DRAFT AGENDA

GYNOCARE Training school

 “They are rare, but they are there”

08:30-09:00 – Registration for the day

09:00-09:05 Introduction and house rules

09:05- 12:30 Workshop V Patient advocacy (translation to and from Bulgarian is provided)

09:05-10:40 Part 1 Examples from practice and strategic planning in patient advocacy (Moderator – Mariela Vasileva)

09:05-10:00 – Building Patient Partnerships- the Irish Experience – Sharon O’Toole (Ireland) 

10:00-10:15 -Bulgarian  Lymphoedema society – Petia Stoycheva (Bulgaria – online) 

10:15-10:40 -BIG Patient Partnership Initiative – sharing the experiences of BIG as we embark on a journey with patient advocates, involving them in the early development of clinical trials – Carmela Caballero (Belgium – online)

10:40-10:55 – Women who Inspire other women to address inequalities in cervical cancer screening in Bulgaria – Yulia Panayotova (Bulgaria)

10:55-11:00 – Discussion

11:00-11:30 – Coffee break

11:30-12:30 Part 2

11:30-12:30 – Patient-doctor communication – Margarita Tarein

12:30-13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 17:00 – Workshop VI Robotic surgery 

13:30-15:00 – Basics of robotic surgery (moderator- Angel Yordanov)

13:30-13:50 – Laparoscopic vs robotic surgery in gynaecology – Gligor Tofoski (North Macedonia)

13:50-14:10 – The place of robotic surgery in gynecological oncology – Lachezar Tanchev (Bulgaria)

14:10-14:30 – Basic techniques in robotic surgery – Ihsan Hasan (Bulgaria)

14:30-14:50 – Advances in robotic surgery – Tim Horeman (online)

14:50-15:00 – Discussion

15:00-15:30 – Coffee break

15:30 -17:00 – Hands on practice with robot