The team consisting of Daniel Diabelko, Barbora Horniaková, Matúš Surovčák, and Jiří Holek has advanced to the final of the prestigious European competition SimUniversity, which focuses on managing emergency situations through medical simulations. The final will take place this June at the SESAM congress in Valencia, Spain.
Our team, of which I am a member, together with Barbora Horniaková, Matúš Surovčák, and Jiří Holek, is participating in the SimUniversity competition. The competition focuses on managing various acute medical conditions through simulations. Each simulation is followed by a debriefing, during which technical and non-technical skills are assessed, with a strong emphasis on teamwork and effective communication. More information can be found on the official competition website. The competition is organised by the professional society SESAM.
Team selection takes place in several stages: from the local round, through the national, then the virtual knockout round, and finally the final, where the six best teams from across Europe compete. Our victory in the national round, where we competed against all medical faculties in the Czech Republic, secured our place in the virtual round. We also succeeded there, qualifying for the final, which will take place in person at the SESAM Congress in Valencia from 24th to 27th June 2025.
We have been preparing intensively for the competition after the local round, thanks to the excellent support of the Simulation Centre of the Faculty of Medicine, MU (SIMU), Dr. Terezie Prokopová from the University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, MU, and we also utilised the virtual patient algorithms from AKUTNĚ.CZ.The simulation process follows a standard format, similar to training: first, we receive a briefing with information about the situation, the simulation itself lasts approximately 10 minutes, followed by an equally long debriefing, which is also part of the assessment. The local round took place in October last year, as did the national round, both at SIMU, under the auspices of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University, Professor Martin Repko, and the Head of the Department of Simulation Medicine, Professor Petr Štourač.
We are immensely proud of our achievements and the opportunity to represent the Czech Republic and our Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University in this new and rapidly developing field, which is fundamentally transforming medical education.
With thanks,
Daniel Diabelko
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.
