The organizers of the event hit the jackpot with the topic. It turned out that people are very curious about anatomy and how the human body works. The anatomy lessons given by students of the faculty of medicine were of great interest. These were not boring lectures, but mapping of the human body presented on a state-of-the-art illuminated phantom that students call “Ciastek.” The class lasted about 20 minutes, then another group of interested people would come in and the anatomy lesson would begin again. It was also possible to approach the "pins". This time the exam was conducted by the students. There was no shortage of people willing to test themselves. The best of them received prizes.
In addition to the anatomy lesson, there were many other attractions. The museum lecture hall was filled to capacity both for the presentation given by Dr. Hanna Pliszka from the Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy and for the lecture given by Aleksandra Hyza, a doctoral student in the Department of Education and Research in Health Sciences. The first presentation was on anatomy and pathology in paintings from the collection of the Pinacoteca in Milan, the second on how our diet has changed over the centuries.
Many people also took part in first aid workshops organized by students from IFMSA-Poland Warsaw Branch. The longest queue lined up at the wound suturing stations. There were so many willing people that we ran out of threads 😊 The students from IFMSA-Poland also prepared stands with the slogan Health under control. You could, among other things, measure your blood pressure, sugar level and register with DKMS. The representatives of this foundation say it's been a long time since they were able to gather so many potential marrow donors at one event.
Here you can watch a short film about what happened on the Night of Museums at WUM
