Holder and provider of the study programme: Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka (public HEI) based on the license of the Ministry of Science and Education
Type of study programme: university
Level of study programme: undergraduate
Field of study: biomedicine and health
Type of study: full-time study
Anticipated duration of the study: 3 years, 180 ECTS credits
Language of the study conducted: Croatian
Academic/professional title awarded upon completion of the study: University Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics (B.Sc.med.lab.diag.)
Required educational level for enrolment: completed four-year high school, met enrolment prerequisites, passed the mandatory and optional tests at the state graduation exam (evaluation parameters are determined for each academic year)
Access to further levels of study: Upon completion of the University undergraduate study of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, studying can be continued at a university or specialist graduate study on HEIs in the field of biomedicine lasting one or two years.
Employment opportunities: in health institutions, pharmaceutical industry and other
Professional status: regulated by the Act on Health Professions (Official Gazette 87/09) and the Act on Regulated Professions and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications (Official Gazette 124/09, 45/11, 74/14, 82/15, 70/19 and 47/20) and in compliance with the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament.
Learning outcomes
- to describe, explain and compare physiological and pathological human conditions, disease development, the impact of disease on normal body functions and the application of modern laboratory procedures in the diagnosis and testing of physiological disorders
- to describe, define, distinguish, compare and apply methods of complex clinical chemical analysis, standard and sophisticated laboratory blood tests, complex immunohematological tests, histological, pathohistological and cytological analyses, microbiological, parasitological, and mycological tests, serological analyses, molecular biological analyses, and laboratory tests in nuclear medicine; to apply quality control procedures and keep laboratory records, all in accordance with good laboratory practice and code of ethics
- to distinguish and relate clinical disciplines, and to properly and critically select procedures that enable quality, fast and proper diagnosis using the latest equipment and modern knowledge in the development of diagnostic options
- to critically evaluate, select and apply appropriate diagnostic methods when conducting analytical procedures; to incorporate new diagnostic procedures in accordance with the development of science.