XVI International scientific-practical conference of students and young scientists "Student medical science of XXI century" was held on 2-3 November 2016. The conference was attended by 1370 students and young scientists from Vitebsk State Medical University, Belarusian State Medical University, GomSMU, GrSMU and also from universities of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Smolensk, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Samara, Ryazan, Tver, Ufa, Cheboksary) and Ukraine (Kiev, Kharkov).

The concert “What unites us…” presented by students of Overseas Training Faculty was held on 2 November in the MED auditorium within the frame of the "Student autumn VSMU-2016" festival. It was spectacular, bright and memorable. Students from Nigeria, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and other countries delighted spectators with professional and soulful performance of well-known songs, which left no one indifferent.

According to the good old festival tradition, the VSMU audience hall was full: students, academic staff, university administration and invited guests gathered there. The festival week is coming to an end, which was full of beauty and charm, music and fun, expectations and excitements. We all were waiting for winners of contests and competitions to be announced, and it finally happened ...

Charity is an inseparable part of life of our beloved university. Therefore, the concert program on results of the charity campaign "Goodness is always saving..." was awaited by everyone eagerly. This act of helping for children of the Vitebsk regional infant orphanage-based palliative center has been conducting for years already and is successfully being carried on further.

A contest of young performers "Melofon-2016" was held on November 1, 2016 in the framework of the anniversary XX International Creativity Festival of medical students "Student autumn VSMU-2016".

If you still think that medical students spend their free time in a dissecting room, on duty or in the library, then you would be disappointed in your stereotypes. This event once again proves that the student ranks are full of creative and talented individuals.