Maria Tomprou

Fifth-year medical student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, passionate about mental health and pediatric care, with a strong interest in developing surgical skills to aid future specialty selection. Experienced in volunteering with autistic children and conducting research in organic chemistry. Dedicated to building robust clinical skills to contribute to an empathetic and inclusive healthcare environment.

Scientific Association of Greek Medical Students (ΕΕΦΙΕ), Thessaloniki Branch, 2024, Actively participated in academic events and activities organized by the society, aiming to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing among medical students.

• Dermatology, Venereal and Skin Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki, Delfon 124, Thessaloniki, 54643, Greece, 03/20/23, 04/07/23, Dr Aimilios Lallas, Trained in different types of skin diseases, observation.
• Ophthalmology, AHEPA Thessaloniki University General Hospital, Kiriakidi 1, Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece, 02/01/23, 06/30/23, Dr. Konstantinos Boboridis, Fotios Topouzis, Training in vision equipment, examined the vision of multiple patients of the hospitals' ophthalmology clinic.
• Neurology, A' Neurologic Clinic, AHEPA, 10/02/23, 10/20/23, Dr. Efrosyni Koutsouraki, Dr. Vasileios Kimiskidis, Trained in clinical examination of neurological patients, examined patients' neurological reflexes.
• Psychiatry, Department of C' Psychiatric Clinic, AHEPA, 10/23/23, 11/10/23, Dr Konstantinos Fountoulakis, Dr Paraskevi Tatsiopoulou, Developed skills in approaching and engaging with patients with mental health disorders, experience in building therapeutic rapport with regular and new patients of the clinic.
• Cardiothoracic surgery, 11/13/23, 11/24/23, Dr. Kyriakos Anastasiadis, George Tagarakis, Served as an assistant in goiter surgery (thyroidectomy).
• Neurosurgery, Department of A' Neurosurgery Clinic, AHEPA, 11/24/23, 12/01/23, Dr Evangelos Kogias, Nikolaos Foroglou, Examined patients' neurological reflexes, reading X-rays and recognising/diagnosing various neurological conditions i.e. tumour, bleeding, etc.
• Cardiology, Department of A' Cardiologic Clinic, AHEPA, 12/04/23, 12/22/23, Dr. Theodore Karamitsos, Antonios Ziakas, George Giannakoulas, Trained in various cardiological conditions' recognition based on ECG and clinical examination, cardiac osculation (Korotkoff sounds etc), examined old and new patients of the clinic, combined cardiological with vascular conditions.
• Pneumonology, Department of lung cancer, 'George Papanikolaou' General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Leof. Papanikolaou, Exochi, 57010, Greece, 12/04/23, 12/22/23, Dr. Sofia Lampaki, Conducts medical history interviews with regular and new patients of the clinic.
• Pathology, A' Propedeftiki (Propedeutics) Clinic, AHEPA, 02/26/24, 06/21/24, Dr Christos Savvopoulos, Weekly day or night shifts in rotations, treated patients with various types of pathological issues, most commonly cholecystitis and abdomen pain.
• General Surgery, AHEPA Thessaloniki University General Hospital, 02/26/24, 06/21/24, Christoforos Kosmidis, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Weekly day or night shifts in rotations, treated and prepared patients for operations, mostly for thyroidectomy, cholecystectomy, partial colectomy etc.
• Vascular surgery, 05/20/24, 06/07/24, Kyriakos Ktenidis, Conducted medical history interviews for patients preparing for operations, trained in cardiovascular pathophysiology.
• Plastic surgery, 04/08/24, 04/19/24, Dr Pericles Foroglou, Efterpi Demiri, Assisted in mole removal surgery, worked in emergency care and treated patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, trained at wound suturing, trained to diagnose basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and to operate with different types of skin grafts.
• Orthopedics, 2nd department of Orthopaedics General Hospital of Thessaloniki 'G. Gennimatas', Eth. Aminis 41, Thessaloniki, 54635, Greece, 10/07/24, 10/25/24, Dr Eythimios Samoladas, Training, observation, note keeping and daily day or night shifts in rotations, assisted in hand retraction, treat patients with creating and applying bandage, splint, or casts.
• Anesthesiology, AHEPA University General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, 11/11/24, present, Dr. Despoina Sarridou, Acquired the skills to ensure airway patency using the appropriate equipment, clinical observatio.

• Conducting a systematic literature review with PRISMA Method regarding the distance learning of autistic students in collaboration with the Non-profit organization Autism Europe in Brussels
  Project: Autism Inclusion in Distance Learning – ASD-IncluDi, GA 2021-1-EL01-KA220-HED-000032248, Funded by: Erasmus+ programme, Cooperation partnerships in higher education
  Velentza, A.M, Tomprou, M., Takow, C. & Fachantidis N., 'A Prisma Systematic Literature Review on Distance Learning for Autistic Students', International Journal of Distance Education, 2024 under review

Received an unconditional offer from Imperial College, Department of chemical engineering, London in 2020

• Swimming
• Climbing
• Surfing
• Calisthenics