CONTENTS. GENERAL Credits 2 Letter from the editor Divo Ljubicic 3 What is EMSA? Amanda Victorine Wong Zhi Yan 5 From the President Ajda Skarlovnik 6

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2 CONTENTS GENERAL Credits 2 Letter from the editor Divo Ljubicic 3 What is EMSA? Amanda Victorine Wong Zhi Yan 5 From the President Ajda Skarlovnik 6 FROM THE PEN OF YOUR EEB 2003/ A year in EEB Ajda Skarlovnik 7 Thoughts from the desk of the secretary Fiona Horneff 8 The new girl Emon Farrah Malik 10 How everything started Divo Ljubicic 12 A day in the office representing EMSA in Europe Nick Kai Schneider 14 General Assembly (GA) from EEB's point of view Hrvoje Vrazic MD 16 EMSA ACTION: ANTI-TOBACCO! An opinion article: Smoking and physicians - Doctors as role models Anabela Diana Serranito MD 18 In the game - for a tobacco free Europe (EMSA joins forces with WHO-Euro and the CDC) Nick Kai Schneider 20 Becoming a doctor Hrvoje Vrazic MD 26 By the choice of the editor: A short overview of history of medicine and urban culture in old Dubrovnik Divo Ljubicic 27 PAPERS AND REVIEWS Fibrinolytic therapy in acute deep vein thrombosis and arterial occlusion Emre Sivrikoz 30 Arthroscopic meniscectomy as a method of treating meniscus injuries Slavko Kuzmanovski, Vladimir Krstic 37 Clinical manifestations and aetiopathogenetical background of mesenteric lymphadenopathy in children Dragan Ilic 42 Cutaneous tuberculosis in R. Macedonia during the period Biljana Gjoneska 47 Symptoms of gastrointestinal functional disorders in student population Melita Nesic 50 Long-term consequences of preeclampsia - Where do we stand? Ozge Tuncalp 54 ANNOUNCEMENTS News in Greece - Special Edition - 14 th EMSA GA and 8 th EMSCon Gefsi Mintziori 56 Invitation to 4 th ZIMS (Zagreb International Medical Summit) Nikolina Radakovic 57 LIFE A summer in Dubrovnik Fiona Horneff 22 Modus vivendi Marieta Nikolova Ivanova 24 1

3 The author of the cover Author: Nora Mojas, Study of Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia Contact: Nora Mojas is a very promising and talented young designer. Her work has been meritoriously accepted in Croatia. During her productive career as a designer, she has always been searching for a new way of expressing and creating reality. Her connection with her hometown Dubrovnik has always inspired her and given her plenty of motifs for her work. She likes to be thought of as "the goddess of superlights & the mother of good design". About the cover (a comment by Nora Mojas and Divo Ljubicic) The cover expresses individuality through multiculturalism. Style and colour selection indicate the purity and simplicity of medical profession, but at the same time the multilateral and multicultural unification of Homo sapiens through medicine. The creation of Adam and Eve, who are the symbol of our species, can also be connected to medicine, since medicine is directed towards human beings, and exists because of human beings. The cover also presents EMSA with its potential and values. Unification of young people, medical students, through individuality, multinationality and multiculturalism from which EMSA arises as a phoenix, in one voice for Europe. United we stand, together we can. JEMSA Edition 2004 would like to thank: Carl Robert Blesius (Germany), Ana Borovecki MD (Croatia), Marjan Conevski (FYROM), Vladimir Galic (Serbia and Montenegro), Biljana Gjoneska (FYROM), Fiona Horneff (Germany), Dragan Ilic (Serbia and Montenegro), Katarzyna Klodnicka (Poland), Marina Kos MD PhD (Croatia), Vladimir Krstic (Serbia and Montenegro), Slavko Kuzmanovski (Serbia and Montenegro), Slobodan Lang MD PhD (Croatia), Davor Lessel (Austria), Divo Ljubicic (Croatia), Emon Farrah Malik (United Kingdom), Matko Marusic MD PhD (Croatia), Julia Mikic (Croatia), Gefsi Mintziori (Greece), Nora Mojas (Croatia), Melita Nesic (Serbia and Montenegro), Marieta Nikolova Ivanova (Bulgaria), Nikolina Radakovic (Croatia), Nick Kai Schneider (Germany), Anabela Diana Serranito MD (Portugal), Emre Sivrikoz (Turkey), Ajda Skarlovnik (Slovenia), Ozge Tuncalp (Turkey), Amanda Victorine Wong Zhi Yan (United Kingdom), Maja Vlahovic MD PhD (Croatia), Hrvoje Vrazic MD (Croatia) CMJ - Croatian Medical Journal (Croatia) & Medical Publishing CO (Croatia) Medical School, University of Zagreb (Croatia) & Croatian Medical Association (Croatia) Editor: Divo Ljubicic (Croatia) Design, layout & pre-print preparation: Hrvoje Vrazic MD (Croatia) & vrazic.com Credits Editorial board: Carl Robert Blesius (Germany), Marjan Conevski (FYROM), Fiona Horneff (Germany), Katarzyna Klodnicka (Poland), Emon Farrah Malik (United Kingdom), Nick Kai Schneider (Germany), Anabela Diana Serranito MD (Portugal), Ajda Skarlovnik (Slovenia), Amanda Victorine Wong Zhi Yan (United Kingdom), Hrvoje Vrazic MD (Croatia) Publisher: European Medical Students Association (EMSA) c/o Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) Rue de la Science 41 B-1040 Brussels Belgium ISSN Total Edition: 250 Disclaimer EMSA (European Medical Students' Association) and the editor do not hold themselves in any way responsible for the statements made, or the views put forward in the various articles and papers. Medical knowledge is constantly changing. The authors and the editor, as far as it is possible, have taken care to ensure that the information given in this text is accurate and up-to-date. However, readers are strongly advised to confirm that the information is correct. Despite judicious efforts errors may have crept in and EMSA, the editor and the publisher do not accept any responsibility for this. Copyright Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review as permitted under the European copyright, design and patent laws, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the editor, the article writers and the EEB (EMSA European board) Journal of the European Medical Students Association on Medical and Scientific Affairs by EMSA 2

4 FROM THE PEN OF YOUR EEB 2003/ AJDA SKARLOVNIK (SLOVENIA) VICE-PRESIDENT A year in EEB Well, I've been warned before deciding to run for a EEB position I asked more experienced colleagues for counsel and advice; among other things I was told it very well might happen that I will try to fight that box of PC and blame it for all the things in the world that didn't work, all the s that were ignored, all the As a matter of fact it was true, later, in retrospective, I always remembered those words while starting to get involved in intensive discussions with the computer But it would be by all means wrong to imagine that the computer work comprised the majority of my activities; yes, maybe paper, pencil and internet are highly useful tools, however, you should never forget that they just help you realize things you want to do for other people and that the main purpose is to finally meet friends and be with friends. And so there I was, balancing between being just a student having fun and behaving responsibly and professionally as an EEB member in order to achieve and organize something. I will never forget the EEB meeting in Berlin; the European Students Conference, the wonderful city, the cheap kebabs, the comfortable hostel, the days spent on the Conference and the nights spent in the enthusiastic planning of EMSA's future. The meeting in Slovenia in February, together with the Bologna process workshop and Ski Week was somewhat of a highlight after a few months preparation. I hope and guess people had some good time. And we were productive too: I cannot but be proud of the Ljubljana Statement on Medical Education. And I have to admit that even I learned several new things about my own country as well as my countrymen. Afterwards, me, das Unterwegsmaedel, I traveled more; to Venezuela to IFMSA March Meeting, to Groningen, the Netherlands, where EMSA National coordinators meeting took place, and to Geneva on the occasion of WHO General Assembly and WorldMapS preparations meeting. Each of these is a chapter of its own and there is simply not enough space to describe it all. On all these occasions I could get to know my colleagues and friends from different aspects; As we spent a lot of time together I got to know them as very good cooks (still remember that dinner in Jaccos apartment, Amanda, and Divo, of course I will not forget "the Berlin pancakes" ), poets and philosophers (yeah Anabela, we will all sue our student organization for completely changing our lives, won't we? ), skiers, swimmers and gourmands (Fiona, I really do hope we will have the chance to go for skiing, a spa jacuzzi and then a cup of hot chocolate some day again). All in all, it was dulce et utile - I hope I do not sound too corny but some things just cannot be expressed otherwise or more suitably. Despite the two years of previous work as EMSA National Coordinator and Leonardo Coordinator in SloMSIC this was an entirely new experience. I learned some quite new things about communication and power of persuasion; I learned about the importance of timely and accurate information; I learned, however unbelievable it may seem, even more about team work, I learned completely new things about controlling my own temper I learned it the hard way but it was certainly worthwhile. And most important of all, I met a lot of amazing people whom I can now call friends. I sincerely hope we will not lose contacts - and I mean it (Hrvoje, I promise I will come to Zagreb also just for a coffee and not only for vaccination ). I have precious moments and unique memories for my future. Alors, je ne regrette rien Fair winds, smooth sailing, good suntans! Ajda PS: I apologize if this article has been rather incoherent wandering in personal memories and feelings and if I skipped the utile part about my duties as EMSA vicepresident. For that you should peek in the annual report at the October GA. 7

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