The summer is slowly coming to an end, but the preparation of the Simulation Centre of Masaryk University’s Medical Faculty is running at full speed. The site of the future centre already shows the first significant structural changes. Neither the professional team is being idle. Between 6–7 September, a group of interactive teaching methodologists went to Linz, Austria, to improve their skills in creating simulating lessons.
It was the first part of the Train the Trainer course which will be completed in December at Bohunice University Campus. Expert team members were gathering experience at the Alpha Medical Concepts simulation centre, where real-world experts led them through the various issues of simulation training. This two-day meeting included not only theoretical training, but also many practical demonstrations, tasks, and fruitful discussions. The icing on the cake was the creation and subsequent conduction of a complete simulation, including the final debriefing.
The second part of the course, which promises to expand the horizons in the world of debriefing and to give tips on what to do if something fails to go according to the plan, will be led by an internationally renowned specialist, Dr. Lucas Drabauer.
This year, 55 students received the Dean’s Award in Czech study programs and the Excellence Award in English study programs across several categories. The awards were presented to the students by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at MU, Martin Repko, Vice-Dean Eva Brichtová, and Vice-Dean Lubomír Křivan.
The Surgical Suturing Project was created as a student initiative to teach future doctors basic surgical techniques. After its demise during the pandemic, a group of students decided to passionately revive and expand the project. Today, they form a series of several workshops and the courses are accredited as an elective course for general medicine students at the MU Faculty of Medicine. The courses combine practical skills with innovative learning methods. The teaching takes place in the Simulation Centre of the Faculty of Medicine.
