WCMSR 2023

Conference Program, Recordings, Official Awards, and Organizing Committee

This page serves as the official archive of the 2023 IJMS World Conference of Medical Student Research (WCMSR). It includes the conference program with timestamps for the official YouTube recordings, the list of award recipients, and the members of the Organizing Committee.

The 2023 IJMS World Conference of Medical Student Research was an event where medical students and early career scientists from all over the world gathered to share top-tier research and case reports. Our aim was to create a unique space for students, from students, to serve as a training opportunity and a platform to visualize the scientific work carried out by medical students worldwide.

Quick Facts
Date October 7, 2023
Edition Second IJMS World Conference of Medical Student Research
Abstracts Submitted 90
Countries Represented 27
Country Representation by Number of Abstracts Colombia, India, United States, Sudan, Mexico, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Jordan, Pakistan, Ukraine, Romania, Aruba, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Serbia, Spain, and Switzerland.
Countries are listed from the highest to the lowest number of abstracts represented.
Presentations Delivered 38
Editorial Read the conference editorial
Abstract Supplement View the official abstract supplement

Contents

  1. Quick Facts
  2. Conference Program and Recording
  3. Official Awards
    1. Most-Liked Research Presentation Awarded by the Public
    2. Special Mention for Basic Science
    3. Highest Score During the Abstract Revision Process — Case Reports
    4. Highest Score During the Abstract Revision Process — Original Research
    5. Best Case Report Presentation
    6. Best Research Presentation — Original Research
  4. Organizing Committee

Conference Program and Recording

The complete conference program is presented below. Each timestamp links directly to the corresponding presentation or conference session in the official YouTube recording.

Official YouTube Recording: Watch the 2023 conference recording on YouTube

Timestamp Presenter or Session Presentation Title or Description
03:32 Conference Session Welcoming message WCMSR
03:48 Conference Session Introduction to the WCMSR: Dr. Prakash Gupta
07:58 Conference Session Welcome message: Dr. Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar
18:22 Raashed et al. A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon
29:45 Presentation Evaluation of the Role of Jyotishmati (Celastrus paniculatus Wild) Seed Oil in Animal Models
41:08 AlSamhori et al. The Stigma towards Seeking Help among Universities Students:
54:52 Jamali et al. An Atypical Sellar Mass: Sellar Tuberculoma in a Young Patient -Case Report
1:05:22 Barbălată et al. Dermatological Examination Training: Shaping Careers Through Hands-On Practice
1:14:06 Liew et al. The Comparative Efficacy of Anti-Amyloid and Non-Antiamyloid Drugs for Treatment
1:26:03 Presentation Bronchiectasis with Trans Mediastinal Herniation of Left Upper Lobe
1:34:28 Presentation Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Networks and Tree Models as Multifactorial Binary Predictors
1:53:27 Gbuchie et al. Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Contraceptives among Women of Reproductive
2:20:07 Conference Session Acknowledgment First session Judges
2:37:50 Hari et al. Prevalence of Depression among Infertile Couples Attending a Tertiary-Care Infertility Clinic
2:49:34 Presentation Multifocal Acquired Demyelinating Sensory and Motor Neuropathy (MADSAM)
2:59:27 Terzić et al. Intraoperative Complications in Cerebral Endovascular Aneurysmal Surgery
3:17:13 Tingey et al. Orthopaedic Surgery in the Metaverse: Current Data on Virtual-Reality Based Training
3:27:39 Cernătescu et al. Preliminary Insights into JWH182: a Synthetic Cannabinoid’s Neuroprotective Role
3:40:39 Presentation Medical Students With Dyslexia: What Are Their Experiences In Medical School
3:57:10 Presentation Review of Blood Cultures Taken From Arterial Lines in James Cook University Hospital
4:09:14 Musa et al. Sleep hygiene, mediating the association between circadian typology
4:17:11 Martínez et al. Surviving A Triple Coinfection In An HIV Patient: Tuberculosis Histoplasmosis And SARS-CoV-2
4:26:27 Okoka et al. Knowledge, Attitude, And Factors Affecting Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine
4:39:31 Taha et al. The Effect of the Psychiatric Co-Morbidities of Migraine in Medical University Students
4:44:34 Conference Session Acknowledgment Second session Judges
5:08:50 Londoño et al. Overlap Syndrome Between Sjögren's Syndrome and Systemic Sclerosis
5:17:35 Castledine et al. Clinical audit of electronic health records to identify prediabetic patients
5:31:00 Serna et al. Metanalysis of the diagnostic performance of western blot for the early diagnosis
5:39:26 Faithful et al. Are Female Undergraduates at the University of Calabar Equipped with the Knowledge
5:51:45 Angarita et al. A Rare Complication of Chronic Otitis Media: Septic Thrombosis of the Transverse Sinus
6:04:08 Vásquez et al. Combined Complex Gastroschisis, Bladder exstrophy and Pelvic organs Evisceration
6:16:19 Zhou et al. Effects of Near-peer Motivational Interviewing Teaching on Greek Medical Students
6:28:38 Ortega-Moreno, et al. The Stroke Riskometer App as an Educational Campaign in Outpatient
6:42:40 Allred et al. The Role of Language Concordant Care on Increasing Parental Engagement
6:54:30 Conference Session Acknowledgment Third session Judges
7:07:18 Tienda-López et al. Efficacy of Triple Prophylaxis for Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Matched
7:20:58 AlSamhori et al. Medical Student Syndrome in Medical University students in Jordan
7:29:38 Presentation A Rare Case of Candida parapsilosis Empyema Thoracis
7:39:12 García et al. Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii cysts by immunofluorescence assay in human brain tissue of suicide
7:51:56 Hussain et al. Understanding Suicidal Behaviour and Distress in Young Muslim Canadians
8:02:09 Cheng et al. Frontlines and Crossroads: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Motivations of Medical Students from Selected Philippine
8:14:36 Shah et al. Report of Incidental Vulvar Malignant Melanoma Upon Dermatologic Evaluation for Vaginal
8:26:49 Allred et al. Implementation of an Outbound Ambulatory Scheduling Team Reduces Disparities
8:36:48 Saldaña-Rui et al. Fulminant Hepatic Failure as the Initial Presentation of Hodgkin's Disease
8:47:32 Conference Session Acknowledgment Fourth session Judges
9:03:15 Conference Session Awards Ceremony

Official Awards

The awards given out were top-scored abstracts for original research and case reports, top-scored presentations of original research and case reports, and highest-voted presentation by the audience.

Awards at a Glance

Award Category Recognition Author Country
Most-Liked Research Presentation Awarded by the Public Winner Sebastián Serna Rivera Colombia
Special Mention for Basic Science Special Mention Alhad A Mulkalwar India
Highest Score During the Abstract Revision Process — Case Reports First Place Mauricio Alejandro Saldana-Ruiz Mexico
Second Place Arwa Moiz Jamali India
Highest Score During the Abstract Revision Process — Original Research First Place Caleb Allred United States
Second Place Elile Monisola Okoka Nigeria
Tie — Third Place Gayathri S Hari India
Tie — Third Place Diego Alejandro Ortega-Moreno Mexico
Best Case Report Presentation — Judge Scores First Place Arielle E. Solomon United States
Second Place Manuel Alejandro Vásquez Salguero Colombia
Best Research Presentation — Original Research — Judge Scores First Place Caleb Allred United States
Tie — Second Place Caleb Allred United States
Tie — Second Place Adriel Agunod Cheng Philippines
Tie — Second Place R. Castledine Ireland
Third Place Faithful Miebaka Daniel Nigeria

 

Most-Liked Research Presentation Awarded by the Public

Metanalysis of the diagnostic performance of western blot for the early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis

Presented by: Sebastián Serna Rivera

Affiliation: Second year Medical Student, University of Quindío, Armenia, Colombia

Country: Colombia

Recording: Watch the presentation

 

Special Mention for Basic Science

Evaluation of the Role of Jyotishmati (Celastrus paniculatus Wild) Seed Oil in Animal Models of Alcohol Use Disorder

Presented by: Alhad A Mulkalwar

Affiliation: MBBS Intern, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Country: India

Recording: Watch the presentation

 

Highest Score During the Abstract Revision Process — Case Reports

  1. First Place

    Fulminant Hepatic Failure as the Initial Presentation of Hodgkin's Disease and Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

    Presented by: Mauricio Alejandro Saldana-Ruiz

    Affiliation: Social Service, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, México

    Country: Mexico

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  2. Second Place

    An Atypical Sellar Mass: Sellar Tuberculoma in a Young Patient -Case Report

    Presented by: Arwa Moiz Jamali

    Affiliation: Final M.B.B.S Part -2, GMERS Medical College (Maharaja Sayajirao University), Vadodara, India

    Country: India

    Recording: Watch the presentation

 

Highest Score During the Abstract Revision Process — Original Research

  1. First Place

    Implementation of an Outbound Ambulatory Scheduling Team Reduces Disparities in Access to Pediatric Otolaryngology Care

    Presented by: Caleb Allred

    Affiliation: BA, third-year medical student. Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

    Country: United States

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  2. Second Place

    Knowledge, Attitude, And Factors Affecting Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Uptake Among Female Undergraduate Students In Public Tertiary Institutions In Lagos State Nigeria

    Presented by: Elile Monisola Okoka

    Affiliation: BSc, MSc, MBBS. Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Nigeria.

    Country: Nigeria

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  3. Tie — Third Place

    Prevalence of Depression among Infertile Couples Attending a Tertiary-Care Infertility Clinic

    Presented by: Gayathri S Hari

    Affiliation: Intern, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

    Country: India

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  4. Tie — Third Place

    The Stroke Riskometer App as an Educational Campaign in Outpatient Clinics and its Association with Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs

    Presented by: Diego Alejandro Ortega-Moreno

    Affiliation: Sixth-year Medical Student, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México.

    Country: Mexico

    Recording: Watch the presentation

 

Best Case Report Presentation — Judge Scores

  1. First Place

    A Rare Case of Candida parapsilosis Empyema Thoracis

    Presented by: Arielle E. Solomon

    Affiliation: First-year Medical Student, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA.

    Country: United States

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  2. Second Place

    Combined Complex Gastroschisis, Bladder exstrophy and Pelvic organs Evisceration: A Rare Entity

    Presented by: Manuel Alejandro Vásquez Salguero

    Affiliation: Fifth-year Medical Student, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

    Country: Colombia

    Recording: Watch the presentation

 

Best Research Presentation — Original Research — Judge Scores

  1. First Place

    The Role of Language Concordant Care on Increasing Parental Engagement in Shared Decision Making

    Presented by: Caleb Allred

    Affiliation: BA, third-year medical student. Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

    Country: United States

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  2. Tie — Second Place

    Implementation of an Outbound Ambulatory Scheduling Team Reduces Disparities in Access to Pediatric Otolaryngology Care

    Presented by: Caleb Allred

    Affiliation: BA, third-year medical student. Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

    Country: United States

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  3. Tie — Second Place

    Frontlines and Crossroads: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Motivations of Medical Students from Selected Philippine Medical Schools in Pursuing Their Medical Studies

    Presented by: Adriel Agunod Cheng

    Affiliation: Medical Intern (Fifth Year), Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

    Country: Philippines

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  4. Tie — Second Place

    Clinical audit of electronic health records to identify prediabetic patients and compliance with ICGP Guidelines in their management

    Presented by: R. Castledine

    Affiliation: Final-year medical student, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.

    Country: Ireland

    Recording: Watch the presentation

  5. Third Place

    Are Female Undergraduates at the University of Calabar Equipped with the Knowledge, Positive Attitudes, and Effective Practices of Contraceptives?

    Presented by: Faithful Miebaka Daniel

    Affiliation: MBBCH, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.

    Country: Nigeria

    Recording: Watch the presentation

Organizing Committee

Director

Prakash Gupta
Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation College of Medicine, San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Philippines

Deputy Director

Wah Praise
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon

Director of Abstracts

Lorraine Sebopelo
University of Botswana, Botswana

Director of Logistics

Shane Darbar
University of Nairobi, Kenya

Director of Marketing and Communications

Malina Cernatescu
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iași, Romania

Technical Assistance

Camilo Agamez
Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia

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