Welcome Letter

Dear honorable professors,
Esteemed fellow students and future colleagues,

As members of the Scientific Society of Hellenic Medical Students, we are more than pleased to welcome you to the 17th International Forum of Medical Students and Junior Doctors, which we are happy to organize and host in our city, Alexandroupolis, from the 5th to the 7th of May 2023.

The International Forum has been for many years an integral and prestigious part of the annual Scientific Congress of Hellenic Medical Students. Contrary to the rest of the Congress, it is held in English, giving the opportunity to both Greek and foreign speakers to present their research, work and perspective in a wide variety of contemporary and evolving medical issues. Thus, we can enlarge the range of participants and attenders, having the great chance to be part of the global community and get informed about the most recent international medical developments.

Dear honorable professors and respectable medical experts, we will be more than glad if you could enlighten us with your knowledge, work and experience. Your guidance is and will be of great importance to all of us.

Dear esteemed fellow students and future colleagues, the whole idea of the Congress is mainly intended for us. Getting engaged would be ideal, but even if you only attend, you will definitely become richer in knowledge and experience!

After all, as Marcus Aurelius mentioned, now is the time to learn…

If in your 20s you don’t learn,
If in your 30s you don’t act,
If in your 40s you don’t have,
In your 50s you will not learn, act nor have.

Looking forward to meeting you all in Alexandroupolis and spending three beautiful and constructive days with each other!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 17th International Forum for Medical Students and Junior Doctors,

Krouskou Sevasti-Effraimia
6th Year Medical Student at Democritus University of Thrace
President of the Organizing Committee
of the 17th International Forum for Medical Students and Junior Doctors