculitis. Unlimited access is usually very cheap when a promotion is on!
📚Reference
@SICoMS
COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers
💢Free course offered by University of Stanford
💢Topics include symptoms and signs in patients with COVID-19, early stabilization of patients, preventing the need for intubation, and ventilator management. The best evidence and guidelines are summarized while accompanying handouts provide written learning points and links to online resources. Simple infographics are available for providers to utilize within their care facilities to educate and promote optimal care across their entire institution.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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💢Free course offered by University of Stanford
💢Topics include symptoms and signs in patients with COVID-19, early stabilization of patients, preventing the need for intubation, and ventilator management. The best evidence and guidelines are summarized while accompanying handouts provide written learning points and links to online resources. Simple infographics are available for providers to utilize within their care facilities to educate and promote optimal care across their entire institution.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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The top 10 online resources for medical students
#part2
As we mentioned 5 online resources in our previous post, here are another 5 resources in no particular order:
🌀6. Online MedEd
Online MedEd combines great videos (which are free if you can put up with ads) with useful consolidating flash cards and questions (paid version). Their vision of changing medical education from something stale into something more interactive is appreciable.
🌀7. Acland Anatomy
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy is an amazing and comprehensive series of videos that cover everything you need to know to ace your anatomy exams! The use of human cadaver specimens makes this a truly unique series and is worth a look during your studies.
🌀8. Life in the Fast Lane
Want to know how to manage an emergency situation in a safe and practical way? Life in the Fast Lane provides comprehensive critical care knowledge written by experienced Australian doctors on a free online platform. It is a valuable resource for not only medical students, but also for practicing doctors and is widely used by the critical care community.
🌀9. BMJ OnExamination
BMJ OnExamination has been used for many years by medical students studying for their MCQ exams. It is a great database of high quality questions backed by a comprehensive library of conditions and resources. It empowers you to track results and compare them to a wide audience of users, so you can analyse your progress more effectively.
🌀10. Radiopaedia
No idea how to interpret medical imaging? This is the perfect resource for you! Radiopaedia is a free, collaborative website that houses an extensive library of medical imaging along with expert assessments and reports. It is super useful for increasing your radiology skills and knowing which imaging modality is best for different conditions.
📚Reference
@SICoMS
#part2
As we mentioned 5 online resources in our previous post, here are another 5 resources in no particular order:
🌀6. Online MedEd
Online MedEd combines great videos (which are free if you can put up with ads) with useful consolidating flash cards and questions (paid version). Their vision of changing medical education from something stale into something more interactive is appreciable.
🌀7. Acland Anatomy
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy is an amazing and comprehensive series of videos that cover everything you need to know to ace your anatomy exams! The use of human cadaver specimens makes this a truly unique series and is worth a look during your studies.
🌀8. Life in the Fast Lane
Want to know how to manage an emergency situation in a safe and practical way? Life in the Fast Lane provides comprehensive critical care knowledge written by experienced Australian doctors on a free online platform. It is a valuable resource for not only medical students, but also for practicing doctors and is widely used by the critical care community.
🌀9. BMJ OnExamination
BMJ OnExamination has been used for many years by medical students studying for their MCQ exams. It is a great database of high quality questions backed by a comprehensive library of conditions and resources. It empowers you to track results and compare them to a wide audience of users, so you can analyse your progress more effectively.
🌀10. Radiopaedia
No idea how to interpret medical imaging? This is the perfect resource for you! Radiopaedia is a free, collaborative website that houses an extensive library of medical imaging along with expert assessments and reports. It is super useful for increasing your radiology skills and knowing which imaging modality is best for different conditions.
📚Reference
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eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology, and Health
🔹Free course offered by University of Twente
🔹This course will provide you with insight into the domain of eHealth, describes methods to develop eHealth, and explain theories that enable behaviour change and facilitate implementation. This course also describes how eHealth technologies are developed and used in practice, by means of a variety of case studies, assignments and examples.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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🔹Free course offered by University of Twente
🔹This course will provide you with insight into the domain of eHealth, describes methods to develop eHealth, and explain theories that enable behaviour change and facilitate implementation. This course also describes how eHealth technologies are developed and used in practice, by means of a variety of case studies, assignments and examples.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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How to use Anki for medical school
#part1
❓What is Anki?
Anki is an app that helps you in learning and memorizing facts. It has an algorithm built into it that allows you to implement spaced Repetition into your learning. This app shows you flashcards right before you are about to forget them. Spaced repetition is a study technique that mitigates the forgetting curve of memory. Using Anki helps you as it incorporates the two most important techniques for effective learning: Active Recall and Spaced Repetition.
❓How To Get Started with Anki?
First, Download Anki. It’s available on Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS.
👉You can also access it on AnkiWeb if you choose not to pay for the iOS app.
It is also recommended to read the official Anki Manual for better usage of this app.
‼️Don’t substitute it for understanding, and do not just simply memorize the facts via brute force.
📌Follow us to see our future posts about informing some pre-made Anki decks available for medical students!
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#part1
❓What is Anki?
Anki is an app that helps you in learning and memorizing facts. It has an algorithm built into it that allows you to implement spaced Repetition into your learning. This app shows you flashcards right before you are about to forget them. Spaced repetition is a study technique that mitigates the forgetting curve of memory. Using Anki helps you as it incorporates the two most important techniques for effective learning: Active Recall and Spaced Repetition.
❓How To Get Started with Anki?
First, Download Anki. It’s available on Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS.
👉You can also access it on AnkiWeb if you choose not to pay for the iOS app.
It is also recommended to read the official Anki Manual for better usage of this app.
‼️Don’t substitute it for understanding, and do not just simply memorize the facts via brute force.
📌Follow us to see our future posts about informing some pre-made Anki decks available for medical students!
📚Reference
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Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials
🔹Free course offered by JOHNS HOPKINS University
🔹This course will explain the basic principles for the design of randomized clinical trials and how they should be reported. In the first part of the course, students will be introduced to terminology used in clinical trials and the several common designs used for clinical trials. Then, some of the mechanics of clinical trials, like randomization and blinding of treatment will be discussed. In the second half of the course, students will learn how clinical trials are analyzed and interpreted.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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🔹Free course offered by JOHNS HOPKINS University
🔹This course will explain the basic principles for the design of randomized clinical trials and how they should be reported. In the first part of the course, students will be introduced to terminology used in clinical trials and the several common designs used for clinical trials. Then, some of the mechanics of clinical trials, like randomization and blinding of treatment will be discussed. In the second half of the course, students will learn how clinical trials are analyzed and interpreted.
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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Best Premade Anki Decks that are useful for medical students
#part2
🔘We talked about Anki and how it could be used by medical students for reviewing their knowledge (see our post here). Now, we want to introduce some premade Anki decks that you can add to your Anki and use them.
🔘Pre-made Anki decks are sets of flashcards that have been created by other students. They are fantastic as you don’t have to spend hundreds of hours making cards from scratch.
✔️Anking step 1 & 2
This deck is the KING of all medical school decks. It is the perfect deck if you are studying for the USMLE but can also be used by students around the world.
✔️Rubyfinals
Just like the AnKing decks were made for US medical students. The Rubyfinals decks are made for UK medical students.
✔️USUHS
This deck was made by a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) student. The deck does contain some university-specific cards, however, it does have general First Aid and Pathoma cards. This is a large deck with over 3000 images.
📌Some of the following decks are found on Reddit. This is where students from around the world get together and have great banter about Anki. Because of this awesome community, some people like to share their decks. This results in a lot of the decks for the medical school being made available on the subreddit.
📚Reference
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#part2
🔘We talked about Anki and how it could be used by medical students for reviewing their knowledge (see our post here). Now, we want to introduce some premade Anki decks that you can add to your Anki and use them.
🔘Pre-made Anki decks are sets of flashcards that have been created by other students. They are fantastic as you don’t have to spend hundreds of hours making cards from scratch.
✔️Anking step 1 & 2
This deck is the KING of all medical school decks. It is the perfect deck if you are studying for the USMLE but can also be used by students around the world.
✔️Rubyfinals
Just like the AnKing decks were made for US medical students. The Rubyfinals decks are made for UK medical students.
✔️USUHS
This deck was made by a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) student. The deck does contain some university-specific cards, however, it does have general First Aid and Pathoma cards. This is a large deck with over 3000 images.
📌Some of the following decks are found on Reddit. This is where students from around the world get together and have great banter about Anki. Because of this awesome community, some people like to share their decks. This results in a lot of the decks for the medical school being made available on the subreddit.
📚Reference
@SICoMS
China-US Anti-Cancer Symposium
🔰Free Live Zoom Webinar
🔰Tuesday, December 21
🔰04:00–06:00 (Tehran time), 00:30-02:30 (GMT).
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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🔰Free Live Zoom Webinar
🔰Tuesday, December 21
🔰04:00–06:00 (Tehran time), 00:30-02:30 (GMT).
📌For more information and registration, click/tap here.
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SICoMS Presents:
🌏 Case Based Learning (CBL) Session for International Medical Students
🌀A Free Virtual Case-Based Learning (CBL) Session
for all medical students around the globe🤩
🌀Held by Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
🌀Discussion of interesting medical cases under the guidance of qualified facilitators.
🌀With the presence of Dr. Azim Mirzazadeh, associate professor of the department of medicine and department of medical education at TUMS.
🌀A special opportunity to virtually experience the educational environment at Tehran University of Medical Sciences
🌀Certificates will be provided to all the attending participants.
🌀Deadline for the registration is January 10th.
📌See here for more information about our program.
📌Click/tap here for the enrollment.
📨In case of any inquiries, please contact us via:
Email: sicoms.medicine.tums@gmail.com
Telegram: @SICoMS_Admin
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🌏 Case Based Learning (CBL) Session for International Medical Students
🌀A Free Virtual Case-Based Learning (CBL) Session
for all medical students around the globe🤩
🌀Held by Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
🌀Discussion of interesting medical cases under the guidance of qualified facilitators.
🌀With the presence of Dr. Azim Mirzazadeh, associate professor of the department of medicine and department of medical education at TUMS.
🌀A special opportunity to virtually experience the educational environment at Tehran University of Medical Sciences
🌀Certificates will be provided to all the attending participants.
🌀Deadline for the registration is January 10th.
📌See here for more information about our program.
📌Click/tap here for the enrollment.
📨In case of any inquiries, please contact us via:
Email: sicoms.medicine.tums@gmail.com
Telegram: @SICoMS_Admin
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Some information about the SICoMS International Case-Based Learning (CBL) program
❓How is our CBL program conducted?
✅1. The participants are divided into groups. Each group contains multinational members with a facilitator to help them solve the case.
Medical cases from the field of Internal Medicine will be presented and some questions would be asked about the cases.
Afterwards, and in each group, students will discuss the cases with each other and try to diagnose the medical problem and answer the corresponding demanded questions.
As this is a virtual event, the discussions between students will take place on social media like Telegram, Skype, etc (based on the preference of most participants).
✅2. After the end of discussions, each group will present the approach to their cases in the presence of Dr. Azim Mirzazadeh who will afterwards give his own explanations and remarks about the cases, and answer the students' questions as well.
✅3. This program is not only a chance to enhance the ability to solve medical cases, but it is an opportunity to experience the educational environment at TUMS in a virtual tour as well!
🔰All medical students who are familiar with internal medicine and approach to clinical cases are eligible for this program.
🔰As this is an international event, the discussions will be held in the English language.
🔰Ceritificates will be given to the attending participants.
📌If you have any questions, feel free to ask us:
Email: sicoms.medicine.tums@gmail.com
Telegram: @SICoMS_Admin
@SICoMS
❓How is our CBL program conducted?
✅1. The participants are divided into groups. Each group contains multinational members with a facilitator to help them solve the case.
Medical cases from the field of Internal Medicine will be presented and some questions would be asked about the cases.
Afterwards, and in each group, students will discuss the cases with each other and try to diagnose the medical problem and answer the corresponding demanded questions.
As this is a virtual event, the discussions between students will take place on social media like Telegram, Skype, etc (based on the preference of most participants).
✅2. After the end of discussions, each group will present the approach to their cases in the presence of Dr. Azim Mirzazadeh who will afterwards give his own explanations and remarks about the cases, and answer the students' questions as well.
✅3. This program is not only a chance to enhance the ability to solve medical cases, but it is an opportunity to experience the educational environment at TUMS in a virtual tour as well!
🔰All medical students who are familiar with internal medicine and approach to clinical cases are eligible for this program.
🔰As this is an international event, the discussions will be held in the English language.
🔰Ceritificates will be given to the attending participants.
📌If you have any questions, feel free to ask us:
Email: sicoms.medicine.tums@gmail.com
Telegram: @SICoMS_Admin
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🤔Why would you register in our event?🤔
👉🏻 Because it is a great opportunity to:
- 👨⚕enhance your skills in approaching medical problems
- 🛠 develop your communication, presentation and teamwork skills
- 🌐 get acquainted with new future physician colleagues from other nationalities
- 🏢📚 get to virtually experience the educational environment at TUMS
- 📜 earn a certificate of participation in this international event
- it is free
🤩What are you waiting for! 🤩
PS: you can invite your friends as well and ask to be included in the same team.
⚠️Deadline for registration is January 10th.
📌See here for more information about our event (1&2)
📌Click/tap here for the enrollment.
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👉🏻 Because it is a great opportunity to:
- 👨⚕enhance your skills in approaching medical problems
- 🛠 develop your communication, presentation and teamwork skills
- 🌐 get acquainted with new future physician colleagues from other nationalities
- 🏢📚 get to virtually experience the educational environment at TUMS
- 📜 earn a certificate of participation in this international event
- it is free
🤩What are you waiting for! 🤩
PS: you can invite your friends as well and ask to be included in the same team.
⚠️Deadline for registration is January 10th.
📌See here for more information about our event (1&2)
📌Click/tap here for the enrollment.
@SICoMS
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SICoMS Presents:
🌏 Case Based Learning (CBL) Session for International Medical Students
🌀A Free Virtual Case-Based Learning (CBL) Session
for all medical students around the globe🤩
🌀Held by Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS)…
🌏 Case Based Learning (CBL) Session for International Medical Students
🌀A Free Virtual Case-Based Learning (CBL) Session
for all medical students around the globe🤩
🌀Held by Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS)…
‼️Less than 24 hours left to register for the Case-Based Learning (CBL) Session for International Medical Students‼️
🔰A free virtual case-based learning (CBL) session for all medical students around the globe!
🔰Held by the Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
🔰With a special opportunity to virtually experience the education environment at TUMS.
🔰Certificates will be provided to all the attending participants.
📌See here for more information about our program.
📌Click/tap here for the registration.
📨In case of any inquiries, please contact us via:
Email: sicoms.medicine.tums@gmail.com
Telegram: @SICoMS_Admin
@SICoMS
🔰A free virtual case-based learning (CBL) session for all medical students around the globe!
🔰Held by the Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
🔰With a special opportunity to virtually experience the education environment at TUMS.
🔰Certificates will be provided to all the attending participants.
📌See here for more information about our program.
📌Click/tap here for the registration.
📨In case of any inquiries, please contact us via:
Email: sicoms.medicine.tums@gmail.com
Telegram: @SICoMS_Admin
@SICoMS