Head of the study: Prof. Viktor Peršić, MD, PhD
E-mail: viktor.persic@medri.uniri.hr
Sport is a complex, public social activity that enjoys great attention in all developed countries. The reason for that is its tremendous influence on all segments of modern person’s life. The attitude about the positive impact of physical exercise on improving and preserving health, which is substantiated by numerous studies, supports the public’s perception that top athletes are the healthiest and most dynamic members of our society. Therefore, when the sudden death of apparently healthy top athletes appears in the media as a public event, it penetrates the core of our sensibility. These adverse events most often occur in sports arenas and regularly raise numerous important questions among the general public and professional circles. Due to the reasons above, sudden death in athletes has enormous health significance, but also imperative prevention requirements that are implemented through the medical aspect of preventive screening of athletes. Over the past three decades, there has been significant progress in the diagnosis and treatment of various inherited and acquired cardiovascular diseases identified as the cause of sudden death in athletes, as well as in ethical and legal issues that affect the attitude of the medical profession. Prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, primarily injuries that can be caused by different environmental, physiological and psychological factors, are also the focus of sports medicine. Due to the professional athletes’ competitive nature, the focus of sports medicine specialists is their fastest possible recovery, which requires a multidisciplinary approach and a combination of different knowledge and skills.
The university specialist study of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine lasts 1.5 academic years and will be conducted in three modules: “ADVANCED ANATOMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN SPORTS MEDICINE AND SPORTS CARDIOLOGY”, “PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR SPORTS-RELATED INJURIES” and “MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO SPORTS MEDICINE”. Each module is worth 30 ECTS credits, which makes a total of 90 ECTS credits.