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Head of Department
izv. prof. dr. sc. Venija Cerovečki Nekić
Deputy Head of Department
izv. prof. dr. sc. Zlata Ožvačić Adžić
Department Secretary
izv. prof. dr. sc. Goranka Petriček
Mandatory courses (Integrated undergraduate and graduate studies of medicine)
Family Medicine, in Croatian
Family Medicine, in English
Elective courses (Integrated undergraduate and graduate studies of medicine)
Specific Features of the Primary Physician's Work
Health Care of Family
Postgraduate specialist studies
Postgraduate specialist study Family medicine
Scientific reasrch projects
Project title | Project coordinator | Project duration | Principal investigator | Department member – project collaborator |
TRANSSIMED | ERASMUS project Zdravstveni dom Ljubljana | 2022- | Professor Zalika Klemenc Ketiš, MD, PhD | Associate Professor Venija Cerovečki, MD, PhD (national project manager) Project colaborators: Ino Kermc, MD |
Quality of care and patient safety in primary care practices in times of a pandemic - PRICOV-19 | EQuiP University of Ghent, Belgium | 2020- | Professor Sara Willems, MD, PhD | Associate Professor Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, MD, PhD (national coordinator) Project colaborators: Associate Professor Venija Cerovečki, MD, PhD Associate Professor Goranka Petriček, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor. Miroslav Hanževački, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Ksenija Kranjčević, MD., PhD, Assistant Professor. Valerija Bralić Lang, MD, PhD |
Why do European family doctors sometimes not think of, or act on, a possible cancer diagnosis? | EGPRN Örenäs Research Group | 2021- | Professor Davorina Petek, MD, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Professor Tuomas Koskela, MD PhD, Department of General Practice, University of Tampere, Finland, Professor Michael Harris, MD, PhD, Institute of Primary Health Care Bern (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; College of Medicine & Health, University of Exeter, UK | Associate Professor Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, MD, PhD |
Cancer Screening in Europe and the role of Primary Care Physicians | EGPRN Örenäs Research Group | 2023- | Professor Michael Harris, MD, PhD Institute of Primary Health Care Bern (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; College of Medicine & Health, University of Exeter, UK | Associate Professor Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, MD, PhD |
Primary Health Care data on COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe; PHC-Eurodata-COVID-19 | EGPRN Federica Montseny Health Centre, Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Institute for Health and Behaviour. Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg | 2021- | Sara Ares Blanco, MD Raquel Gómez-Bravo, MD | National project manager and national research coordinator Associate Professor Goranka Petriček, MD, PhD Researchers: Asja Ćosić Divjak, MD Assistant Proffesor Miroslav Hanževački, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Ksenija Kranjčević, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Valerija Bralić Lang, MD, PhD, Assistant Proffesor Marion Tomičić, MD, PhD |
European general practitioners’/family physicians’ attitudes towards person-centered care and factors that influence its implementation in everyday practice - PACE GP/FP study | EGPRN Department of Family Medicine, University of Zagreb School of Medicine | 2022- | Associate Professor Goranka Petriček, MD, PhD | International research manager (22 European countries) and national research coordinator: Associate Professor Goranka Petriček, MD, PhD Researchers: Associate Professor Venija Cerovečki Nekić, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Miroslav Hanževački, MD, PhD, Jelena Rakić Matić, MD, Professor Gorka Vuletić, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Marion Tomičić, MD, PhD, Marko Rađa. MD PhD |
Educational models for primary prevention and improvement of arterial hypertension control in Croatia | EprekonHUH project | 2022-2025 | Academician Bojan Jelaković, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor Valerija Bralić Lang, MD, PhD |
Perpetual Observational Study -Acute Respiratory Infection -Primary Care - AUDIT | University of Oxford, UK University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands | 2023- | Professor Christopher Butler,, MD, PhD, University of Oxford, UK Alike van der Velden, MD, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands Professor Marc Bonten, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands | Assistant Professor Valerija Bralić Lang, MD, PhD (national coordinator) Project colaborators: Associate Professor Venija Cerovečki Nekić, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Goranka Petriček, MD, PhD |
Teaching staff and teaching associates
Teachers in cumulative employment
izv. prof. dr. sc. Venija Cerovečki Nekić
izv. prof. dr. sc. Zlata Ožvačić Adžić
izv. prof. dr. sc. Goranka Petriček
izv. prof. dr. sc. Miroslav Hanževački
Ino Kermc, dr. med.
Nada Pjevač Keleminić, dr. med.
Untenured lecturers
izv. prof. dr. sc. Hrvoje Tiljak
izv. prof. dr. sc. Stanislava Stojanović-Špehar
doc. dr. sc. Ksenija Kranjčević
doc. dr. sc. Valerija Bralić Lang
dr. sc. Jelena Ević
External associates
Amerl Šakić Vjekoslava, dr. med.
Babić Mirna, dr. med.
Balint Ines, dr.med.
Ban Toskić Nataša, dr. med.
Bojanić Katarina, dr. med.
Buljan Josip, dr.med.
Buljan Nataša, dr. med.
Buljubašić Maja, dr. med.
Ćosić Divjak Asja, dr. med.
Crnić Darije, dr. med.
Cukor Martina, dr. med.
Gačina Anja, dr. med.
Grd Melita, dr. med.
Horvat Lidija, dr. med.
Iličić Amila, dr. med.
Jurlina Hrvoje, dr. med.
Karabeg Vedran, dr. med.
Karačić Kata, dr.med.
Kelava Ivana, dr. med.
Kobaš Antonio, dr. med.
Komljenović Lasan Marijana, dr. med.
Kovačić Tamara, dr. med.
Krajinović Jasmina, dr. med.
Kumbrija Suzana, dr.med.
Kupek Pandurić Ida, dr. med.
mr.sc. Lovnički- Kontent Tajana- Janja, dr. med.
Maračić Ana, dr. med.
Martinović Galijašević Senka, dr. med.
Milić Sunčana, dr. med.
Orlić Neretljak Ivana, dr. med.
Par Judaš Vesna, dr. med.
Parać Bebek Diana, dr. med.
Pavlov Renata, dr. med.
Peček Ivančica, dr. med.
Peša Brankica, dr.med.
Petrovčić Marija, dr. med.
Pintarić Japec Vanja, dr. med.
Potočki Rukavina Vesna, dr.med.
Prgeša Snježana, dr. med.
Pukšić Haubrih Jelena, dr. med.
Rakić Matić Jelena, dr. med.
Razum Željko, dr. med.
Ribarić-Klarić Lada, dr.med.
Romić Renata, dr. med.
Šimić Zvjezdana, dr. med.
Šimunović Rajka, dr.med.
Škrnički Kršek Sanja, dr. med.
Soldo Dragan, dr.med.
Štefanac Mirela, dr. med.
Tabak Vesna, dr. med.
dr. sc. Tomić Barbara, dr.med.
Topličan Adžić Ivančica, dr. med.
mr.sc. Vujić Marica, dr.med.
Vukadinović Marko, dr. med.
Expert and technical staff
Marica Božurić