Department of Medical Informatics
Rijeka University School of Medicine
Head: Prof. Mladen Petrovečki, MD, PhD
B. Branchetta St. 20
HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Phone: +385 51 651 255
Fax:
+385 51 651 255
Department of Medical Informatics was established in year 1993, although Medical Informatics as mandatory course for medical students was introduced in year 1979.
In year 1998 Prof. Mladen Petrovecki became head of the Department and organized scientific work and lectures.
Department of Medical informatics covers following courses at the Rijeka University School of Medicine:
| Undergraduate study |
| Study of Nursing |
| Informatization and Administration in Nursing – mandatory, 4 ECTS |
| Study of Laboratory Medicine |
| Medical Informatics – mandatory, 2,5 ECTS |
| Laboratory Data Computation – mandatory, 2,5 ECTS |
| Study of Radiology |
| Medical Informatics – mandatory, 2 ECTS |
| Medical Imaging – elective, 2 ECTS |
| Study of Physiotherapy |
| Medical Informatics – elective, 2 ECTS |
| Graduate study |
| Study of Medicine |
| Medical Informatics – mandatory, 1,5 ECTS |
| Basic Use of Computers – elective, 1,5 ECTS |
| Study of Organization and Health Management |
| Medical Informatics and Biostatistics – mandatory, 7 ECTS |
| Health Information Systems – mandatory, 5 ECTS |
| Study of Dentistry |
| Medical Informatics – mandatory, 2 ECTS |
| Postgraduate study |
| Postgraduate Study of Health Management |
| Medical Informatics and Biostatistics – elective, 1,5 ECTS |
| Health Information Systems – mandatory, 2,5 ECTS |
| Postgraduate Study of Family Practice |
| Medical Informatics – elective, 1 ECTS |
| Postgraduate Study of Internal Medicine |
| Medical Informatics – elective, 1 ECTS |
| Ph.D. |
| Methods in Scientific Research – mandatory, 10 ECTS |
Research fields of scientific interest are scientific and academic integrity, especially plagiarism; medical informatics, biostatistics and scientific methodology.
Scientific project "Prevalence, features and attitudes toward plagiarism in biomedical sciences" was successfully conducted at Department of Medical Informatics and was supported by Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, grant No. 0062044 and resulted with several publication.
Scientific work with students is very important part of our policy and it is organized in form of Journal Club "Science Trek Journal Club", a scientific group for lifelong education in the field of methodology of biomedical research, medical informatics and biostatistics.
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