July 2025
Recent graduates Ismini Kyriacou, Virginia Constantinou and Irene Papapetrou (all MD ’25) authored a collaborative study, ‘Should Teachers Entertain? Views and Attitudes of Students and Faculty in Two Medical Programmes in Cyprus and Sweden’, which was presented at the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Conference in Bangkok on 27 May 2025. Kyriacou, who represented the group in Bangkok, delivered the talk during an oral session on teaching practice and student engagement.
The four-day meeting (25–28 May) offered a rich programme of symposia, workshops and research papers aimed at improving the training of healthcare professionals. Key themes included student involvement in accreditation and quality-assurance processes, emotional intelligence and its influence on teaching, artificial intelligence applications in medical education and addressing bias in health-professions curricula.
Faculty members Dr Chloe Antoniou and Dr Annalisa Quattrocchi (UNIC Medical School) together with Dr Elisabeth Hultgren-Hörnquist and Dr Marco Mansour (Örebro University) supported the graduates with their study.
‘Presenting our work and engaging in discussion with educators, clinicians and researchers from around the world was a rewarding experience that I deeply value. Although time was limited, I was truly glad to experience Thai culture firsthand. The kindness, warmth and hospitality of the people, along with the rich cultural atmosphere of Bangkok, made the trip even more memorable’, said Kyriacou.
This presentation is the second student-led contribution from the Medical School at WFME this year.
