The Brain Awareness Week activities at the MUG

29.03.2017

The Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is already behind us. On this occasion, the Polish Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (PPSA) Gdańsk Branch prepared numerous activities. At the Faculty of Pharmacy students organised a special stand which changed its character every day. Visitors could draw riddles, solve a mystery of the day, do crosswords or treat yourself to delicious cookies or peanuts. On the 15th of March, students from the Neurosurgery Scientific Circle delivered a presentation “Neurostimulation. Is it possible to wake up from the coma”. Students of the Faculty of Medicine talked about the brain stimulation process and pointed out that a coma is not the only condition that a patient can experience. On the next day, Anna Kowalska, a medical representative of Nutricia Polska, talked about how important is a diet for patients who stay in hospitals, especially after a stroke. On the 17th of March, members of PTSF Oddział Gdańsk visited the Senior House at 24 Fromborska street in Gdańsk. They delivered a short presentation about their activities and the BAW campaign, as well as played games and did crosswords with the residents of the Senior House.

The Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Every March, the BAW unites the efforts of different organizations worldwide in a celebration of the brain for people of all ages. The next BAW campaign is planned for March 12-18, 2018.