Head of the study: Assoc. Prof. Igor Medved, MD, PhD
E-mail: igor.medved@medri.uniri.hr
The university specialist study of General Surgery is a mandatory part of the specialisation training programme in general surgery stipulated by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia. The study allows participants access to the final specialist exam in general surgery. After passing the final specialist exam, participants are awarded the title of general surgery specialist, which enables them employment throughout Croatia. This study is also significant for the local community since it will enable specialist training for general surgery specialists who will be able to work in private surgical clinics. In this way, the study directly influences the development of the health industry as part of the local community’s entrepreneurship and economy.
The programme and requirements of specialist training in general surgery are aligned with the programme and requirements stipulated by the European Society of Surgery and the European Union of Medical Specialists. This study programme was prepared to enable national and international student mobility, considering the existence of similar study programmes in Croatia, neighbouring countries and EU countries. This applies to all courses. Students from other faculties can attend certain courses from our study and vice versa – our students, according to their own wishes, can enrol in some courses at other higher education institutions.
The Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka organises and conducts numerous compulsory and elective courses for most of the university and professional study programmes of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka. Therefore, the Department is professionally capable of conducting the university specialist study of General Surgery. The Clinic for Surgery of the CHC Rijeka has the approval of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia to conduct the specialist training programme in general surgery, which represents an important strategic goal of the Department of Surgery as part of the strategic goals of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka.