ULM Medical Students Win First Place in the 2023 National Amygdala Anatomy Competition

Malang – Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) students have once again made achievements at the national level. This time, ULM Faculty of Medicine students succeeded in winning and achieving first place in the 2023 National Amygdala Anatomy Competition organized by the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM).

The team consists of Peni, a student from the class of 2021 and Muhammad Faaiq Mabrur, a student from the class of 2022 and Dr. Dr. Oski Illiandri, M.Kes as they supervisor. Peni and Faaiq won the title of champion after competing with 125 other teams from 40 state and private universities in Indonesia.

Amygdala is an annual event organized by the University of Muhammadiyah Malang. One of the series is the National Anatomy Competition where in 2023 the theme chosen is the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems.

This competition was held in a hybrid manner with a total of 4 rounds. The preliminary round was held online, while the next round until the final was held offline at the UMM Tegalgondo Anatomy Building for 3 days from Friday, 22 September 2023 to Sunday, 24 September 2023.

In the preliminary round, participants must answer 100 short questions about embryology, basic anatomy and clinical anatomy. From this round the 30 teams with the highest scores were taken. Next, the quarter-finals consisted of 3 sessions, namely the tennis session, powerpoint and peek a boo game session. This security session is carried out by answering 30 short questions and directly dealing with real cadavers. In this training session, it is carried out per individual and then the team score is taken from the average score of the team members.

This achievement is certainly a matter of pride for Lambung Mangkurat University, and is the real result of the talent interest mentoring program which has been carried out continuously. With this achievement, it is hoped that it can motivate other students to not only focus on learning in the lecture hall, but also to actively participate in interest and talent competitions. Through this participation, students will of course have experience in competing with students from other universities and have the opportunity to improve and develop their interests and talents.