Head of the study: Prof. Alan Šustić, MD, PhD
E-mail: asustic@medri.uniri.hr
The university specialist study is a mandatory organised theoretical education as part of the specialist training programme in emergency medicine. In the Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, which is the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, residents are trained for the needs of the CHC Rijeka, as well as other state and private health institutions in the entire Republic of Croatia. This study offers an organised and systematic acquisition of theoretical knowledge in emergency medicine. The university specialist study of Emergency Medicine is a mandatory part of the specialisation programme in emergency medicine stipulated by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia. It allows participants access to the final specialist exam in emergency medicine. After passing the final specialist exam, participants are awarded the title of emergency medicine specialist, which enables them employment throughout Croatia and raises the overall level of health service.