Head of the study: Assoc. Prof. Marko Zelić, MD, PhD
E-mail: marko.zelic@medri.uniri.hr
The university specialist study of Abdominal Surgery is a mandatory part of the specialisation training programme in abdominal surgery stipulated by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia. The study allows participants access to the final specialist exam in abdominal surgery. After passing the final specialist exam, participants are awarded the title of abdominal surgery specialist, which enables them employment throughout Croatia. Except in the public sector, abdominal surgery specialists can work in private clinics, and after passing the specialist exam, they acquire the conditions for opening their private practices and/or clinics. Except for abdominal surgery residents at the Clinic for Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, the mandatory specialist training in surgery is attended by surgery residents from other cities in the Republic of Croatia. This university specialist study offers residents the necessary knowledge about the latest methods in modern medical science and profession in general and abdominal surgery and their application in everyday clinical practice. Participants must attend and pass all compulsory courses (54 ECTS credits). ECTS credits for compulsory and elective courses and activities (6 ECTS credits) can be obtained by students on this study but also on other university specialist studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka and other universities in the Republic of Croatia and the European Union with prior approval and agreement with their specialisation mentor.
The Clinic for Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka actively participates in the organisation and implementation of the undergraduate course General Surgery for medicine students and courses for students of other studies. By acquiring the professional, scientific, spatial and personnel conditions, the Clinic for Surgery of the CHC Rijeka acquired the conditions and received the approval of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia for specialist training in abdominal surgery, which is one of the strategic goals of the Clinic for Surgery as part of the strategic goals of the Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka.