The Mazovian Governor has appointed provincial consultants for the first and subsequent terms. Among the experts who received their appointments are specialists from our university: Paweł Derlatka, MD, PhD, Prof. Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Prof. Paweł Krajewski and Prof. Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska.

The 1st International Olympics of Knowledge and Skills in Lifestyle Nursing in Civilization Diseases, aimed at nursing students, has ended. In the finals, 18 students representing eight universities from across the country competed for a place on the podium. Jakub Foryciarz, MUW student, turned out to be the best. Second place went to Magdalena Kępniak, also from our university, and third place went to Wiktoria Tracz from the Medical University of Lublin. What was the purpose of the Olympics and what was the struggle based on?

Why does coordinated care provide a better level of service, what conditions can be treated in this model of care, who is the coordinator.... ? These and many other questions were answered in her lecture by Dr. Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, UMW Professor, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Health for the implementation of coordinated care in primary care, national consultant in family medicine.

We are talking about the Public Health Congress, the 11th edition of which has just ended. During the two days of deliberations, experts, including representatives of our university, discussed the most pressing issues of modern medicine and public health. Among other things, they talked about human resources in public health, overcoming social barriers to accessing psychiatric care or innovations and technologies of the future in health care.

The Rare Diseases Council is a subsidiary body of the Minister of Health, and its tasks include initiating and substantively monitoring the implementation of the various stages of the Rare Diseases Plan. On December 3, the regulation establishing the composition of the council came into effect. Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk, Head of the Department of Neurology MUW, became chairman of the Council for 2024-2025. Krzysztof Szczałuba, MD, PhD, Director of the Center of Excellence for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases MUW, became a member of the Council.

On Friday, in the parking lot in front of the Children’s Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Warsaw, rally driver Kajetan Kajetanowicz showed his skills especially for children from the hematology and oncology department and other young patients. Children watched the famous “doughnuts” from the hospital windows. And all this in connection with Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.

December 1 is World AIDS Day – a day of remembrance of the devastating disease caused by HIV infection. Once again, our students from the Student Research Group at the Department of Infectious, Tropical and Hepatic Diseases of the WUM organized an important educational event addressed to students of the University of Physical Education in Warsaw. Goal: talk and convince people how important HIV prevention is. Because knowledge of the topic is still very necessary.

The National Science Center has just announced the results of the OPUS 27 and PRELUDIUM 23 competitions. Funding for basic research projects was granted to 719 scientists from various institutions. Among them are researchers from our university. Who are they and what projects will they implement?

The aim of the event was to integrate all professionals involved in community care for the mental health of children and adolescents.

There are no uniform standards in Poland for assessing effectiveness of psychotherapy. They need to be created. But first, it is worth clarifying a few things. What criteria make a therapeutic approach considered evidence-based? What might the success rates be? Is it worth creating networks of psychotherapy centers that will collect data? Experts tried to answer these questions during the “Psychotherapy Round Table”.