FACULTY OF MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Postgraduate study program (according to Bologna declaration)

is a brand new postgraduate program in Slovenia. It connects the naturalistically- technical knowledge with medicine. No such kind of postgraduate study existed so far in Slovenia. The presented program tries to connect technical sciences with medicine knowledge interdisciplinary. BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

is a program, that within the biomedical technology includes important branches from field of clinical medicine, biochemistry, chemistry and chemical technology, physics, mathematics, computing, robotics, electronics, etc. BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Program will be implemented by: Members of University of Maribor: Faculty of Medicine; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Institute Jožef Štefan Ljubljana; Member of University of Ljubljana: Faculty of Pharmacy; Medicine University Graz; Harvard Medical School Harvard University Boston – Massachusetts USA; Institute Rudijer Boškovič Zagreb, etc.

Basic goal of the programme: education of specialists that will be capable to use and develop research methodology on chosen interdisciplinary field independently.

Postgraduate doctoral study programme “Biomedical technology” lasts 6 semesters (3 years) Study obligations of the whole programme are entirely in conformity with the law (ZViS, 36. in 37. article) and Measures of the Council of the Republic of Slovenia for higher education, evaluated by ECTS – European Credit Transfer System). This way the program can be directly included in International student exchange programme in countries that use ECTS system.

1st year: Obligatory subjects: Biomedical Informatics 10 ECTS Seminar I. 5 ECTS Individual research work – IRW 15 ECTS = 30 ECTS Six basic subjects where the student can chooses three subjects and gains 30 ECTS = 3 x 10 ECTS. 2st year: Candidate gains 15 ECTS from set of three Optional subjects (3 x 5), and 45 ECTS with IRW. 3rd year: Candidate gains 60 ECTS with IRW, that is assigned to making doctoral dissertation.

OBLIGATORY SUBJECTS Subject Credit points Subject holder/s 1. BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS10 Assoc. Prof. Dejan DINEVSKI Assist. Prof. Miljenko KRIŽMARIČ 2. SEMINAR I IRW – Individual Research Work15

BASIC SUBJECTS Subject; Subject holder/s Credit points 1. BIOPHISYCS; Prof. Milan BRUMEN BIOCHEMISTRY; Prof. Uroš POTOČNIK MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; Prof. Dimitrij KRAINC, Prof. Uroš POTOČNIK GENETICS; Prof. Nadja KOKALJ-VOKAČ, Prof. Maja RUPNIK,10 Prof. Peter DOVČ, Prof. Damjan GLAVAČ 5. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH GENE THERAPY; Prof. Borut ŠTRUKELJ, Prof. Irena MLINARIČ RAŠČAN RESEARCH IN CLINICAL PRACTICE; Prof. Ivan KRAJNC 10

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS Subject; Subject Holders Credit points 1. Bio-ceramics; Prof. Tomaž KOSMAČ, Prof. Miha DROFENIK 5 2. Nanoparticles in biomedicine; Prof. Miha DROFENIK, Assoc. Prof. Darko MAKOVEC 5 3. Nutraceutics and new trends in nutrition; Prof. Dušanka MIČETIĆ TURK 5 4. Synthesis, structure and characteristic of polymers; Prof. Peter KRAJNC, Prof. Majda SFILIGOJ SMOLE 5 5. Bioactive oriented polymers; Prof. Karin STANA- KLEINSCHEK, Prof. Simona STRNAD 5

Subject; Subject Holders Credit points 6. Synthetic biopolymers; Prof. Peter KRAJNC 5 7. Membrane mass transport phenomena; Prof. Željko KNEZ 5 8. Polymeric membranes in medicine; Prof. Peter KRAJNC 5 9. Selected topics in cell biology; Assist. prof. Saša LIPOVŠEK Microbial pathogenesis; Prof. Maja RUPNIK Microbiological typing methods; Prof. Maja RUPNIK Cell physiology; Prof. Marjan SLAK RUPNIK Methods in cell physiology; Prof. Marjan SLAK RUPNIK Principle of Modelling in Medicine; Assoc. Prof. Boris TOVORNIK Mathematical physiology; Prof. Marjan SLAK RUPNIK, Prof. Milan BRUMEN 5

Subject; Subject Holders Credit points 16. Rheology in biological systems; Prof. Volker RIBITSCH Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine; Prof. Janja MARC Clinical pharmacology; Prof. Jože DRINOVEC Clinical pharmacokinetics; Prof. Aleš MRHAR5 20. Chosen chapters from toxicology; Prof. Marija SOLLNER DOLENC Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics; Prof. Aleš MRHAR Computer modelling and processing of image data; Prof. Borut ŽALIK System Theory; Prof. Rajko SVEČKO Medical telemathics; Prof. Žarko ČUČEJ 5

25. Biomedical Signal Processing; Prof. Damjan ZAZULA Simulations and Virtual Environments for Medical Training; Prof. Damjan ZAZULA Artificial intelligence methods; Prof. Nikola GUID NMR in Biomedicine; Assoc. Prof. Igor SERŠA Biomedical electronics and photonics; Prof. Denis ĐONLAGIČ Telerobotics in Medicine; Prof. Karel JEZERNIK Sensory motors dynamic systems; Prof. Karel JEZERNIK Research methods in pathology; Prof. Rastko GOLOUH Endoscopy and ultrasound in gastroenterology Assoc. Prof. Marjan SKALICKY 5 Subject; Subject Holders Credit points

34. Neurosurgery; Prof. Tadej STROJNIK Biomechanics, osteology, osteosyntesis; Assoc. Prof. Andrej ČRETNIK Therapeutic methods in anaesthesiology; Prof. Mirt KAMENIK Gynaecologic oncology; Prof. Iztok TAKAČ Three-dimensional ultrasonography in neurology; 5 Assoc. Prof. Erih TETIČKOVIČ 39. Nephrology; Prof. Radovan HOJS, Prof. Breda PEČOVNIK BALON Tissue oxygenation, metabolism and microcirculation; Assoc. Prof. Matej PODBREGAR Chosen chaphters from Cardiology; Assoc. Prof. Gorazd VOGA, Prof. Andreja SINKOVIČ, Assoc. Prof. Matej PODBREGAR Clinical immunology; Prof. Ivan KRAJNC 5 Subject; Subject Holders Credit points

43. Infectious diseases; Assoc. Prof. Gorazd LEŠNIČAR Chosen chapters from paediatrics; Assoc. Prof. Nataša MARČUN VARDA Chosen chapters from ophthalmology; Prof. Dušica PAH OR5 46. Chosen chapters from psychiatry; Prof. Blanka KORES PLESNIČAR Care of elderly people in a field of gerontological technology; Prof. Zmago TURK Biomechanics load of low back; Prof. Zmago TURK Molecular and Cell Endocrinology; Prof. Marjan SLAK RUPNIK Epidemiologic methods; Assist. Prof. Marjan PREMIK Ethics of bio-medical research; Prof. Matjaž ZWITTER Carcinogenesis and tumor biology; Prof. Matjaž ZWITTER 5 Subject; Subject Holders Credit points

53. Molecular biophysics; Assoc. Prof. Janez ŠTRANCAR Materials for controlled drug delivery; Prof. Peter KRAJNC Farmacogenomics; Prof. Uroš POTOČNIK Vascular implants; Prof. Kazimir MIKSIČ Assessment of cardiac and circulatory function; Assoc. Prof. Gorazd VOGA New technologies in family medicine; Assist. Prof. Zalika KLEMENC KETIŠ Nutriceuticals and technology; Prof. Mojca ŠKERGET Functional cell models; Prof. Uroš POTOČNIK Breast Oncology; Prof. Iztok TAKAČ Urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery; Prof. Igor BUT 5 Subject; Subject Holders Credit points

63. Artificial organs in gastroenterology; Prof. Eldar GADŽIJEV Maxillofacial surgery introduction to stomatology; Assoc. Prof. Bogdan ČIZMAREVIČ Tubeperitoneal infertility; Assoc. Prof. Milan RELJIČ Mechanisms and Biomechanics of injury in trauma; 5 Assoc. Prof. Andrej ČRETNIK 67. Clinical pathophysiology of emergencies; Assoc. prof. Dušan MEKIŠ Intelligent Data Analysis; Prof. Milan ZORMAN Applied Biostatistics in Clinical Research; Prof. Peter KOKOL Applications of Molecular immunology in clinical practice; Prof. Ivan KRAJNC Modern Surgical Techniques and Applied Surgical Anatomy; Assoc. Prof. Vojko FLIS 5 Subject; Subject Holders Credit points

72. Experimental Surgery; Assoc. Prof. Vojko FLIS Dermatovenerology; Assoc. Prof. Jovan MILJKOVIĆ Chosen chapters on dermatooncology; Assoc. Prof. Jovan MILJKOVIĆ Comprehensive approach towards health problems; Assist. Prof. Zalika KLEMENC KETIŠ The role of family in health and illness of individual person; Assist. Prof. Zalika KLEMENC KETIŠ Doctor patient communication; Assist. Prof. Zalika KLEMENC KETIŠ Corporate governace in health care; Assoc. Prof. Borut BRATINA, 5 Assoc. Prof. Žan Jan OPLOTNIK 79. Urology – selected topics; Assist. Prof. Tine HAJDINJAK Telemedicine: Assoc. Prof. dr. Dejan DINEVSKI 5 81.Molecular allergology: Assoc. Prof. Peter KOROŠEC 5 82.Reproductive biology and embryology: Assoc. Prof. Borut KOVAČIČ, 5 Prof. Veljko VLAISAVLJEVIĆ 83. Female and male infertility: Prof. Veljko VLAISAVLJEVIĆ5 Subject; Subject Holders Credit points

Conditions for application Third degree Biomedical Technology study programme is available to the candidates who have accomplished: Second degree study program of biomedicine and affiliated fields; University study program of biomedicine and affiliated fields, accepted before 11th June 2004; High school professional programme, accepted before 11th June 2004, and foundation study program in biomedicine and affiliated fields. Before enrolment, these candidates have to complete assignments awarded 60 ECTS credits; Vocational study programme, defined by EU directives, if it is allocated 300 ECTS credits (e.g.: study of medicine, dentistry, veterinary, and renewed five-year pharmacy study program), or other master degree program allocated 300 ECTS credits; Graduates from home and foreign universities have to follow the defined prerequisites and requisites prescribed for Slovenian students. Equivalence of the previously acquired education has to be in accordance with the Statute of the University of Maribor.

Candidate is rewarded with the title “Doctor of science – Ph D” in the field of biomedical technology after successfully finished doctoral postgraduate study programme. If necessary the scientific title will be adjusted to the Law of expert and scientific titles.

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