Romanian Student Society of Surgery
Dear participants,
We are very excited to see your interest in our congress and, on behalf of this year’s Organising Committee, we would like to welcome you to the 2022 edition of SURGICON! Even though the pandemic had a huge impact on the way we used to organise our events, we managed to come up with innovative concepts and new means of helping you interact with the surgical environment. We are very confident that the time you spend on our website, during the live sessions, while scrolling through our social media, or while at our workshops, will be very productive and filled with eureka moments, while also socialising and creating new connections! Make sure to keep an eye out for our updates, as do we have a couple of surprises in store and we promise to provide you with yet another incredible learning experience, from the comfort of your home, and from the hands-on workshops, as we plan to go hybrid once again!
17 years ago, the 6 founding members created the basis for the 10 branches that activate today in some of the biggest universities in Romania - each of which organises its specific workshops or scientific events, creating an ever-growing network of information sharing and technique improvement. Among our recent achievements are, of course, the first 3 editions of SURGICON. In 2020, the pandemic didn’t stop us from reaching our goal and bringing surgery closer to everyone by rethinking our plans and stepping out of our comfort zone. The number of actual participants doubled the estimation and we caught the eye of many international students, taking the first step towards the surgical map of Europe. In 2021, we adopted a hybrid format, encompassing both hands-on activities and online events, allowing participants from all over the world to join.
The first editions of the congress made us think outside of the box and adapt to unexpected situations. But, we all know that with a hard-working team, everything is possible. We will try to help the participants and the speakers make the most out of this experience, hoping that coming to Romania during fall will continue writing the SURGICON story in 2022.
The Romanian Student Society of Surgery is a non-governmental organisation, sustained by a group of medical students who share the same passion for surgery and are driven by a common goal: to make sure that their community has all the tools it requires to provide the society with elite practitioners in the years to follow. Since its founding in 2004, our Society kept evolving and reaching more and more students, growing a strong, elaborate and versatile team, across the entire country.
We now organise basic and specialised workshops, covering all surgical specialties, and even though the pandemic made us rethink our organising methods, after an initial pause in our activity, we thought of new ways of moving forward, safely and efficiently, in order to not let down our colleagues who share the same passion for surgery as we all do!
SURGICON represents our biggest project so far. After a successful first edition, organising the second one, fully online and without our signature hands-on workshops, represented a true challenge, but one we are very proud to say we overpassed. At our third edition, we adopted a hybrid format, encompassing both hands-on activities and online events, allowing participants from all over the world to join.
