Tuzla Brain Week

Tuzla Brain Week was held in a hybrid form this year – most of the content was held online, while some of the live activities were held in accordance with the epidemiological situation. In the week before the official start of TBW, 5 webinars of experts in the field of (bio) medicine and neuroscience were held. We talked about the latest discoveries in these fields. Also we managed to hold a workshop before the worsening of epidemiological situation called 3D printing and modeling in BMI”. Age workshops: With the youngest and oldest population, we worked through Zoom using questionnaires, tasks and exercises, with the aim of pointing out the importance of mental health and proper learning, the development and preservation of cognition. We worked with the population from high school and college on a workshop on the town square entitled “Trained Brain – Correct Conclusion” and “Pandemic vs. Social Life”. First day: The opening ceremony and plenary lectures were held online via a live broadcast link, and professors got involved via Zoom. With a total of 4 plenary speakers, participants had the opportunity to hear many new things and discoveries from the field of neuroscience. Second day: Student research session was held through Zoom with the presentation of scientific papers of students and young doctors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, countries in the region, such as students from Austria, Germany, Georgia and other countries, which were evaluated by a professional scientist committee. The three best works won awards. The same pattern was used to hold a BMI Zoom conference. Professional workshops were also held online, just like the activities as TBW Neuro Talk and TBW Crack The Case.

As the state of the pandemic damaged mostly mental health, our campaign was also based on how to protect the same through neuroscience. Our webinars on the subject were of great help, and the feedback from the participants was immediately noticeable. The contents that spoke about neurological diseases in the middle and older population were of great benefit, and when checking the acquired knowledge, wonderful results were shown, which motivates us to continue working within Brain Awareness Week.

We would suggest as many tasks and games with age groups as possible. In these times, we did webinars with psychologists in which we provided an opportunity for open conversation with experts, which was of great help to students and such steps could be the right way to break the stigma that mental health has.

The informations were very useful and we managed to take some ideas for our event, so we find the content useful in many ways, especially when it comes to acquiring new knowledge from the field of neuroscience.