Medical studies in English

Medical studies in English

University integrated undergraduate and graduate study of Medicine

General information

The holder and the contractor of the study programme: Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka (public institution) based on the license of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport

Type of study programme: university

Level of the study programme: integrated undergraduate and graduate study

Field of study: medicine and health care

Type of study: full-time study

Expected duration of the study: 6 years, 360 ECTS

Language of the study conducted: Croatian/English

Academic/professional title awarded upon completion of the study: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Required educational level for enrolment: completed four-year high school, passed prerequisite courses, passed the mandatory and optional tests and the state graduation exam (evaluation parameters to be determined for each academic year)

Access to further levels of study:

Upon completion of the University integrated undergraduate and graduate study of Medicine studying can be continued at a postgraduate specialist postgraduate study or university postgraduate (PhD) study.

Possibility of employment: in all health institutions

Professional status: regulated by the Act on Regulated Professions and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications (Official Gazette 124/09) and in compliance with the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament

Teaching and exam terms

List of elective courses

CourseStatusCoordinatorL P S ECTS
Medical Physics and Biophysics compulsory Associate Professor Gordana Žauhar, PhD 30 25 20 6
Medical  Biology compulsory Assistant Professor Sanja Dević Pavlić, PhD 44 36 40 10
Anatomy compulsory Professor Romana Jerković, MD, PhD 56 145 40 22
Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry I compulsory Associate Professor Gordana Čanadi Jurešić, PhD35 30 40 8
Introduction to Medicine and History of Medicine compulsory Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD24 – – 2
Social Medicine compulsory Professor Tomislav Rukavina, MD, PhD15 – 20 2
Psychological Medicine I compulsory Assistant Professor Marina Letica Crepulja, MD, PhD10 20 10 2
First Aid compulsory Associate Professor Alen Protić, MD, PhD8 12 – 1
Medical English I compulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor– – 20 1
Physical and Health Culture compulsory Viktor Moretti, Professor – 60 – 1.5
Elective course I compulsory – – 25 1.5
Elective course II compulsory – – 25 1.5
Elective course III compulsory – – 25 1.5
List of elective courses:
Communication and Quality of Interpersonal Relationships elective Associate Professor Vesna Šendula-Jengić, MD, PhD 15 – 10 1.5
Nutrition – a Source of Health and Disease elective Associate Professor Lara Batičić, PhD – – 25 1.5
Freud or Psychoanalysis Discovered elective Assistant Professor Jasna Grković, MD, PhD 10 – 15 1.5
Introduction of Philosophy in Medicine elective Assistant Professor Franjo Mijatović, PhD 5 – 20 1.5
Principles of Chemical Reasoning in Medical Chemistry elective Assistant Professor Mirna Petković Didović, PhD – – 25 1.5
Academic Writing elective Assistant Professor Vanja Pupovac, PhD – – 25 1.5
Regeneration Medicine elective Professor Romana Jerković, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5
Anatomical Dissection of the Topographic Regions of the Upper and the Lower Limb elective Associate Professor Olga Cvijanović Peloza, MD, PhD 10 15 – 1.5
Introductions to Robotics elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD – – 25 1.5
Clinical Anatomy of the Pelvis and Inguinal Region elective Professor Ivana Marić, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5
Skin – the Largest Organ of the Body elective Associate Professor Gordana Starčević-Klasan, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5
Basics of Genetic Engineering elective Assistant Professor Berislav Lisnić, PhD13 12 – 1.5
Psychology of Deafness elective Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD– – 25 1.5
From Philosophy to Ethics of Body elective Assistant Professor Franjo Mijatović, PhD 5 – 20 1.5
Virtual Dissection of the Topographic Regions of the Thorax and Abdomen elective Associate Professor Olga Cvijanović Peloza, MD, PhD 10 15 – 1.5

Teaching and exam terms

List of elective courses

Course Status Coordinator L P S ECTS
Neuroanatomy compulsory Associate  Professor Olga Cvijanović Peloza, MD, PhD15 12 13 3
Neurophysiology compulsory Professor Vesna Barac Latas, MD, PhD28 16 16 5
Histology and Embryology compulsory Professor Ester Pernjak Pugel, MD, PhD 32 44 44 10
Biochemistry II compulsory Professor Dijana Detel, MD, PhD 42 34 34 9
Physiology and Pathophysiology I compulsory Professor Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD38 16 12 5
Physiology and Pathophysiology II compulsory Professor Jagoda Ravlić-Gulan, MD, PhD45 40 35 11
Immunology compulsory Professor Pero Lučin, MD, PhD24 8 18 4
Biostatistics compulsory Associate Professor Gordana Žauhar, PhD15 15 – 1.5
Medical Informatics compulsory Assistant Professor Martina Mavrinac, PhD – 10 10 1.5
Introduction to Scientific Research compulsory Assistant Professor Vanja Pupovac, PhD15 – 5 1
Medical Ethics compulsory Associate Professor Gordana Pelčić, MD, PhD15 – 30 2
Medical English II compulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor – – 20 1
Physical and Health Culture compulsory Viktor Moretti, Professor – 60 – 1.5
Elective course I compulsory – – 25 1.5
Elective course II compulsory – – 25 1,5
Elective course III compulsory – – 25 1.5
List of elective courses:
Proteins and Protein Modifications elective Professor Tihana Lenac Roviš, PhD10 9 6 1.5
Medical Cytogenetics in Practice elective Professor Alena Buretić- Tomljanović, PhD 6 9 10 1.5
Levels of Consciousness elective Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD6 – 19 1.5
Human Sexuality elective Assistant Professor Goran Arbanas, MD, PhD – – 25 1.5
Artificial Intelligence elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD– – 25 1.5
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants elective Professor Robert Domitrović, PhD5 – 20 1.5
Stem Cells and Cell- Based Therapy elective Professor Bojan Polić, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5
Scientific Integrity in Biomedical Research elective Assistant Professor Ksenija Baždarić, PhD – – 25 1.5
Histological Techniques elective Professor Ester Pernjak-Pugel, MD, PhD4 12 9 1.5
Sports Physiology elective Professor Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD18 – 7 1.5
Overview of Clinical Cases in Immunology elective Professor Zlatko Trobonjača, MD, PhD10 – 15 1.5
Brain and Mind: Foundations of Neurophilosophy elective Assistant Professor Saša Horvat, PhD 5 – 20 1.5
Professional practice I elective – 25 – 1.5

Teaching and exam terms

List of elective courses

Course Status Coordinator L P S ECTS
Physiology and Pathophysiology III compulsory Professor Zlatko Trobonjača, MD, PhD34 25 45 10
Pathologycompulsory Assistant Professor Emina Babarović, MD, PhD 35 90 85 16
Pharmacology compulsory Associate Professor Kristina Pilipović, MD, PhD30 15 85 10
Medical Microbiology and Parasitology compulsory Professor Maja Abram, MD, PhD 30 30 30 8
Clinical Propedeutics compulsory Professor Alen Ružić, MD, PhD 50 70 – 6
Psychological Medicine II compulsory Assistant Professor Ana Kaštelan, MD, PhD5 20 10 2
Physics of Medical Diagnostics   compulsory Assistant Professor Slaven Jurković, PhD6 – 9 1
Medical English III compulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor – – 20 1
Elective course I compulsory – – 25 1.5
Elective course II compulsory – – 25 1.5
Elective course III compulsory – – 25 1.5
Elective course IV compulsory – – 25 1.5
List of elective courses:
How to Communicate with the Deaf elective Associate Professor Gordana Pelčić, MD, PhD – – 25 1.5
Additive Technology elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD – – 25 1.5
High Throughput Methods of Proteomics and Genomics in Medical Diagnostics elective Associate Professor Ivana Mihalek, PhD 5 10 10 1.5
Professional practice II elective – 25 – 1.5

Teaching and exam terms

List of elective courses

CourseStatus CourseCoordinatorLPSECTS
Internal MedicinecompulsoryAssistant Professor Sanja Klobučar Majanović, MD, PhD602109018
RadiologycompulsoryProfessor Damir Miletić, MD, PhD3030103.5
Nuclear MedicinecompulsoryAssistant Professor Tatjana Bogović Crnčić, MD, PhD121262
NeurologycompulsoryAssistant Professor Vladimira Vuletić, MD, PhD2030354.5
PsychiatrycompulsoryAssistant Professor Jasna Grković, MD, PhD1838405
Infectology with Clinical MicrobiologycompulsoryAssistant Professor Đurđica Cekinović Grbeša, MD, PhD5040508
DermatovenerologycompulsoryAssociate Professor Sandra Peternel, MD, PhD2030103
Clinical OncologycompulsoryAssociate Professor Ingrid Belac-Lovasić, MD, PhD1515–2
Emergency Medical  Conditions IcompulsoryProfessor Alan Šustić, MD, PhD–129–7
Medical English IVcompulsoryMatea Butković, PhD, Professor––201
Elective course Icompulsory––251.5
Elective course IIcompulsory––251.5
Elective course IIIcompulsory––251.5
Elective course IVcompulsory––251.5
List of elective courses:
Helicobacter Pylori InfectionelectiveProfessor Davor Štimac. MD, PhD8–171.5
ToxicologyelectiveProfessor Jasenka Mršić-Pelčić, MD, PhD––251.5
Orthopaedic PropedeuticselectiveAssistant Professor Tomislav Prpić, MD, PhD25––1.5
Animal Models of Human DiseaseselectiveProfessor Bojan Polić, MD, PhD5–201.5
Clinical SexologyelectiveProfessor Goran Arbanas, MD, PhD––251.5
Supportive Care in Oncology PatientselectiveProfessor Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana, MD, PhD20–51.5
Celiac Disease in Adult PatientselectiveProfessor Brankica Mijandrušić-Sinčić, MD, PhD510101.5
Emergency Conditions in HaematologyelectiveProfessor Toni Valković, MD, PhD5–201.5
Molecular Methods in HematopathologyelectiveAssistant Professor Ita Hadžisejdić, MD, PhD 10 5 101.5
Quality of Life in Patients with Hematologic and Solid MalignancieselectiveAssistant Professor Duška Petranović, MD, PhD 5 10 101.5
Mechanism of Action of Probiotic BacteriaelectiveAssociate Professor Ivana Gobin, PhD 5 – 201.5
Chronic Kidney DiseaseelectiveProfessor Sanjin Rački, MD, PhD15–101.5
Cardiovascular ContinuumelectiveProfessor Viktor Peršić, MD, PhD101051.5
Endothelial Dysfunction in Clinical PracticeelectiveProfessor Viktor Peršić, MD, PhD75131.5
Anatomy in Clinical ExaminationelectiveAssistant Professor Tanja Ćelić, MD, PhD 5 – 201.5
Diving Medicine for PractitionerselectiveAssistant Professor Igor Barković, MD, PhD15641.5
Positron Emission TomographyelectiveAssistant Professor Antonija Balenović, PhD 10 5 101.5
Adverse Cutaneous Drug EruptionselectiveAssociate Professor Sandra Peternel, MD, PhD – – 251.5
Stigma in PsychiatryelectiveAssistant Professor Daniela Petrić, MD, PhD––251.5
Where Economics Meets MedicineelectiveAssociate Professor Gordana Blagojević Zagorac, MD, PhD55151.5
Introduction to Computer Assisted Medical DecisionelectiveProfessor Lidija Bilić-Zulle, PhD5–201.5
Nutrition and Immune Response: Truths and MisconceptionselectiveProfessor Ines Mrakovčić Šutić, MD, PhD 5 – 201.5
Professional practice IIIelective–25–1.5

Teaching and exam terms

List of elective courses

CourseStatus CourseCoordinatorLPSECTS
SurgerycompulsoryAssociate Professor Igor Medved, MD, PhD401185011
UrologycompulsoryAssociate Professor Josip Španjol, MD, PhD152252
Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive CarecompulsoryAssociate Professor Vlatka Sotošek, MD, PhD1270–4
NeurosurgerycompulsoryProfessor Darko Ledić, MD, PhD8841
Physical and Rehabilitation MedicinecompulsoryProfessor Tea Schnurrer-Luke-Vrbanić, MD, PhD2215–2
OrthopaedicscompulsoryAssistant Professor Tomislav Prpić, MD, PhD3032–3.5
PaediatricscompulsoryProfessor Jelena Roganović, MD, PhD451027011
OphthalmologycompulsoryAssistant Professor Tea Čaljkušić Mance, MD, PhD3626–3.5
OtorhinolaryngologycompulsoryAssistant Professor Marko Velepčić, MD, PhD3030154.5
Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental MedicinecompulsoryAssociate Professor Margita Belušić-Gobić, MD, PhD2210–2
Transfusion MedicinecompulsoryProfessor Sanja Balen, MD, PhD20–51.5
Medical GeneticscompulsoryAssistant Professor Nina Pereza, MD, PhD1911153
Medical SociologycompulsoryAssociate Professor Iva Rinčić, PhD10–101
EpidemiologycompulsoryProfessor Branko Kolarić, MD, PhD3015153.5
Health EcologycompulsoryProfessor Vladimir Mićović, MD, PhD2015152.5
Medical English VcompulsoryMatea Butković, PhD, Professor––201
Elective course Icompulsory––251.5
Elective course IIcompulsory––251.5
List of elective courses:
Neurocognitive Rehabilitation in PsychiatryelectiveAssociate Professor Vesna Šendula-Jengić, MD, PhD105101.5
How to Live with a Systemic Rheumatic Disease?electiveProfessor Srđan Novak, MD, PhD1015–1.5
Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance ImagingelectiveProfessor Damir Miletić, MD, PhD10–151.5
Diagnostics and Treatment of Spine Pain Syndromes Using Minimally Invasive ProcedureselectiveAssociate Professor Karlo Houra, MD, PhD20–51.5
The Basics of Sexual Medicine – Multidisciplinary ApproachelectiveAssistant Professor Vladimir Mozetič, MD, PhD––251.5
How to Conduct Research in Psychiatry?electiveAssistant Professor Marina Letica Crepulja, MD, PhD––251.5
Advanced Immunology in Context of Translational MedicineelectiveAssociate Professor Felix Martinus Wensveen, PhD55151.5
Molecular Biology in Urology – Practical ApplicationelectiveAssociate Professor Romano Oguić, MD, PhD10–151.5
Traumatic Brain InjuryelectiveProfessor Željko Župan, MD, PhD51281.5
Surgical Treatment of Cerebrovascular DiseaseelectiveProfessor Miljenko Kovačević, MD, PhD51551.5
Urinary Tract DerivationselectiveAssociate Professor Romano Oguić, MD, PhD––251.5
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Urinary CatheterizationelectiveAssociate Professor Dean Markić, MD, PhD––251.5
Nanotechnology in OphthalmologyelectiveAssistant Professor Goran Pelčić, MD, PhD––251.5
Psychotherapy in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryelectiveAssistant Professor Ana Kaštelan, MD, PhD81341.5
How Can We Recognize and Differentiate Common and Uncommon Types of Neurodegenerative Diseases with Parkinsonism?electiveAssistant Professor Vladimira Vuletić, MD, PhD105101.5
How Can We Differentiate Dementia?electiveAssistant Professor Vladimira Vuletić, MD, PhD105101.5
Neurostimuation and Neuromodulation in Neurodegenerative DiseaseelectiveAssistant Professor Vladimira Vuletić, MD, PhD105101.5
Anatomical Dissection of the Topographic Regions of the Head and NeckelectiveAssociate Professor Juraj Arbanas, MD, PhD520–1.5
Surgery of Malignant Breast DiseaseelectiveAssistant Professor Damir Grebić, MD, PhD81251.5
Emergencies in OtorhinolaryngologyelectiveAssociate Professor Tamara Braut, MD, PhD51551.5
Professional practice IVelective–25–1.5
CourseStatus CourseCoordinatorLPSECTS
Gynaecology and ObstetricscompulsoryAssociate Professor Neda Smiljan Severinski, MD, PhD90803012
Forensic MedicinecompulsoryProfessor Dražen Cuculić, MD, PhD2029103
Family MedicinecompulsoryProfessor Ines Diminić-Lisica, MD, PhD30100306
Public HealthcompulsoryProfessor Tomislav Rukavina, MD, PhD3015154
Occupational MedicinecompulsoryProfessor Hrvoje Lalić, MD, PhD15231.5
Clinical AssessmentcompulsoryProfessor Srđan Novak, MD, PhD24–263
Clinical PharmacologycompulsoryProfessor Dinko Vitezić, MD, PhD10–453
Simulation of Clinical SkillscompulsoryProfessor Alan Šustić, MD, PhD877406
Medical English VIcompulsoryMatea Butković, PhD, Professor––201
Emergency Medical Conditions IIcompulsoryProfessor Miljenko Kovačević, MD, PhD2127–7
Clinical skills IcompulsoryAssistant Professor Zlatko Čubranić, MD, PhD–70–4
Clinical skills IIcompulsoryAssociate Professor Gordana Pelčić, MD, PhD–65–4
Elective course Icompulsory––251.5
Graduation Exam and Thesiscompulsory––1204
List of elective courses:
Asthma and Allergies in ChildrenelectiveProfessor Srđan Banac, MD, PhD81071.5
Genetically Modified Food in Croatia TodayelectiveAssociate Professor Sandra Pavičić Žeželj, PhD––251.5
Collaborative PsychiatryelectiveAssociate Professor Ika Rončević-Gržeta, MD, PhD–10151.5
Genetic Factors in the Etiology of Recurrent Spontaneous AbortionelectiveProfessor Saša Ostojić, MD, PhD10–151.5
Organization, Planning and Health Economics, the Role and Authority of the Medical Chamber and Medical AssociationelectiveAssistant Professor Vladimir Mozetič, MD, PhD15551.5
Pathogenesis and Molecular Pathology of Gynecological Malignancies and Their Clinical SignificanceelectiveAssistant Professor Emina Babarović, MD, PhD105101.5
Back to the Future – Integrative PaediatricselectiveAssistant Professor Iva Bilić Čače, MD, PhD205–1.5
Ecological Medical Waste ManagementelectiveProfessor Vladimir Mićović, MD, PhD––251.5
Foetus as a PatientelectiveAssistant Professor Aleks Finderle, MD, PhD105101.5
Fertility and InfertilityelectiveProfessor Neda Smiljan Severinski, MD, PhD87101.5
Prenatal DiagnosticselectiveProfessor Bojana Brajenović-Milić, MD, PhD1510–1.5
Uterine Cervix and Women’s HealthelectiveAssistant Professor Alemka Brnčić- Fischer, MD, PhD105101.5
“The Child is Father of the Man”-Clinical Implications of Prematurity in AdulthoodelectiveAssociate Professor Nada Sindičić Dessardo, MD, PhD105101.5
GeriatricselectiveAssistant Professor Branislava Popović, MD, PhD1510–1.5
Cancer is not a NightmareelectiveProfessor Jelena Roganović, MD, PhD15–101.5
Emergencies in Children Through ScenarioselectiveAssistant Professor Kristina Lah Tomulić, MD, PhD51551.5
Obesity and PregnancyelectiveAssociate Professor Tea Štimac, MD, PhD15–101.5
Basic Epidemiologic Methods in Public HealthelectiveProfessor Vladimir Mićović, MD, PhD––251.5
Minimally Invasive Surgery in GynaecologyelectiveAssistant Professor Marko Klarić, MD, PhD–25–1.5
Forensic Medicine and the Cardiovascular SystemelectiveAssociate Professor Valter Stemberga, MD, PhD20–51.5
Clinical GeneticselectiveProfessor Saša Ostojić, MD, PhD14–111.5
Bioethical Aspects of Forensic MedicineelectiveProfessor Dražen Cuculić, MD, PhD20–51.5
Forensic Psychiatry and the LawelectiveAssociate Professor Vesna Šendula-Jengić, MD, PhD 105101.5
Modern Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gynecologic MalignancieselectiveAssistant Professor Ozren Mamula, MD, PhD20231.5
Natural Health RemedieselectiveProfessor Vladimir Mićović, MD, PhD––251.5
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – a Multisystem DiseaseelectiveAssistant Professor Ivana Mikolašević, MD, PhD105101.5
Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Clinical PracticeelectiveAssistant Professor Igor Barković, MD, PhD15641.5
Maritime and Hyperbaric MedicineelectiveAssistant Professor Igor Barković, MD, PhD18341.5
Emergency Conditions in Forensic MedicineelectiveProfessor Dražen Cuculić, MD, PhD10–151.5
Analysis and Classical Forensic Identification of Human RemainselectiveProfessor Alan Bosnar, MD, PhD10–151.5
Ultrasound in Evaluation of PregnancyelectiveProfessor Oleg Petrović, MD, PhD––251.5
Life and Health in Rural CommunityelectiveAssociate Professor Vanja Vasiljev, MD, PhD32021.5
Deviations from Mendelian Inheritance LawselectiveProfessor Smiljana Ristić MD, PhD69101.5
Public Health Response in CrisiselectiveAssistant Professor Nataša Janev Holcer, MD, PhD51551.5
Professional practice IVelective–25–1.5
Course Status  Coordinator L P S ECTS 
Medical Physics and Biophysicscompulsory Associate Professor Gordana Žauhar, PhD30 25 20 6 
Medical  Biologycompulsory Assistant Professor Sanja Dević Pavlić, PhD 44 36 40 10 
Anatomycompulsory Professor Romana Jerković, MD, PhD56 145 40 22 
Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry Icompulsory Associate Professor Gordana Čanadi Jurešić, PhD35 30 40 8 
Introduction to Medicine and History of Medicinecompulsory Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD24 – – 2 
Social Medicinecompulsory Professor Tomislav Rukavina, MD, PhD 15 – 20 2 
Psychological Medicine Icompulsory Assistant Professor Marina Letica Crepulja, MD, PhD 10 20 10 2 
First Aidcompulsory Associate Professor Alen Protić, MD, PhD8 12 – 1 
Medical English Icompulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor – – 20 1 
Physical and Health Culturecompulsory Viktor Moretti, Professor – 60 – 1.5 
Elective course I compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course II compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course III compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
List of elective courses:        
Communication and Quality of Interpersonal Relationships elective Associate Professor Vesna Šendula-Jengić, MD, PhD 15 – 10 1.5 
Nutrition – a Source of Health and Disease elective Associate Professor Lara Batičić, PhD  – – 25 1.5 
Freud or Psychoanalysis  Discovered elective Assistant Professor Jasna Grković, MD, PhD10 – 15 1.5 
An Introduction of Philosophy in Medicine elective Assistant Professor Franjo Mijatović, PhD5 – 20 1.5 
Principles of Chemical Reasoning in Medical Chemistry elective Assistant Professor Mirna Petković Didović, PhD– – 25 1.5 
Academic Writing elective Assistant Professor Vanja Pupovac, PhD  – – 25 1.5 
Regeneration Medicine  elective Professor Romana Jerković, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5 
Anatomical Dissection of the Topographic Regions of the Upper and the Lower Limb elective Associate Professor Olga Cvijanović Peloza, MD, PhD10 15 – 1.5 
Introductions to Robotics elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD – – 25 1.5 
Clinical Anatomy of the Pelvis and Inguinal Region elective Professor Ivana Marić, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5 
Skin – the Largest Organ of the Body elective Associate Professor Gordana Stračević-Klasan, MD, PhD  5 – 20 1.5 
Basics of Genetic Engineering elective Assistant Professor Berislav Lisnić, PhD13 12 – 1.5 
Psychology of Deafness elective Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD– – 25 1.5 
From Philosophy to Ethics of Body elective Assistant Professor Franjo Mijatović, PhD5 – 20 1.5 
Virtual Dissection of the Topographic Regions of the Thorax and Abdomen elective Associate Professor Olga Cvijanović Peloza, MD, PhD  10 15 – 1.5 
Course Status  Coordinator L P S ECTS 
Neuroanatomycompulsory Associate  Professor Olga Cvijanović Peloza, MD, PhD 15 12 13 3 
Neurophysiologycompulsory Professor Vesna Barac Latas, MD, PhD28 16 16 5 
Histology and Embryologycompulsory Professor Ester Pernjak Pugel, MD, PhD 32 44 44 10 
Biochemistry IIcompulsory Professor Dijana Detel, MD, PhD42 34 34 9 
Physiology and Pathophysiology Icompulsory Professor Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD38 16 12 5 
Physiology and Pathophysiology IIcompulsory Professor Jagoda Ravlić-Gulan, MD, PhD45 40 35 11 
Immunologycompulsory Professor Pero Lučin, MD, PhD 24 8 18 4 
Biostatisticscompulsory Associate Professor Gordana Žauhar, PhD15 15 – 1.5 
Medical Informaticscompulsory Martina Mavrinac, PhD, Assistant Professor – 10 10 1.5 
Introduction to Scientific Researchcompulsory Assistant  Professor Vanja Pupovac, PhD 15 – 5 1 
Medical Ethicscompulsory Associate Professor Gordana Pelčić, MD, PhD15 – 30 2 
Medical English IIcompulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor – – 20 1 
Physical and Health Culture compulsory Viktor Moretti, Professor – 60 – 1.5 
Elective course I compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course II compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course III compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
List of elective courses:       
Proteins and Protein  Modifications elective Professor Tihana Lenac Roviš, PhD10 9 6 1.5 
Medical Cytogenetics in Practice elective Professor Alena Buretić-Tomljanović, PhD   6  9  10 1.5 
Levels of Consciousness elective Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD6 – 19 1.5 
Human Sexuality elective Assistant Professor Goran Arbanas, MD, PhD  – – 25 1.5 
Artificial Intelligence elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD– – 25 1.5 
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants elective Professor Robert Domitrović, PhD5 – 20 1.5 
Stem Cells and Cell- Based Therapy elective Professor Bojan Polić, MD, PhD5 – 20 1.5 
Scientific Integrity in Biomedical Research elective Assistant Professor Ksenija Baždarić, PhD  – – 25 1.5 
Histological Techniques elective Professor Ester Pernjak-Pugel, MD, PhD 4 12 9 1.5 
Sports Physiology elective Professor Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD18 – 7 1.5 
Overview of Clinical Cases in Immunology elective Professor Zlatko Trobonjača, MD, PhD10 – 15 1.5 
Brain and Mind: Foundations of Neurophilosophy elective Assistant Professor Saša Horvat, PhD 5  –  20 1.5 
Professional practice I elective  – 25 – 1.5 
Course Status  Coordinator L P S ECTS 
Physiology and Pathophysiology IIIcompulsory Professor Zlatko Trobonjača, MD, PhD34 25 45 10 
Pathologycompulsory Assistant Professor Emina Babarović, MD, PhD35 90 85 16 
Pharmacologycompulsory Associate Professor Kristina Pilipović, MD, PhD30 15 85 10 
Medical Microbiology and Parasitologycompulsory Professor Maja Abram, MD, PhD  30  30  30  8 
Clinical Propedeuticscompulsory Professor Alen Ružić, MD, PhD 50 70 – 6 
Psychological Medicine IIcompulsory Assistant Professor Ana Kaštelan, MD, PhD 5 20 10 2 
Physics of Medical Diagnostics compulsory Assistant Professor Slaven Jurković, PhD6 – 9 1 
Medical English IIIcompulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor – – 20 1 
Elective course I compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course II compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course III compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course IV compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
List of elective courses:       
How to Communicate with the Deaf elective Associate Professor Gordana Pelčić, MD. PhD   –  –  25 1.5 
Additive Technology elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD – – 25 1.5 
High Throughput Methods of Proteomics and Genomics in Medical Diagnostics elective Associate Professor Ivana Mihalek, PhD  5 10 10 1.5 
Cell Growth and Cell Cycle Regulation in Physiological and Pathological Conditions elective Professor Siniša Volarević, MD, PhD  – – 25 1.5 
Radiation Protection of Population and Environment from Ionizing Radiation Originating from Radionuclides in Medicine elective Associate Professor Tatjana Bogović Crnčić, MD, PhD  8   4   13  1.5 
Drugs and the Brain elective Professor Amir Muzur, MD, MA, PhD   6  –  19 1.5 
Precancerous Breast Disease elective Assistant Professor Manuela Avirović, MD, PhD 10 – 15 1.5 
The Role of HLA Genes in Organ Transplantation and Diagnostics of Autoimmune Diseases elective Professor Sanja Balen, MD, PhD 5 5 15 1.5 
Robotics in Medicine elective Assistant Professor Sven Maričić, PhD– – 25 1.5 
Methods of Protein  Immunoanalysis elective Professor Tihana Lenac Roviš, PhD10 9 6 1.5 
Local Anesthetics and  Immune System elective Assistant Professor Miroslav Župčić, MD, PhD  15 – 10 1.5 
Applied Microbiology elective Professor Marina Šantić, PhD– – 25 1.5 
Cardiovascular Biomarkers – from Molecules to Clinical Practice elective Assistant Professor Teodora Zaninović-Jurjević, MD, PhD 7  5  13 1.5 
Experimental Virology elective Assistant Professor Vanda Juranić  Lisnić, PhD 11 8 6 1.5 
Immunity and Aging elective Assistant Professor Ilija Brizić, PhD  9 8 8 1.5 
Evidence Based  Medicine elective Assistant Professor Martina Mavrinac, PhD10 5 10 1.5 
COVID-19: New Pathophysiological                        Noxa elective Professor Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD 20  –  5 1.5 
Life-Threatening Plants and Animals of Our Region elective Associate Professor Nada Starčević-Čizmarević, PhD 21  –  4 1.5 
Professional practice II elective  – 25 – 1.5 
Course Status Course Coordinator L P S ECTS 
Internal Medicinecompulsory Assistant Professor Sanja Klobučar Majanović, MD, PhD60 210 90 18 
Radiologycompulsory Professor Damir Miletić, MD, PhD30 30 10 3.5 
Nuclear Medicinecompulsory Assistant Professor Tatjana Bogović Crnčić, MD, PhD 12 12 6 2 
Neurologycompulsory Assistant Professor Vladimira Vuletić, MD, PhD20 30 35 4.5 
Psychiatrycompulsory Assistant Professor Jasna Grković, MD, PhD18 38 40 5 
Infectology with Clinical Microbiologycompulsory Assistant Professor Đurđica Cekinović Grbeša, MD, PhD 50  40  50 8 
Dermatovenerologycompulsory Associate Professor Sandra Peternel, MD, PhD20 30 10 3 
Clinical Oncologycompulsory Associate Professor Ingrid Belac-Lovasić, MD, PhD15 15 – 2 
Emergency Medical  Conditions Icompulsory Professor Alan Šustić, MD, PhD– 129 – 7 
Medical English IVcompulsory Matea Butković, PhD, Professor – – 20 1 
Elective course I compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course II compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course III compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
Elective course IV compulsory  – – 25 1.5 
List of elective courses:       
Helicobacter Pylori Infection elective Professor Davor Štimac, MD, PhD8 – 17 1.5 
Toxicology elective Professor Jasenka Mršić-Pelčić, MD, PhD– – 25 1.5 
Orthopaedic Propedeutics elective Assistant Professor Tomislav Prpić, MD, PhD 25 – – 1.5 
Animal Models of Human Diseases elective Professor Bojan Polić, MD, PhD 5 – 20 1.5 
Clinical Sexology elective Professor Goran Arbanas, MD, PhD  – – 25 1.5 
Supportive Care in Oncology Patients elective Professor Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana, MD, PhD20 – 5 1.5 
Celiac Disease in Adult Patients elective Professor Brankica Mijandrušić-Sinčić, MD, PhD5 10 10 1.5 
Emergency Conditions in Haematology elective Professor Toni Valković, MD, PhD 5 – 20 1.5 
Molecular Methods in Hematopathology elective Assistant Professor Ita Hadžisejdić, MD, PhD 10  5  10 1.5 
Quality of Life in Patients with Hematologic and Solid Malignancies elective Assistant Professor Duška Petranović, MD, PhD  5  10  10 1.5 
 Mechanism of Action of  Probiotic Bacteria elective Associate Professor Ivana Gobin, PhD   5  –  20 1.5 
Chronic Kidney       Disease elective Professor Sanjin Rački, MD, PhD 15 – 10 1.5 
Cardiovascular Continuum elective Professor Viktor Peršić, MD, PhD 10 10 5 1.5 
Endothelial Dysfunction in Clinical Practice elective Professor Viktor Peršić, MD, PhD7 5 13 1.5 
Anatomy in Clinical Examination elective Assistant Professor Tanja Ćelić, MD, PhD   5  –  20 1.5 
Diving Medicine for Practitioners elective Assistant Professor Igor Barković, MD, PhD  15 6 4 1.5 
Positron Emission Tomography elective Assistant Professor Antonija Balenović, PhD   10  5  10 1.5 
Adverse Cutaneous Drug Eruptions elective Associate Professor Sandra Peternel, MD, PhD   –  –  25 1.5 
Stigma in Psychiatry elective Assistant Professor Daniela Petrić, MD, PhD – – 25 1.5 
Where Economics                                Meets Medicine elective Associate Professor Gordana                      Blagojević Zagorac, MD, PhD5 5 15 1.5 
Introduction to Computer Assisted Medical Decision elective Professor Lidija Bilić-Zulle, PhD 5 – 20 1.5 
Nutrition and Immune Response: Truths and Misconceptions elective Professor Ines Mrakovčić Šutić, MD, PhD 5  –  20 1.5 
Professional practice III elective  – 25 – 1.5 

Ažurirano 01.03.2023.

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