Katedra za medicinsku informatiku

About us

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:

Graduate study
Studies in English
Study of Medicine in English
Medical Informatics – mandatory, 1,5 ECTS
Scientific Integrity in Biomedical Research - elective, 1,5 ECTS

Study of Medicine
Medical Informatics – mandatory, 1,5 ECTS
Introduction to e-learning – elective, 1,5 ECTS
Scientific Integrity in Biomedical Research - elective, 1,5 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.

Faculty and staff