PROGRAM of the 9TH CONFERENCE ON SIMULATION TRAINING IN MEDICINE
06-08 March 2026
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY – PLEVEN, BULGARIA
PRECONFERENCE COURSE 1 (06.03.2026)
„Train THE TRAINERS Workshop“
11:30-14:30
Venue: TELEC Simulation Center
Floor 2- Simulators lab
Course directors:
Prof. Evangelos Georgiou
Prof. Blagoi Marinov
Program
- Fundamental Elements of Adult Education Theory 20 min
- Developing Structured Teaching Objectives 20min
- Establishing Benchmark Criteria for skills Processing 20 min
Break 10 min
- Are My Training Sessions Effective? Feedback and Analysis 20min
- How to Set Up and Deliver Effective Training Sessions 20 min
- On the Proper Use of Validity in Simulation 20 min
Break 10 min
- Coaching, Team Building & Team Dynamics 20min
- Debriefing Techniques Utilized in Medical Simulation 20 min
PRECONFERENCE COURSE 2 (06.03.2026)
11:30-14:30
„Interventional Endoscopy for Young Gasto-enterologists“/strong>
Venue: TELEC- Floor 3- Experimental Lab
Medical University of Pleven
Course Director:
Assoc. Prof. Zornica Gorcheva
9TH CONFERENCE ON SIMULATION TRAINING IN MEDICINE
Venue:
TELEC, Medical University of Pleven
Ambroise Pare Hall,
Registration desk
06 and 07 March 2026
TELEC, Medical University – Pleven
Friday, 06.03.2026
OPENING CEREMONY
15:00 -15:15
Opening of the 9th Conference on simulation training in medicine
Address by the Rector of Medical University Pleven- Prof. Dr. Dobromir Dimitrov, MD, PhD
Address by the Chairman of Bulgarian Society for Simulation Medicine (BSSM)- Prof. Dr. Blagoi Marinov, MD, PhD.
15:15- 15:35
Lecture 1
Simulation center at Medical University – Pleven-our experience.
Academician Prof. Dr. Grigor Gorchev, MD, DSc, MAC, Honor Rector of MU- Pleven, Director of TELEC- Medical University – Pleven
15:35- 16:00
Lecture 2
The possibilities of virtual endoscopy in edication.
Assoc. Prof. Zornica Gorcheva
Medical University – Pleven
16:00 – 16:30
Lecture 3
AI-Driven Adaptive Social Simulation and Automated Affective Debriefing
Prof. Blagoi Marinov, MD, PhD,
Chairman of the Bulgarian Society of Simulation Medicine,
Head of the Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Plovdiv
16:30-16 :45
Coffee break
16:45 – 17:15
Lecture 4
Surgical Robots 2026. Quo vadis ?
Prof. Evangelos Georgiou M.D, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Athens University Medical School (Greece)
Immediate Past Chair of ACS-AEI International Committee (USA)
Visiting professor, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
17:15- 17:45
Lecture 5
Surgical Simulation Training with Mixed Reality and X-Ray Generation
Bilyana Nikolaeva – Holoma – Bulgaria
18:00
Welcome cocktail
Entrance TELEC
Saturday, 07 March 2026
08:30- 09:00
Lecture 1 „Visibility and accessibility of simulation resources through a digital database“
Dr Atanas Zanev, Dipl. Eng. Yanita Chernogorova
Center for Simulation Technology and Medical Equipment, Medical University of Varna
09:00 -09:30
Lecture 2
Smart health ecosystems and innovation in medical training
Kristina Eskenazi
Health and Life Sciences Cluster Bulgaria – Bulgaria
09:30 – 10:00
Lecture 3
The role of simulators in the development of laparoscopic skills in veterinary surgeons
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Miroslav Genov, DVM
Medical University – Pleven; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
10.00-10.30
Lecture 4
How can simulation training legitimize the mastery of given skills and competencies?
Mats Blomqvist Surgical Science
10:30- 11:00
Coffee break
11:00- 13:30
Workshop time (All workshops start at the same time but in different locations)
Workshop 1 (07.03.2026)
“Laparoscopic Suturing and Knot Tying Workshop”
Venue- TELEC- Floor 3
Experimental Lab
Workshop instructor:
Dr Konstantinos Georgiou
Workshop 2 (07.03.2026)
“ADvanced simulatOrs for Veterinary medicine”
Venue: TELEC Simulation Center
Floor 2- Simulators lab
Workshop Instructors:
Dr Zdravko Todorov
Dr Iliana Ivanova
Workshop 3 (07.03.2026)
“Virtual anatomY”
Venue- Ambroise Pare Hall
Workshop instructor:
Dr. Alexander Todorov
13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH Break
14:30- 16:00
BodyInteract demonstration and student contest
Mediar Ltd
16:00- 16:30
Lecture 5 Engineering Precision in Medical Simulation: CAD-Driven Design, Advanced Manufacturing, and Embedded Systems for Scalable Anatomical and Procedural Trainers
V. Tsakov, Dr Stefan Mirchev
Medical University – Pleven
16:30- 17:00
Lecture 6 Simulations possibilities in surgery
Prof. D. Dimitrov, Assoc. Prof. M. Karamanliev, Assoc. prof. P. Marinova
Medical University – Pleven
16:00- 16:30
Closing Ceremony and Certificates